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Japan's women's short track team practices at Sochi Olympics

SOCHI, Russia - Ayuko Ito (front) and other members of Japan's women's short track speed skating team test the ice during practice for the Sochi Winter Olympic Games in the Russian resort town on Feb. 5, 2014.

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Ski slope in Sochi opens

SOCHI, Russia - Children prepare to head for a slope in a ski area that will be the venue for the Alpine ski events at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games next February, as it opened for this season's business on Dec. 14, 2013. The area will suspend business on Jan. 6, 2014, about one month before the opening of the Olympics.

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Ski slope in Sochi opens

SOCHI, Russia - People ski on a slope in Sochi in an area that will be the venue for the Alpine ski events at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games next February, as it opened for this season's business on Dec. 14, 2013. The area will suspend business on Jan. 6, 2014, about one month before the opening of the Olympics.

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Snowboarding World Cup

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Taku Hiraoka wears the gold medal after the award ceremony of a halfpipe competition at a snowboard World Cup meet in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 14, 2013. Hiraoka won the test event for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics to claim his first World Cup title.

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Snowboarding World Cup

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Taku Hiraoka gets air during a halfpipe competition at a snowboard World Cup meet in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 14, 2013. Hiraoka won the test event for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics to claim his first World Cup title.

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Takanashi promises best performance at Sochi Olympics

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese ski jumper Sara Takanashi speaks at a press conference in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 4, 2014, promising to give her best performance and aim for gold at the Winter Olympic Games to open on Feb. 7.

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Sochi Olympics snow sculpture lit up in Sapporo

SAPPORO, Japan - A snow sculpture representing the Sochi Winter Olympic Games is lit up in Sapporo's Odori Park, Hokkaido, for the Sapporo Snow Festival, on Feb. 4, 2014, the day before the official start of the annual event.

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Hanyu arrives in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu holds his accreditation card for the Sochi Olympics as he arrives at Sochi airport in Russia on Feb. 3, 2014, before the opening of the Winter Games on Feb. 7.

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Takanashi arrives in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese ski jumper Sara Takanashi answers reporters' questions after arriving at Sochi airport in Russia on Feb. 4, 2014, before the opening of the Winter Olympics on Feb. 7.

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Takanashi arrives in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese ski jumper Sara Takanashi answers reporters' questions after arriving at Sochi airport in Russia on Feb. 4, 2014, before the opening of the Winter Olympics on Feb. 7.

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Takanashi arrives in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese ski jumper Sara Takanashi arrives at Sochi airport in Russia on Feb. 4, 2014, before the opening of the Winter Olympics on Feb. 7. Her compatriot ski jumper Yuki Ito is seen in the back.

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Takanashi arrives in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese ski jumper Sara Takanashi arrives at Sochi airport in Russia on Feb. 4, 2014, before the opening of the Winter Olympics on Feb. 7.

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IOC president in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach arrives at Sochi airport in Russia on Jan. 31, 2014, before the opening of the Winter Olympics.

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Patrick Chan in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Figure skating world champion Patrick Chan of Canada arrives at Sochi airport in Russia on Jan. 31, 2014, before the opening of the Winter Olympics.

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IOC president in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach arrives at Sochi airport in Russia on Jan. 31, 2014, before the opening of the Winter Olympics.

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Olympics ticket office at Sochi train station

SOCHI, Russia - Customers purchase tickets for the Winter Olympic Games at a ticket office inside Sochi train station in Sochi, Russia, on Jan. 30, 2014, a week before the Games begin.

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Athletes' village for Sochi Olympics

SOCHI, Russia - Photo shows national flags flying in the village for ice sports athletes in Sochi, Russia, on Jan. 30, 2014, the opening day of the facility eight days before the start of the Winter Games.

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IOC suggests relocation of sledding sports in 2018 Olympics

MONACO, Monaco - Cho Yang Ho, president of the Pyeongchang Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, speaks in an interview in Monaco on Dec. 6, 2014. The International Olympic Committee suggested that South Korea consider moving the sledding sports competitions from the city to an existing facility in another country to cut costs.

