Well, the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games ended today, so what better time to begin a “The Best…” list for the next Olympics coming up?

I’ll obviously be adding to this list over the next two years. In addition to specific resources related to the Sochi Games, I’m starting off by including sites from previous Olympic lists that would be relevant.

In addition, you might be interested in some of these other lists. Dead links are included in them, but most seem to still be live:

The Best Sites To Teach & Learn About The Olympics

The Best Sites For Learning About The London 2012 Olympics

The Best Sites To Learn About The Vancouver Winter Olympics

Here are my choices for The Best Sites For Learning About The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games:

Here’s a Wall Street Journal video report on the Sochi Games:

Russia Readies For Sochi 2014— The Putin Games is from The Wall Street Journal.

Sochi Olympic Preparations Strain City is from The Wall Street Journal.

Russia furiously building all-new Olympic sites for Sochi is from USA Today.

Winter Olympics: Sport by Sport is a good ESPN interactive on all the winter sports.

Figure Skaters Through the Ages is a Wall Street Journal slideshow.

The Origins of 10 Winter Olympic Sports is from Mental Floss.

Winter Olympics For Kids is a student-created website.

Fractions of a Second: An Olympic Musical is an ingenious interactive from The New York Times. Just check it out…

Winter Olympic Venues in Sochi, Russia is an interactive from The Wall Street Journal.

Sochi 2014: An Olympic Preview is a photo gallery from The Atlantic.

Additional suggestions are welcome.

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