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Snow cannons prepare the Alpine ski course ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

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Olympic worker Pavel Dovgiy prepares to ski down the Alpine course ahead of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the opening of the 126th session of the International Olympic Committee, at the Zimny Theater, ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

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A worker covers the ground near the ski jumping venue prior to the 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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A Russian flag flutters over the ski jumping venue prior to the 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, center, pose with International Olympic Committee members at an event welcoming IOC members ahead of the upcoming 2014 Winter Olympics at the Rus Hotel, in Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, meets with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach ahead of the upcoming 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)