Now that he's finished second in the freestyle ski slopestyle, Gus Kenworthy is on to a new quest: adopting he found living near the mountain-village media center, along with their mother.
The plight of Sochi鈥檚 stray dogs, reportedly culled in large numbers by Russian officials during Olympics preparation, has captured international headlines. Some dogs 鈥� though it鈥檚 not clear what percentage 鈥� were saved by a last-ditch effort to place them in impromptu shelters run by volunteers. At least five dogs now have their own personal advocate in the US Olympic silver medalist.
鈥淧uppy love is real to puppies,鈥� he above a photo that shows all four puppies on his lap. (The post predictably went viral.) He , and has future US adoptees lined up for the rest, he told USA Today.
It鈥檚 good news that Kenworthy鈥檚 competition is already behind him, since bringing a family of stray dogs from Sochi to the US might require a different kind of race 鈥� that of navigating the complicated bureaucracies of both countries.
