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Olga Gharkova, right, and Svetlana Fedorenko sit in a tea room at the British Banya bathhouse, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The banya is an institution in Russia. Businessmen make deals there, romantic comedies are set in the banya. Russians even have a specific greeting for each other as they emerge from the steam room: "Happy light steam!" (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Olga Gharkova enters a aromatherapy room at the British Banya bathhouse, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, just a few miles away from the ski slopes where athletes are competing for Olympic medals. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Steam rises from bathhouse worker Roman Korotkov at the British Banya bathhouse, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Preparations for the bathing party begin late in the afternoon, at least three hours before the guests arrive. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Bathhouse master Ivan Tkach starts a fire to heat up the stones for a sweat lodge at the British Banya bathhouse, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. "The most important thing about the banya is to have a good spirit in the body," Tkach says. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Bathhouse worker Roman Korotkov dips herbs in a large pot of hot bathwater at the British Banya bathhouse, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The banya is an institution in Russia, where bathhouse traditions date back for centuries. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Dried herbs sit in the sun outside a steam sauna at the British Banya bathhouse, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, just a few miles away from the ski slopes where athletes are competing for Olympic medals. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Bathhouse master Ivan Tkach, right, walks through the outdoor sauna area at the British Banya bathhouse, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. "The most important thing about the banya is to have a good spirit in the body," Tkach says. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Kyle Busch (18) loses control of his car between Turns 3 and Turn 4 as Brad Keselowski (2), Jamie McMurray (1), Ryan Newman (31) and Denny Hamlin (11) drive by during the NASCAR Sprint Unlimited auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
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In this Friday, Feb. 14, 2014 photo, Jenna Stewart, 10, of Garden City, Mich., smiles while packing food for the malnourished during the 2 Million Meals event in Novi, Mich. More than 8,000 people helped pack 2 million-plus meals, which will be shipped to El Salvador, Haiti and the Philippines. (AP Photo/Mike Householder)
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Poland's Kamil Stoch celebrates winning the gold after the ski jumping large hill final at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Japan's Noriaki Kasai, left, celebrates winning the silver after the ski jumping large hill final at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Mark Thompson (66) and Buster Graham (99) collide on the front stretch during the ARCA Series auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
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Mark Thompson (66), Jeb Burton (13) and Benny Gordon, back, slide off the track after they were involved in a wreck during the ARCA Series auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/David Graham)
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Jeb Burton (13), Benny Gordon (11) and Mark Thompson (66) collide on the front stretch during the ARCA Series auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
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Silver medalist Sweden's Johan Olsson, left, and Sweden's Daniel Richardsson, who took the bronze, pose following the flowers ceremony for the men's 15K classical-style cross-country race at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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A Wellspring Church van is towed from the crash scene where it rolled over along U.S. 131 near Ann Street in Grand Rapids on February 16, 2014. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Andrew Kuhn ) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT
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Grand Rapids fire crews carry a passenger up a snowy embankment after extricating them from a Wellspring Church van which rolled over in the median along U.S. 131 near Ann Street NW in Grand Rapids on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Andrew Kuhn) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT MBI
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Japan's silver medal winner Noriaki Kasai congratulates Slovenia's bronze medal winner Peter Prevc, left, during the ski jumping large hill final at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
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Japan's Noriaki Kasai celebrates with the Japanese flag after winning the silver during the ski jumping large hill final at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
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Japan's Noriaki Kasai celebrates winning the silver after the ski jumping large hill final at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
