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  • How much have you earned at your job the last seven months?

    Chances are, it's more than Lolo Jones. Yeah, that Lolo Jones.

    As you may know, the track star has turned to bobsledding and, well, turns out pushing a sled down a hill doesn't pay as much as, well, anything. Not slinging burgers. Not digging ditches. Not folding T-shirts at The Gap. Not even collecting unemployment.

    Seven months of bobsledding has earned Ms. Jones a grand total of $741.84. That's $105.97 a month. Here's the proof:

    So what's the lesson to be learned? Don't get into bobsledding.

  • You expect plenty of distinctive, unforgettable moments at a New York fashion awards show, but being asked to fill up a urine sample cup probably isn't among them. Alas, that's exactly what happened to Lindsey Vonn Monday night at the Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards.

    According to the New York Post, Vonn was at Lincoln Center in New York City dressed in full regalia (see right) when she received a phone call from the United States Anti-Doping Agency, telling her that she needed to provide a sample now. And Vonn, who was wearing that divine Cynthia Rowley gown — but then, you already knew that, didn't you? — complied. Rowley escorted the USADA testers in off the street, according to The Post, and there you go. (Caveat: the Post identified the testers as the International Olympic Committee, so bear that in mind.)

    "Lindsey met the IOC [sic] at the bathroom," The Post reported a source as saying. "Cynthia stood guard outside, and no one was allowed to enter the bathroom.

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  • The Sochi 2014 Olympic Organizing Committee has unveiled the medals that will be awarded at the Winter Olympics and Paralympics next year.

    The medals feature Sochi's trademark "Patchwork Quilt," which draws together elements from the many cultures of the Russian Federation. As the Organizing Committee notes, "the medals have been carefully crafted to depict the landscape of Sochi from the sun's rays reflecting through the snowy mountain tops onto the sandy beaches of the Black Sea coast." (No mention of snow stockpiles, apparently.)

    Approximately 1,300 medals will be manufactured because of the enormous number of events. The Sochi Games will include 12 new medal events, including snowboarding, luge relay and women's ski jumping.

    The medals weigh between 460 and 531 grams, and the Paralympic medals, with a slightly different design, are between 585 and 686 grams. The medals are 10 millimeters thick and 100 millimeters across.

    If you're looking to earn one of these beauties, it might be

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    The International Olympic Committee cut down the list of eight sports hoping for inclusion in the 2020 Olympics to three in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Wednesday. Wrestling, softball and baseball in a joint bid and squash will now compete for the final spot in the 2020 Olympics that will be held in Tokyo, Madrid or Istanbul. Both the host city and the final sport will be chosen at the IOC conference in September in Buenos Aires.

    [Related: IOC cuts revenue for Olympic track and field starting in 2016]

    In February, wrestling learned that it hadn't made the list of core Olympic sports, forcing the ancient sport to contend with other prospective sports for a spot. Since that news dropped, wrestling supporters from the United States, Russia, Iran, and other traditional wrestling powerhouses have worked to reinvigorate the sport.

    Baseball and softball were in the Olympics from 1996 to 2008, but were cut after the Beijing Olympics. Though sports like hockey and basketball have grown as professionals played the game, Major League Baseball reiterated their refusal to stop the season to let professionals play. Squash has never been an Olympic sport.

    Karate, roller sports, wushu, sport climbing and wakeboarding didn't make the cut.

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  • Oscar Pistorius. (Getty Images)

    Oscar Pistorius can leave South Africa.

    A judge has ruled that Pistorius, the Olympic athlete charged with murdering his girlfriend on Valentine's Day, may leave South Africa for international competitions. However, there are significant conditions to Pistorius' travel rights; he must file travel plans with authorities at least a week before departing, and he must surrender his passport within 24 hours of returning to South Africa.

    According to his attorneys, Pistorius has no immediate plans to compete in any international competition, but he may need to run in the future in order to raise money for his legal fees. Pistorius' attorneys have long maintained that he is not a flight risk, and that he needs the ability to compete in races in order to remain financially solvent.

    Pistorius is facing severe financial difficulties because of his attorneys' fees. Local South African media reports have indicated that he has explored selling his racehorses and other assets in order to pay his

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