Sochi athletes find IOC approach cold

The Olympics must have a smiley face on them at all times, according to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which means there can be no mourning for lost comrades on the playing fields.

In two seemingly heartless moves, the IOC has ordered grieving athletes to remove all evidence of any memorial. Australian snowboarder Torah Bright was ordered to remove a sticker from her helmet that was meant to honour the late Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke.

“For us it is a question of what is appropriate and where would be the best place,” said IOC spokesman Mark Adams.