Olympic Snowboarder to Brand Medical Marijuana -- Media Watch

Olympic snowboarder Ross Rebagliati is bringing his name and brand to the medical marijuana industry.

CBC News reports the 42-year-old Olympian's start-up, Ross' Gold,will "seek to license a brand system and a consistent distribution process" for medical marijuana through a partner in Ontario.

Rebagliati won a gold medal in men's snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics. He tested positive for THC after the event and was automatically disqualified. At the time, marijuana was not on the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) list of banned substances and the decision to take away Rebagliati's medal was eventually overturned.

THC is now on WADA's list of banned substances.

Olympians In the News

The Washington Post covers an exhibition tennis match that took place between Olympian Lindsey Vonn and Wimbledon finalist Roger Federer on Wednesday. The pair faced off atop theAletsch Glacier in Switzerland to promote the opening of a Lindt chocolate shop.

A Russian newspaper titledRossiiskaya Gazetasays Olympic figure skater Evgeni Plushenkowas urged to "abandon Russia and skate for the United States."Fox Sports reports the newspaperquoted the 31-year-old athlete as saying the alleged approach was made with "no jokes and no irony."

Olympian Keba Phipps visited a women's volleyball camp in Hartford County, Maryland to help athletes "with their game." The former head trainer for Cuba's gold medal volleyball team, Jorge Garbey, also offered his guidance on "form technique, footwork, and the mental aspects of the game."

Olympic swimmer Amy Van Dyken Rouen tells CBS News that she is "feeling good about her recent accomplishments." Five weeks ago, Van Dykensuffered a severe spinal injury in an all-terrain vehicle accident.

Around the Rings contributing writer/reporter Karen Rosen explores how Olympian Alice Coachman made a "high jump into history" on TeamUSA.org.

Qatar World Cup

Al Arabiya News reporter Ben Flanagan discusses the financial woes of hosting the FIFA World Cup. "According to commentators," Flanagn writes, "Qatar has very little chance of turning a profit in its controversial plan to host the 2022 World Cup."

CNBC's Leslie Shaffer takes a closer at why Qatar 2022 may spur "big changes" in the World Cup bidding process.

In a two-part series, a group of New York Times reporters (Steve Eder, Sam Borden, Christopher Harress, Jack Williams) examinesQatar’s "pursuit to become a global soccer power."

In Other News

Irish Independent's Joe Molloy says the "memorable action and immersion in an alien culture" made the 2014 FIFA World Cup a "special experience that trumped the London Olympics."

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