Olympic workers struggle to remove heavy snow

Olympic workers struggle to remove heavy snow

Workers for the Nagano Olympic Winter Games struggle to remove heavy snow fallen on the course of the men's Alpine combined slalom on Feb. 10 at Happo-one in the village of Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture, hours before the start of the competition.

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