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Ukrainian Olympian Withdraws from Sochi Games to Protest Kyiv Violence

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A Ukrainian skier has withdrawn from the Olympic games in Sochi to protest the deaths of anti-government protesters in her country. Twenty-four-year-old Bogdana Matsotska said she did not want to compete while people in her country are dying in Kyiv's Independence Square. She said she would not ski in Friday's slalom, her third and best event at the Sochi Olympics. Her father, who coaches her, supports the decision. Matsotska blames Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych and his...

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