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Sapporo announces intention to host 2026 Winter Olympics

SAPPORO, Japan - Sapporo Mayor Fumio Ueda speaks at a news conference at the municipal government building in Sapporo on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Nov. 27, 2014, after announcing the city's intention to host the 2026 Winter Olympics at a city assembly meeting. Sapporo became the first Japanese city to host the Winter Olympics in 1972.

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Japanese figure skater Suguri announces retirement

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese figure skater Fumie Suguri, 33, eats some pudding during a press conference in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Nov. 13, 2014, held to announce her retirement. Asked what she would like to do most after her retirement, the two-time Olympian said she wanted to eat custard pudding, a favorite food item she had refrained from eating since the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, in her determination to compete again in an Olympic Games -- before one was offered to her as a surprise.

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Russian expert warns of cyberattacks at Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Eugene Kaspersky, chief executive officer at Kaspersky Lab in Russia, speaks in a Kyodo News interview in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2014, warning of possible cyberattacks on live telecasting equipment and other infrastructure facilities at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in the Japanese capital based on his experience of some 100,000 such attacks during the Sochi Winter Olympics earlier this year.

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Ski jumper Takanashi returns from training in S. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's ace ski jumper Sara Takanashi talks to the press at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 15, 2014, after ending a training camp in South Korea's Pyeongchang, the host city to the 2018 Winter Olympics.

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Olympic figure skating bronze medalist Takahashi to retire

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese figure skater Daisuke Takahashi performing in the free skate competition of the Sochi Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, in February 2014. Takahashi, 28, who won the bronze medal in the previous Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada, has decided to retire, sources familiar with the matter said Oct. 14, 2014.

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JOC head named IOC evaluation member for 2022 games

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Olympic Committee head Tsunekazu Takeda, shown in this undated file photo, is chosen on Sept. 29, 2014, as one of the members of the Evaluation Commission of the International Olympic Committee for appraising the bid cities for the 2022 Winter Olympics -- Norway's Oslo, Kazakhstan's Almaty and China's Beijing. The host city will be decided at an IOC session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 31 next year.

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Nordic combined skier Watabe receives prize from gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Nordic combined skier Akito Watabe (R), a silver medalist at the 2014 Winter Olympics, receives a prize from Hakubun Shimomura, minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, at a ceremony in Tokyo on July 16, 2014, commending Japanese medal winners at the Sochi Games.

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Snowboarder Takeuchi receives prize from gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese snowboarder Tomoka Takeuchi (R), a silver medalist at the 2014 Winter Olympics, receives a prize from Hakubun Shimomura, minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, at a ceremony in Tokyo on July 16, 2014, commending Japanese medal winners at the Sochi Games.

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Ski jumper Kasai receives prize from gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese ski jumper Noriaki Kasai (R), a silver medalist at the 2014 Winter Olympics, receives a prize from Hakubun Shimomura, minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, at a ceremony in Tokyo on July 16, 2014, commending Japanese medal winners at the Sochi Games.

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Figure skater Hanyu receives prize from gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu (R), a gold medalist at the 2014 Winter Olympics, receives a prize from Hakubun Shimomura, minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, at a ceremony in Tokyo on July 16, 2014, commending Japanese medal winners at the Sochi Games.

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Emperor, empress meet with Sochi Olympic medalists

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Emperor Akihito (R) talks with Noriaki Kasai (C), who won the Sochi Winter Olympics silver medal in the men's individual large hill ski jumping and bronze in the team event, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on July 16, 2014. The emperor and empress invited to the palace around 90 athletes who finished among the top eight in events at the Sochi Olympics and Paralympics. (Pool photo by Yomiuri Shimbun)

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Emperor, empress meet with Sochi Olympic medalists

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Emperor Akihito (R) talks with Yuzuru Hanyu, winner of the Sochi Winter Olympics men's figure skating gold, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on July 16, 2014. The emperor and empress invited to the palace around 90 athletes who finished among the top eight in events at the Sochi Olympics and Paralympics. (Pool photo by Yomiuri Shimbun)

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Olympic snowboarding medalist Takeuchi publishes 1st book

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese snowboarder Tomoka Takeuchi, a silver medalist at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, poses in Tokyo on June 17, 2014, with her first book "Watashi, Kachi Ni Ikimasu" (I'll Go for a Win) about lessons in life learned through her competitive sport career.

