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Improvised Olympic fire lit in Sochi

As the 2010 Winter Olympic Games soon draw to a close in Vancouver, some in Sochi have been going to extraordinary depths to celebrate the passing of the Olympic torch to the Russian coastal city.

21.10.2010, 23:16 1 comment

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13.02.2010, 03:31 6 comments

Georgian Olympic luger dies during practice

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People shout slogans as they attend an anti-Olympics rally in central Vancouver, BC, Canada ahead of the opening cermonies for the XXI Winter Olympic Games on February 12, 2010 (AFP Photo / Yuri Kadobnov)

13.02.2010, 10:56 4 comments

Mass protests in Vancouver skew Olympic torch relay route

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Swiss Didier Defago celebrates victory in men's downhill (AFP Photo DDP / Michael Kappeler)

16.02.2010, 08:51

Swiss day in Vancouver

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01.03.2010, 16:50 3 comments

“Those responsible have to resign” – Medvedev on Olympics

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17.02.2010, 12:33 1 comment

Russia’s women medal-less in luge & biathlon

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The team of Russia (from left to right Ivan Tcherezov, Evgeny Ustyugov, Maxim Tchoudov and Nikolay Kruglov) biathlon

13.01.2010, 13:10 2 comments

"2010 Games could be toughest yet for Russia" – official

The 2010 Olympic Games, which kick off in Vancouver on February 12, could be the most challenging ever for Russia, according to Vice President of the Russian Olympic Committee Vladimir Vasin.

Alexandre Bilodeau (AFP Photo / Mark Ralston)

15.02.2010, 09:30

Canada claim first Olympic gold on home soil

It was not the best of Sundays for Russia at the Winter Olympics as they failed to win a medal on day three. But for the hosts, St Valentines Day, 2010, will go down as the finest in Canadian Games history.

Canada, Vancouver: Bronze medallists, Russia's Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin, perform in the Ice Dance Free program at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, during the 2010 Winter Olympics on February 22, 2010. (AFP Photo / Yuri Kadobnov)

23.02.2010, 14:48 2 comments

End of Russia’s ice skating dominance … at least until Sochi

Ice dancers Oksana Domnina and Maksim Shabalin have secured the latest bronze for Russia. The judges put the Russian pair behind Canada’s Virtue and Moir, who took gold, and America’s Davis and White.

Vancouver Games over, Sochi’s next!

Published: 01 March, 2010, 06:58
Edited: 12 March, 2010, 05:06

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson (R) waves the Olympic flag next to International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge (C) and Sochi Mayor Anatoly Pakhomov during the closing ceremony of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, February 28, 2010 (AFP Photo / Getty Images)

The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver are history now. It is Russia's turn next, as the Winter Games will come to Sochi in four years' time.

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3 COMMENTS

Maple leaf March 01, 2010, 14:06 quote

Good luck Sochi !

Paul March 01, 2010, 20:07 quote

Just get ready for some boycotts regarding Sochi, especially from the side of Georgia and possibly the US and their henchmen. It will be politicized and quite interesting. Hopefully saako will not try to launch any massacres again.

Peter March 12, 2010, 03:52 quote

Good luck Russia with your games. Hopefully mother nature will be kinder to your games than she was at vancouver and you have lots of snow when you need it.

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