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Maria Sharapova of Russia follows through on a shot to Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia during their fourth round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, Jan. 20, 2014.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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Maria Sharapova of Russia celebrates a point won against Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia during their fourth round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, Jan. 20, 2014.(AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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Carolina Hurricanes' Alexander Semin (28), of Russia, shoots and scores on Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Ben Bishop (30) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

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Second placed Russia's Yulia Tchekaleva, left, winner Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk, center, and third placed Russia's Julia Ivanova pose for photographers after the women's Cross Country skiing 10km Mass Start Classic World Cup event in Szklarska Poreba, Poland, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

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Russia's Maxim Vylegzhanin, front, followed by Kazakhstan's Alexey Poltoranin compete during the men's World Cup Cross Country Skiing 15km Mass Start Classic event in Szklarska Poreba, Poland, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

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Germany's Hannes Dotzler, left, and Russia's Maxim Vylegzhanin arrive at the finishing area, as Russia's Evgeniy Belov falls in the snow after the men's World Cup Cross Country Ski 15km Mass Start Classic event in Szklarska Poreba, Poland, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

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Russia's Ksenia Stoblova and Fedor Klimov pose with their gold medals following the pairs free skating at the European Figure Skating Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

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Russia's Ksenia Stoblova and Fedor Klimov, center, Russia's Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov, left and Russia's Vera Bazarova and Yuri Larionov pose with their medals following the pairs free skating at the European Figure Skating Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

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Russia's Ksenia Stoblova and Fedor Klimov compete in the pairs free skating at the European Figure Skating Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

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Russia's Ksenia Stoblova and Fedor Klimov compete in the pairs free skating at the European Figure Skating Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

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Russia's Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov compete in the pairs free skating at the European Figure Skating Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

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Ksenia Stoblova and Fedor Klimov, center, Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov, left and Vera Bazarova and Yuri Larionov, all from Russia, pose with their medals following the pairs free skating at the European Figure Skating Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

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In this Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, photo made available by Presidential Press Service on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to a translation during an interview to Russian and foreign media at the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, which will host Winter Olympic Games on Feb. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

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In this Friday, Jan. 17, 2014 photo made available by Presidential Press Service on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to a translation during an interview to Russian and foreign media at the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, which will host Winter Olympic Games on Feb. 7, 2014. President Vladimir Putin once again has offered assurances to gays planning to attend the Sochi Olympics, but his arguments defending Russia’s ban on homosexual “propaganda” to minors show the vast gulf between how he understands the issues and how homosexuality is generally viewed in the West. In an interview with Russian and foreign television stations broadcast Sunday, Putin equated gays with pedophiles and spoke of the need for Russia to “cleanse” itself of homosexuality as part of efforts to increase the birth rate. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

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In this Friday, Jan. 17, 2014 photo made available by Presidential Press Service on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to a translation during an interview to Russian and foreign media at the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, which will host Winter Olympic Games on Feb. 7, 2014. President Vladimir Putin once again has offered assurances to gays planning to attend the Sochi Olympics, but his arguments defending Russia’s ban on homosexual “propaganda” to minors show the vast gulf between how he understands the issues and how homosexuality is generally viewed in the West. In an interview with Russian and foreign television stations broadcast Sunday, Putin equated gays with pedophiles and spoke of the need for Russia to “cleanse” itself of homosexuality as part of efforts to increase the birth rate. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

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Colorado Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov (1), of Russia, covers up the puck as Nashville Predators forward Viktor Stalberg (25), of Sweden, closes in during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)