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Passionate cheers at Olympic venues

TURIN, Italy - Italian volunteers cheer Japanese athletes at the Oval Lingotto arena in Turin, the venue for speed skating.

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Passionate cheers at Olympic venues

TURIN, Italy -A man wearing a cap with a lion skater cheers speed skaters at the Oval Lingotto arena in Turin.

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Passionate cheers at Olympic venues

TURIN, Italy - A group of Dutch audiences wave flags to cheer Japanese speed skaters at the Oval Lingotto arena in Turin.

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Netherlands' Timmer wins women's 1,000m speed skating race

TURIN, Italy - The Netherlands' Marianne Timmer (R), gold medalist of the women's 1,000-meter speed skating race of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, is congratulated by Japanese skater Tomomi Okazaki at the Oval Lingotto in Turin, Italy, on Feb. 19.

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Netherlands' Timmer wins women's 1,000m speed skating race

TURIN, Italy - The Netherlands' Marianne Timmer (C), gold medalist of the women's 1,000-meter speed skating race of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, is flanked by Cindy Kassen of Canada (L) and Germany's Anni Friesinger during the flower ceremony at the Oval Lingotto in Turin, Italy, on Feb. 19.

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Netherlands' Timmer wins women's 1,000-meter speed skating race

TURIN, Italy - The Netherlands' Marianne Timmer shows her joy after winning the women's 1,000-meter speed skating race at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games at the Oval Lingotto in Turin, Italy, on Feb. 19.

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Netherlands' Timmer wins women's 1,000m speed skating race

TURIN, Italy - The Netherlands' Marianne Timmer (R) is congratulated by Japan's Tomoni Okazaki (L) and Sayuri Yoshii after winning the women's 1,000-meter speed skating race at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games at the Oval Lingotto rink in Turin, Italy, on Feb. 19.

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Netherlands' Timmer wins women's 1,000m speed skating race

TURIN, Italy - The Netherlands' Marianne Timmer shows her joy after winning the women's 1,000-meter speed skating race of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games at the Oval Lingotto in Turin, Italy, on Feb. 19.

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Netherlands' Timmer wins women's 1,000-meter speed skating race

TURIN, Italy - The Netherlands' Marianne Timmer skates to victory in the women's 1,000-meter speed skating race at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games at the Oval Lingotto in Turin, Italy, on Feb. 19. Timmer clocked 1 minute, 16.5 seconds.

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America's Davis wins gold in men's 1,000-m speed skating

TURIN, Italy - American speed skater Shani Davis, who won the gold in the men's 1,000-meter race, responds to spectators at Oval Lingotto at the Turin Olympics on Feb. 18. Davis is first black male athlete ever to win a Winter Olympic gold medal in an individual event

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America's Davis wins gold in men's 1,000-m speed skating

TURIN, Italy - American Shani Davis, who won the gold in the men's 1,000-meter speed skating, skates in the race at Oval Lingotto at the Turin Olympics on Feb. 18. Davis is first black male athlete ever to win a Winter Olympic gold medal in an individual event

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America's Davis wins gold in men's 1,000-m speed skating

TURIN, Italy - American speed skater Shani Davis, who won the gold in the men's 1,000-meter race, waves with fellow countryman and silver medalist Joey Cheek (L), and bronze medalist Erben Wennemars of the Netherlands (R) at Oval Lingotto at the Turin Olympics on Feb. 18. Davis is first black male athlete ever to win a Winter Olympic gold medal in an individual event.

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America's Davis wins gold in men's 1,000-m speed skating

TURIN, Italy - American speed skater Shani Davis smiles after winning the gold in the men's 1,000-meter race at Oval Lingotto at the Turin Olympics on Feb. 18. Davis is first black male athlete ever to win a Winter Olympic gold medal in an individual event.

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America's Davis wins gold in men's 1,000-m speed skating

TURIN, Italy - American speed skater Shani Davis waves to spectators after winning the men's 1,000-meter race at Oval Lingotto at the Turin Olympics on Feb. 18. Davis is first black male athlete ever to win a Winter Olympic gold medal in an individual event.

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Japan fourth in women's team pursuit

TORINO, Italy - A series of photos (from top to bottom) show Hiromi Otsu of the Japanese women's pursuit team tumbling to the ice on the fourth curve and crashing into the rink fencing in the race against Russia to determine third place at Oval Lingotto at the Turin Winter Olympics on Feb. 16. Japan placed fourth in the event.

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Japan fourth in women's team pursuit

TORINO, Italy - Photo shows Hiromi Otsu of the Japanese women's pursuit team after tumbling to the ice and crashing into the rink fencing in the race against Russia at Oval Lingotto at the Turin Winter Olympics on Feb. 16. Japan placed fourth in the event.

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Germany wins gold in women's team pursuit

TURIN, Italy - German women's team pursuit members, who won gold, respond to fans on the podium at Oval Lingotto at the Turin Winter Olympic Games on Feb. 16.

