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Olympic Fears Rattle Athletes and Families

Families Of Olympic Athletes Planning To Stay Home Over Terror Fears
Braden Goyette
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Senior Editor, The Huffington Post

View of the wreckage of a trolleybus following an attack killing at least 10 people in the southern Russian city of Volgograd on December 30, 2013. The force of the blast left almost no trace of the trolleybus, which was packed with early morning commuters, and also blew out windows of nearby houses, state television said. The new attack will further heighten fears about security at the Winter Olympic Games which are due to open on February 7 in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, which lies 690 kilometres (425 miles) southwest of Volgograd. AFP PHOTO / STRINGER (Photo credit should read STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images)
View of the wreckage of a trolleybus following an attack killing at least 10 people in the southern Russian city of Volgograd on December 30, 2013. The force of the blast left almost no trace of the trolleybus, which was packed with early morning commuters, and also blew out windows of nearby houses, state television said. The new attack will further heighten fears about security at the Winter Olympic Games which are due to open on February 7 in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, which lies 690 kilometres (425 miles) southwest of Volgograd. AFP PHOTO / STRINGER (Photo credit should read STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images)

Athletes and their families are becoming increasingly anxious about possible terrorist attacks at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, so much so that some families have decided not to attend and others plan to curtail their activities once they get to the Games in Russia.

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