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Olympic hockey teams are broken into three groups. Russia"s group includes the Czech, Slovak and Latvian teams; Canada"s group, the U.S., Swiss and Norwegian teams; and Sweden"s group comprises Finland, Belarus and Germany. With no unexpected turns, Russia and Canada should meet in the finals. However, one should bear in mind that a rare Olympic hockey tournament passes without surprises. In Turin, for example, the Russian and Canadian teams played in a quarter-final.Russia"s biathlon team has inspired great confidence after the latest World Cup. In any case, international analysts cite the Russian team as a front-runner, and predict that they could win no less than six medals, half of them gold.
No other Russian speed skater has recently started a season as successfully as Ivan Skobrev. He defeated Norway"s Haavard Bokko, a many-time European and World prize-winner, in the last three qualifying stages at the latest World Cup. In Calgary, he was second only to
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