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Italy wins gold in men's team pursuit

TURIN, Italy - The Italian men's team pursuit members, waving the country's flag, respond to spectators after winning gold at Oval Lingotto at the Turin Winter Olympic Games on Feb. 16.

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Italy wins gold in men's team pursuit

TURIN, Italy - The Italian team run in the men's team pursuit at Oval Lingotto at the Turin Winter Olympic Games on Feb. 16. The team won gold.

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Japan eighth in men's team pursuit

TORINO, Italy - The Japanese men's team pursuit members skate into eighth place behind Germany in the race to determine seventh and eighth at Oval Lingotto at the Turin Winter Olympics on Feb. 16.

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Japan advances to semifinals in women's team pursuit

TURIN, Italy - The Japanese women's speed skating team pursuit trio, (from L to R) Maki Tabata, Eriko Ishino and Hiromi Otsu, cruise to overtake the accident-hit Norwegians at the Oval Lingotto at the Turin Olympics on Feb. 15, setting up a semifinal meeting on Feb. 16 with Canada.

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Russia's Zhurova wins women's 500m speed skating

TURIN, Italy - Russia's Svetlana Zhurova skates to win the gold medal in the women's 500-meter speed skating race at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games at the Oval Lingotto skating rink in Turin, Italy, on Feb. 14.

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Russia's Zhurova wins women's 500m speed skating

TURIN, Italy - Russia's Svetlana Zhurova is flanked by Wang Manli (L), and Ren Hui Ren, both from China, during the flower ceremony of the women's 500-meter speed skating race at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games at the Oval Lingotto skating rink in Turin, Italy, on Feb. 14. Zhurova took gold and Wang came in second, followed by Ren.

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Okazaki narrowly misses medal in women's 500m speed skating

TURIN, Italy - Tomomi Okazaki of Japan smiles to supporters after competing in the women's 500-meter speed skating race of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games at the Oval Lingotto skating rink in Turin, Italy, on Feb. 14. Okazaki came in fourth in the race.

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Japan's Kato 6th in men's 500 meters

TURIN, Italy - Japan's gold medal favorite Joji Kato looks unhappy after ending his title pursuit in disappointment at the Oval Lingotto arena in Turin on Feb. 13. The world record holder finished in sixth place in the men's 500-meter event.

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Japan's Oikawa just misses podium spot, Kato 6th

TURIN, Italy - Japan's Yuya Oikawa narrowly misses out on a podium spot in the men's 500-meter speed skating event, placing fourth at the Oval Lingotto arena in Turin on Feb. 13.

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Joey Cheek of U.S. wins gold in men's 500 meters

TURIN, Italy - American Joey Cheek expresses his joy after clocking the fastest time on his first run in the men's 500-meter speed skating event at the Oval Lingotto arena in Turin on Feb. 13. He had the fastest times on both runs to win his first Olympic gold.

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Netherland's Wust wins women's 3,000m speed skating

TURIN, Italy - Renate Groenewold (L), Ireen Wust (C), both from the Netherlands, and Canada's Cindy Klassen pose on the podium at Oval Lingotto speed skating rink in Turin on Feb. 12 following the women's 3,000-meter race in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. Wust won the race, followed by Groenewold and Klassen.

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Netherland's Wust wins women's 3,000m speed skating

TURIN, Italy - Ireen Wust of the Netherlands skates to a gold medal in the women's 3,000-meter race in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games at Oval Lingotto speed skating rink in Turin on Feb. 12.

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Netherland's Wust wins women's 3,000m speed skating

TURIN, Italy - Ireen Wust of the Netherlands acknowledges the crowd at Oval Lingotto speed skating rink in Turin on Feb. 12 after competing in the women's 3,000-meter race in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. Wust won the gold medal in a time of 4 minutes, 2.43 seconds.

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Hedric wins men's 5,000m speed skating

TURIN, Italy - Chad Hedrick of the United States (C) is flanked by Sven Kramer of the Netherlands (L) and Italy's Enrico Fabris during the flower ceremony of the men's 5,000m speed skating in the 2006 Winter Olympic at Oval Lingotto skating rink in Turin on Feb. 11. Hedric won the race, followed by Kramer and Febris.

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Hedric wins men's 5,000m speed skating

TURIN, Italy - Chad Hedrick of the United States skates during the men's 5,000m race in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games at Oval Lingotto skating rink in Turin on Feb. 11. Hedric won the gold medal in time of 6 minutes, 14.68 seconds.

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Hedric wins men's 5,000m speed skating

TURIN, Italy - Chad Hedrick of the United States waves after the men's 5,000m speed skating in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games at Oval Lingotto skating rink in Turin on Feb. 11. Hedric won the gold medal in time of 6 minutes, 14.68 seconds.