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Figure skater Hanyu

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu, a Sochi Winter Olympics gold medalist, is pictured during an interview in Tokyo on April 10, 2014.

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Figure skater Hanyu

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu, a Sochi Winter Olympics gold medalist, is pictured during an interview in Tokyo on April 10, 2014.

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Figure skater Hanyu

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu, a Sochi Winter Olympics gold medalist, is pictured during an interview in Tokyo on April 10, 2014.

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Sochi Olympics' Polar Bear sheds tear

SOCHI, Russia - A blue tear trickles down the cheek of Polar Bear, one of the mascots of the Sochi Olympics, during the closing ceremony of the Winter Games in Russia, as shown on a TV screen on Feb. 23, 2014.

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Japan's Sochi bronze winner Hiraoka shows medal to Osaka gov.

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese snowboarder Taku Hiraoka (R), the bronze medalist in the men's halfpipe competition at the Sochi Winter Olympics, shows his medal to Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui at the prefectural government office on March 13, 2014.

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Kasai after Sochi Olympics

FALUN, Sweden - Japanese ski jumper Noriaki Kasai, who won the men's individual large hill silver medal and the team bronze at the Sochi Olympics, his seventh straight Winter Games, is interviewed in Falun, Sweden, on Feb. 26, 2014. Kasai finished third in the World Cup competition later that day.

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Sochi figure skating winner Hanyu visits hometown mayor

SENDAI, Japan - Sochi Olympics men's figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu (L) receives a "shield of kudos" from Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama on Feb. 26, 2014, at the city hall for his achievement at the Winter Games in Russia. Hanyu's success lifted the spirits of many people in Sendai, his hometown, as well as other areas in northeastern Japan that were devastated in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami catastrophe.

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Olympic Flag arrives in S. Korea for 2018 Winter Olympics

CHUNCHEON, South Korea - Gangwan Province Gov. Choi Moon Soon waves the Olympic flag during a ceremony in the provincial capital of Chuncheon on Feb. 26, 2014, after the flag arrived from Sochi, Russia. The Winter Olympics will be held in Pyeongchang County in the province in 2018.

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S. Korean figure skating silver medalist Kim meets reporters

SEOUL, South Korea - Sochi Winter Olympics women's figure staking silver medalist Kim Yu Na of South Korea meets reporters upon her arrival at Incheon International Airport west of Seoul on Feb. 25, 2014.

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Figure skater Kim holds Olympic flag at Incheon airport

SEOUL, South Korea - Sochi Olympics women's figure skating silver medalist Kim Yu Na (C) and other South Koreans hold the Olympic flag at Incheon International Airport west of Seoul on Feb. 25, 2014, brought home from Sochi, Russia, for the 2018 Winter Games to be held in Pyeongchang.

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Asada at press conference in Tokyo after Sochi Games

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese figure skater Mao Asada smiles in this combination photo at a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2014, after returning from the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia. Asada is still debating whether to retire and said the chances of continuing her career are fifty-fifty.

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Asada after Sochi Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's figure skater Mao Asada is pictured at a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo after returning from Sochi, Russia on Feb. 25, 2014, where she competed in the Winter Olympic Games.

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Asada after Sochi Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's figure skater Mao Asada is pictured at a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo after returning from Sochi, Russia on Feb. 25, 2014, where she competed in the Winter Olympic Games.

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Japanese skaters return from Sochi

NARITA, Japan - Gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu arrives at Narita airport near Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2014, as the Japanese figure skating squad returned from the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

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Japanese skaters return from Sochi

NARITA, Japan - Mao Asada arrives at Narita airport near Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2014, as the Japanese figure skating squad returned from the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

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Japanese skaters return from Sochi

NARITA, Japan - Mao Asada arrives at Narita airport near Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2014, as the Japanese figure skating squad returned from the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

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Japanese skaters return from Sochi

NARITA, Japan - Gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu arrives at Narita airport near Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2014, as the Japanese figure skating squad returned from the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

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Japanese skaters return from Sochi

NARITA, Japan - Mao Asada arrives at Narita airport near Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2014, as the Japanese figure skating squad returned from the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

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Japanese skaters return from Sochi

NARITA, Japan - Gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu arrives at Narita airport near Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2014, as the Japanese figure skating squad returned from the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.