Sochi snow-it-all: Day three

Susannah Guthrie
Feb 11, 2014, updated Feb 13, 2014

Luge yourself in the music

US luger Kate Hansen prepares for a race in a way befitting her 21 years: she has a Beyonce dance party. The young star has some serious moves and can pop and lock it like it’s no one’s business. A silly NBC commentator made the mistake of dissing Hansen’s warm-up method for not being “sports specific” enough, and had to face the wrath of Twitter.

Whatever nitpicky dude, Kate Hansen’s warmup dance is awesome: http://t.co/dp6RkoNrLf

— Spencer Hall (@edsbs) February 10, 2014

Save the puppies!

A serious lowlight of the Sochi games and a point of great global contention has been the mass culling of stray dogs on the streets. It has been reported that the Russian authorities have been rounding up the pups to shoot them in order to clear streets for the enjoyment of visiting Olympians and spectators.

Well, some dogs are now safe thanks to the kindness of one of Russia’s richest men, Oleg Deripaska. Deripaska, an energy and manufacturing tycoon who also funded the majority of the games, has built a makeshift shelter for the animals and saved an estimated 150 dogs so far.

Quinn the destroyer

American bobsledder Johnny Quinn appears to have portal problems. Quinn’s hotel room door got stuck over the weekend and, having no phone to call someone for help, he was forced to bust open the door with his bare hands.

…With no phone to call for help, I used my bobsled push training to break out. #SochiJailBreak pic.twitter.com/apZRefgvCO

— Johnny Quinn (@JohnnyQuinnUSA) February 8, 2014

Today, the Olympian once again had to face the wrath of a stubborn entryway, getting stuck in an elevator with some of his US teammates. Not sure if he’s capable of busting through metal, but we wouldn’t put it past him.

Now we’re stuck in the elevator! Can @JohnnyQuinnUSA get us out ? pic.twitter.com/sVbyksEXlc

— David Cripps (@Crippsee) February 10, 2014

His talent for breaking through barriers has earned him and his fellow Americans a new theme song:

I have been told via @BOBSLEDR that we have a theme song now. @JohnnyQuinnUSA @justinbolsen @NBCOlympics @Sochi2014 pic.twitter.com/eGdGbVU5IU — Dallas Robinson (@DRobUSA) February 10, 2014

Beer-illiant

Canada have won the prize for most brilliant Olympic innovation for their creation, a passport-operated beer fridge. All you have to do to activate the fridge, which is located in Canada’s Olympic house, is swipe your passport and it dispenses free bottles of Molson beer. Only Canadian passports work though, so people from other countries can only look on in envy.

Spotted! The beer fridge in Canada Olympic House in #Sochi #wearewinter pic.twitter.com/E3hMUTtQRt

— Molson Canadian (@Molson_Canadian) February 9, 2014