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Away from the Olympic site
Several members of the Ball State At the Games team took the 45-minute train ride from Adler to Sochi to explore and report on Sochi, the city by the Black Sea. Taylor Irby took this photo along the riverwalk.
Several members of the Ball State At the Games team took the 45-minute train ride from Adler to Sochi to explore and report on Sochi, the city by the Black Sea. Taylor Irby took this photo along the riverwalk.
We saw beautiful sunsets practically every day. No photographer could resist the natural beauty. Ball State photographer Taylor Irby produced this shot.
All out of the outdoor Olympic events were held in what was called the mountain cluster site. I had incorrectly identified the mountains the Ural mountains, but they are actually the Caucasus mountains. Ball State photographer Taylor Irby made this photo when she took the…
Ball State photographer Taylor Irby saw this stray, one of many we encountered.
Ball State photographer Matt Amaro saw this woman nurturing a stray in downtown Sochi, which is a 45-minute train ride from where the Olympic events were held.
Reporters and photographers on the Ball State At The Games team saw stray dogs practically every place we went, except around the official Olympic sites and venues. I saw very few cats. Photographer Marcey Burton saw this homeless dog after it had been given something…
There were performers of all sorts during the week the Ball State team was roaming the grounds of the Olympic Park. This shot was taken by Rebekah Floyd.
I know I used a photo several days ago showing a long line in Sochi for the Olympics. I can't help myself. Here's an even better shot that demonstrates how chaotic it seemed on several days. Photo by Ball State photographer Rebekah Floyd, a member…
Ball State photographer Rebekah Floyd captured another view of the drumline in Olympic Park last week.
This Russian drumline was one of several performance groups we saw during the days inside the Olympic Park. Photo by Ball State photographer Marcey Burton