lympics in vancouver russia finished eleventh overall with three gold medals two of these came in biafra on the country's second favorite winter sport behind ice hockey. clinched one of these in the women's relay and also took gold in this week's i.b.u. cup for the purpose built lauer ascent in sochi with the twenty six year old claiming the victory left her exhausted yeah today i tested the track and i really felt it there's no other track in the world by this it's hard the downhills are steep there's no place to have rest and it is strongest athlete will win the olympics to get ready for the games they need not only to train here but also to live here there seems to bode well for russia's biathletes who also get to test the track again in march when saatchi will host a stage of the world cup meanwhile the other issue of vancouver wasn't just one of the medals but also of snow the canadian venue had to import it to help keep events running in their mild winter but saatchi manage charlie parker month says the seaside resort will have no such problems. as for the snow there won't be any r

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