Ryan Dollard's Olympic blog from Sochi

Our sports reporter Ryan Dollard is in Sochi covering the Winter Olympics for ITV Border.

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PICTURES: Behind the scenes with ITV Border at the Winter Olympics

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Ryan Dollard and Lizzy Yarnold. Not pictured: her medal. Pictured: his massive media accreditation badge Credit: ITV News Border

ITV Border's Ryan Dollard has sent us some pictures from behind the scenes at the Winter Olympics in Sochi. He's filming and editing everything himself. Nearly. More on that later.

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Ryan interviewing Lizzy Yarnold for ITV News Credit: ITV News Border

Once he's finished interviewing, he edits the material on his laptop and then sits back and prays it gets to ITV Border in time to make it on air.

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Ryan editing in the media centre in Sochi Credit: ITV News Border

But Ryan is not entirely alone. Border Bear has come along for the ride and is proving a hit in the media centre. It's relaxing after all that running around.

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Border bear is proving a big hit with the media Credit: ITV News Border
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Ryan with the crew from WDSU Credit: ITV News Border

Ryan's work is going out on multiple ITV regions and sometimes he needs a hand. The crew from WDSU, especially cameraman Jamie Brassard and reporter Sula Kim, know who to call if they're ever in Carlisle

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Behind the scenes at the media centre in Sochi Credit: ITV News Border
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Behind the scenes at the media centre in Sochi Credit: ITV News Border

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