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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) 01.03.2010, 06:58 3 comments

Vancouver Games over, Sochi’s next!

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.

Russian Red Machine suffers first Olympic blow

Published: 19 February, 2010, 11:13
Edited: 19 February, 2010, 21:51


Slovakia's Pavol Demitra (К) scores the goal to clinch the match (AFP Photo / Cris Bouroncle)

The Russian hockey squad, one of the main Olympic favorites, has lost to Slovakia in penalties in their second group stage game in Vancouver.

 
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toma February 19, 2010, 12:42 quote
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you could have mentioned Jaroslav Halák :-) our brightest star so far, pity I didnt see it live. also Ovečkin´s jumping and charging with his stick high... also, I was just waking up when father was like omg !!! :-) then I listened a bit more, oh we WON, quite fun to listen to. I used tobe a big hockey fan, but somehow Im no longer. I didnt watch our match with Czechs, cause I didnt care.

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