Russian luge athletes Roman Repilov and Daria Olesik have qualified for the Milan Cortina Olympics.

Johannes Ludwig let all his rivals know back in November that he would be the one to beat at the Beijing Olympics.

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says China’s selection of a Uyghur athlete to help deliver the Olympic flame in Beijing was an attempt by Chinese officials to “distract” from global attention on its human rights violations.