American snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis adopts stray dog at Sochi

American snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis has adopted a stray dog at the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, following mass killings of strays before and during the Games by Russian authorities.

Animal activists have been smuggling stray dogs out of Sochi in an attempt to save them from being killed.

This Sochi Stray scored a one way ticket to the USA with @LindsJacobellis #luckydog #justintime pic.twitter.com/NFhKFDj2dp

— Holly Brooks (@brooksha1) February 17, 2014

The USA's slopestyle medallist Gus Kenworthy has also adopted a dog, according to USA Today.