After Vancouver, now it’s Russia’s turn in 2014 (AP)

February 28th, 2010

FILE - In this Mon. Jan. 22, 2007 file photo, soaring snowcapped peaks, some topping 3,200 meters (10,000 feet), rise at the outskirts of the Black Sea resort city of Sochi, Russia. As the Vancouver Olympics come to a close, the focus turns across the world to Russia's first Winter Games in 2014 — taking the Olympic movement to a new territory and a new set of challenges. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel, File)AP - From the Pacific coast to the shores of the Black Sea. From the peaks of western Canada to the Caucasus mountains of southern Russia. From gleaming North American skyline to palm-fringed resort in the former Soviet Union.




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