Media Watch - Bryants' Medal Switch; Struggles for Olympic Hopefuls

Olympic tennis doubles gold medalist Bob Bryan tells"Live @ Wimbledonhis brother Mike put his 2012 medal through so much abuse "it's not even a circle" and then stole Bob's "pristine gold."

USA Todayspeaks with Olympic hopeful Emily Scott about her challenge to make ends meet.As elite U.S. athletes prepare for the Sochi Games, many live below the poverty line, the report claims.

BBC's "HARDtalk"invited political philosopher Tim Soutphommasane on to the show where he said that the London Olympics displayed "the best of modern Britain."

Foreign Policy covers sports with "the worst doping problems."The post says theFive Olympic sports that, over the past five years, have averaged the highest percentage of positive test results are: cycling, weightlifting, boxing, triathlon, and baseball.

Xinhua profiles China’s new curling coach, Marcel Rocque. His main priority: ensuring the women's team qualifies for next February's Sochi Olympics.The Chinese women's team earned the country’s first curling medal during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

The Ottawa Citizen, looks at the boot camp for 27 of Canada’s top female hockey players preparing for the Sochi Olympics."We're counting in days, not even in months now," said the team’s assistant coach Danielle Goyette.

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Compiled by Nicole Bennett.

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