2014 Winter Olympics: Cheer on our Washington State Olympians
By Seattle Mag February 6, 2014
!–paging_filter–pOpening Ceremonies for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games begin tomorrow, February 7, at 7:30 p.m. EST (on tape delay). And while NBC will be live-streaming all sporting events on its website, take note that it is not streaming tomorrow’s fanfare, so hole up in your living room or find aa href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/where-watch-seahawks-game-sunday” sports bar/a to catch all the Sochi opening festivities.nbsp;/p
pWashington State has eight athletes competing for Team USA. Among them: Cross-country skiers (and brother-sister duo) Erik Bjornsen and Sadie Bjornsen, short track speedskater J.R. Celski, whose first documentary film project, emThe Otherside/em, on thenbsp;Seattle hip hop scene, is available for a href=”http://theothersidenw.com/post/75667221212/the-otherside-now-available-t…” target=”_blank”free online streaming during the games/aspan class=”il”nbsp;/span, Patrick Deneen, freestyle skiing, Brian Gregg, cross-country skiing, Torin Koos, cross-country skiing, Christian Niccum, luge, and Angeli VanLaanen, freestyle skiing./p
pThe Sochi 2014 site has a super a href=”http://www.sochi2014.com/en” target=”_blank”handy (and colorful) chart /aof all the sporting events so you can plan ahead to watch your local guys and gals compete.We’ll keep you updated on how Celski et al are performing. Go Team USA! br /br /Want to experience Russian culture without leaving Seattle? See our a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/article/not-going-sochi-where-experience-russi…“guide to the best places around town to catch the Olympic spirit/a./p
pAnd watch the trailer for Celski’sem The Otherside/em (special appearances by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis) here:br /
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