The Winter Olympics are back this year for the 90^th year anniversary since the start of the first Olympic Games. This year, the games are being held in Sochi, Russia. The games started on Feb 7, and will conclude on Feb 23.

The Olympic torch relay lasted 121 days. During the Olympic torch relay, various people from around the world, took the torch on a space walk and spent over an hour in space. This was part of the unique torch track, an occasion that has never happened before.

Sochi 2014 will be the first winter games to have two venues. Eleven arenas have been built already for the athletes.

There are some people in the South Lakes community that plan to watch the Olympic games on television.

“I watch the winter and summer Olympics because of all the tradition,” security assistant Traci Waller said. “Also [I like] to support the athletes, because they work really hard. They should get the support and have people watched them.”

“I like watching the Olympics because I think it’s a great bond between the worlds, to connect as one despite all the conflict going on.” freshman Gigi Truong said.

“I plan on watching some of the ice hockey games during the Winter Olympics. I’m a big sport fan so I kind of watch a little bit of everything,” administrator Tony Washington said. “Since hockey is one of the major sports, I’ll probably watch bobsledding as well.”

“I like the Olympics because it’s exciting,” sophomore Omar Farooq said. “The best athletes in the entire world are preforming. The Olympics are also the only sporting event I watch. It’s really cool to see all the different sporting events; especially because it’s not something I would normally watch or is broadcasted.”

“I watch the Olympic Ice dancing,” history teacher Jim Wagner said. “I mainly watch because there was a couple from 1984 called Torvill and Dean. I think they were the most exciting pair of athletes I’ve ever seen preform.”

“I watch the Olympics because it’s really cool to see the different countries compete for medals,” freshmen Kajal Chandrabhatla said. “It’s also really fun to watch. They help represent and highlight all of the great athletes that deserve to be acknowledged.”