Japanese short track speed skaters begin practice near Vancouver

Japanese short track speed skaters begin practice near Vancouver

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japanese short track speed skater Biba Sakurai (R) talks with her coach after a practice session at a skating rink at Abbotsford, adjacent to metropolitan Vancouver, on Jan. 26, 2010, a day after she, along with seven other short track skaters, arrived in Vancouver as the first batch of Japanese athletes for the Winter Olympic Games.

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