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Host Russia Tops Olympics Medals Table in Sochi

The 22nd Olympic Winter Games have ended. Here are some highlights of the two plus weeks of action. Only three gold medals were awarded on the final day and two of them went to host Russia. The Russians swept the medals in Sunday's first event, the men's 50-kilometer cross-country ski race. Alexander Legkov won it with a time of 1:46.55.2 That was 0.7 of a second faster than teammate Maxim Vylegzhanin (1:46.55.9) and 0.8 better than bronze...

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