Two more sponsors of the U.S. Olympic team condemned the law but leading global sponsors did not join them.

Outspoken and reclusive, Miller has defied the stereotype of the earnest, humble Olympic athlete, with a professional life that has played out in tabloid headlines as often as on the sports pages.

Some visitors have rooms, but no hot water, and certainly no drinking water from the taps.

The IOC will consider setting up an independent body that allows whistleblowers to report information on doping, match-fixing and sexual abuse without fear of reprisals.

In Sochi, athletes are truly coming from all parts of the world — whether their homeland is a winter wonderland or not.