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Scenes from Olympic venue of Turin

TURIN, Italy - Japanese sprint speed skater Joji Kato (L) chats with a U.S. speed skater at the Oval Lingotto in Italy's Turin on Feb. 2 as he practices ahead of the upcoming Winter Olympic Games.

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Okazaki 2nd in World Cup Speed Skating women's 500m

TURIN, Italy - Japanese speed skater Tomomi Okazaki poses during the awards ceremony after placing second in the women's 500 meters race at the World Cup Speed Skating event at the Olympic Oval Lingotto in Turin Dec. 10.

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Speed skaters practice at Oval Lingotto for World Cup

TURIN, Italy - Speed skaters from countries taking part in the World Cup competition practice at Oval Lingotto on Dec. 8, about two months ahead of the start of the Turin Winter Olympics.

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(CORRECTED)Speed skaters practice at Oval Lingotto for World Cup

TURIN, Italy - Speed skaters from countries taking part in the World Cup competition practice at Oval Lingotto on Dec. 8, about two months ahead of the start of the Turin Winter Olympics. (Kyodo)

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Okazaki 2nd in World Cup Speed Skating women's 500m

TURIN, Italy - Japanese speed skater Tomomi Okazaki poses during the awards ceremony after placing second in the women's 500 meters race at the World Cup Speed Skating event at the Olympic Oval Lingotto in Turin Dec. 10. (Kyodo)

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Scenes from Olympic venue of Turin

TURIN, Italy - Japanese sprint speed skater Joji Kato (L) chats with a U.S. speed skater at the Oval Lingotto in Italy's Turin on Feb. 2 as he practices ahead of the upcoming Winter Olympic Games. (Kyodo)

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Passionate cheers at Olympic venues

TURIN, Italy -A man wearing a cap with a lion skater cheers speed skaters at the Oval Lingotto arena in Turin. (Kyodo)

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Passionate cheers at Olympic venues

TURIN, Italy - Italian volunteers cheer Japanese athletes at the Oval Lingotto arena in Turin, the venue for speed skating. (Kyodo)

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Passionate cheers at Olympic venues

TURIN, Italy - A group of Dutch audiences wave flags to cheer Japanese speed skaters at the Oval Lingotto arena in Turin. (Kyodo)

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Netherlands' Timmer wins women's 1,000-meter speed skating race

TURIN, Italy - The Netherlands' Marianne Timmer shows her joy after winning the women's 1,000-meter speed skating race at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games at the Oval Lingotto in Turin, Italy, on Feb. 19. (Kyodo)

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Netherlands' Timmer wins women's 1,000m speed skating race

TURIN, Italy - The Netherlands' Marianne Timmer (R), gold medalist of the women's 1,000-meter speed skating race of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, is congratulated by Japanese skater Tomomi Okazaki at the Oval Lingotto in Turin, Italy, on Feb. 19. (Kyodo)

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Netherlands' Timmer wins women's 1,000m speed skating race

TURIN, Italy - The Netherlands' Marianne Timmer (R) is congratulated by Japan's Tomoni Okazaki (L) and Sayuri Yoshii after winning the women's 1,000-meter speed skating race at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games at the Oval Lingotto rink in Turin, Italy, on Feb. 19. (Kyodo)

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Netherlands' Timmer wins women's 1,000m speed skating race

TURIN, Italy - The Netherlands' Marianne Timmer shows her joy after winning the women's 1,000-meter speed skating race of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games at the Oval Lingotto in Turin, Italy, on Feb. 19. (Kyodo)

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Netherlands' Timmer wins women's 1,000m speed skating race

TURIN, Italy - The Netherlands' Marianne Timmer (C), gold medalist of the women's 1,000-meter speed skating race of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, is flanked by Cindy Kassen of Canada (L) and Germany's Anni Friesinger during the flower ceremony at the Oval Lingotto in Turin, Italy, on Feb. 19. (Kyodo)

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Netherlands' Timmer wins women's 1,000-meter speed skating race

TURIN, Italy - The Netherlands' Marianne Timmer skates to victory in the women's 1,000-meter speed skating race at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games at the Oval Lingotto in Turin, Italy, on Feb. 19. Timmer clocked 1 minute, 16.5 seconds. (Kyodo)

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America's Davis wins gold in men's 1,000-m speed skating

TURIN, Italy - American Shani Davis, who won the gold in the men's 1,000-meter speed skating, skates in the race at Oval Lingotto at the Turin Olympics on Feb. 18. Davis is first black male athlete ever to win a Winter Olympic gold medal in an individual event (Kyodo)

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America's Davis wins gold in men's 1,000-m speed skating

TURIN, Italy - American speed skater Shani Davis waves to spectators after winning the men's 1,000-meter race at Oval Lingotto at the Turin Olympics on Feb. 18. Davis is first black male athlete ever to win a Winter Olympic gold medal in an individual event. (Kyodo)