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Olympic team, including disgraced skier, returns home
1. Wide shot exterior Moscow's international (Sheremeteyvo) airport
2. Wide shot of crowds chanting "Larisa, Larisa"
3. Larissa Lazutin (skier stripped of her Olympic gold medal) on balcony, pull back to cheering crowd
4. Mid shot...
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SYND 8 3 75 ICE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Ice Skating championships
1 American dancers Jim Mills and Colleen O'Connor on rink
2 American dancers interviewed
3 dancing continues
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Song contest winners return in triumph, soundbites
Music/video/performance rights must be cleared
AP Television
Moscow - 25 May 2008
1. Exterior of airport
2. Eurovision song contest winner Dima Bilan coming down stairs
3. Mid of fans
4. Pan of Bilan passing through airport terminal...
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Russians withdraw boycott threat, vow to stay on
22 Feb 2002
1. Mid shot of IOC president Jacques Rogge arriving at Russia House
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jacques Rogge, President, International Olympic Committee:
"They are very important to the Olympic movement. The tradition and the...
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SYND 8 2 60 CHAMPION RYLOVA WINS SPEED SKATING COMPETITION
Scenes of a women's speed-skating competition in the Soviet Union. Champion Tamara Rylova won the race. (Russian commentary and library music)
1. ws mountain landscape, pan to skating rink in valley
2. ws skating rink
3. ms stater fires...
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Filipino delegate reacts after country's first figure skater qualifies for medal round
As the only Filipino hope at the Sochi Winter Olympics, history making 17-year-old figure skater Michael Martinez made it through to the medal round of his event on Thursday.
The Filipino Olympic delegation said they are proud of...
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1959
Universal Newsreel 1959
02:26 49th Star For Old Glory
At the White House, President Eisenhower signs the proclamation which officially makes Alaska the 49th State in the Union - giving a new look to Old Glory. Flag-makers rush...
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Final preparations underway in Turin ahead of Winter Olympics
1. Wide shot Turin skyline
2. Police helicopter flying overhead
3. Close up Mole Adriana Tower
4. Pan from Madama Palace to Medals Plaza stage in Castello square (where athletes will receive prizes)
5. Various workers preparing stage ...
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Iceskating legends Torvill and Dean return to ice in Sarajevo 30 years after winning gold
Three decades after their legendary performance of Ravel's Bolero at the Sarajevo Olympics, British skating legends Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean were back on ice, performing the same routine at the same rink.
Their gold medal win...
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Organisers say ticket sales for Winter Olympics going well
1. People queuing in front of short track skating venue Oval Lingottto
2. Norwegian fans walking with flags
3. Close-up of ticket box office sign
4. People holding tickets
5. Ticket scalper trying to sell tickets
6. SOUNDBITE (English)...
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Figure skating champion carries flame atop the 337 Ostankino TV tower
The Olympic flame went up the highest TV tower in Russia on Wednesday, as part of the relay preceding the Sochi Winter Games.
Moscow's Ostankino TV and radio tower, which stands at 540.1 metres (1,772 feet) is the tallest freestanding...
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AUSTRALIA: SYDNEY OLYMPICS: EAST TIMOR
English/Nat
A good luck letter from the UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan was hand delivered to the East Timorese Olympic team in Sydney on Monday.
Mr Annan's representative presented the letter to boxer Victor Ramos in the Olympic...
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SYND 21 2 71SPEED SCATING CHAMPIONSHIP IN INZELL, BAVARIA
New world records at speed skating championships in Inzell by East German Ruth Schleiermacher, American Anne Henning and Ard Schenk of Netherlands.
1. gv Inzell artificial ice rink
2. ms course officials
3. gv 500 metres women's race...
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SYND 5 2 80 LAKE PLACID PREPARES FOR THE WINTER OLYMPICS
Lake Placid, venue for the 1980 Winter Olympics, prepares for the opening of the games. From speed skating to souvenirs, everything is being made ready.
1. ms Olympic flags
2. ms Olympic rings signboard being put up
3. vs speed...
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Rachael Flatt and Mirai Nagasu earned trips to the Olympics with their 1-2 finish at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Olympic silver medalist Sasha Cohen finished a distant fourth.
HEADLINE: Flatt edges Nagasu; both head to Vancouver
CAPTION: Rachael Flatt and Mirai Nagasu earned trips to the Olympics with their 1-2 finish at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Olympic silver medalist Sasha Cohen finished a...
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Crowds arrive for downhill finals, comment on performances
Skiing fans were in an ebullient mood as they arrived at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Centre in Sochi on Wednesday morning for the Olympic women's downhill skiing final.
David Yona, from Toronto, Canada, said he and his countrymen had "partied...
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U.S. figure skater Evan Lysacek has returned to skating in time to compete in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Lysacek won the gold at the games in 2010. (Oct. 28)
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U.S. figure skater Evan Lysacek has returned to skating in time to defend his title in the 2014 Winter Olympics.
The American tore the labrum in his left hip in a fall on a quad in training...
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SYND 7 3 76 WORLD SPRINT SPEEDSKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Highlights of the World Sprint Speedskating Championships with women's champion Sheila Young of the United States, Hans van Helden of Holland, Peter Mueller of the US and Johann Granath of Sweden.
1. ws Young leads round circuit
2. ws...
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Team USA arrived in Sochi Thursday, before the start of the 22nd Olympic Winter Games scheduled for next week. The athletes went through security and accreditation checks upon landing. (Jan. 30)
(UPSOUND: "Hi...how's it goin'?)
(SOT: Kelly Gunther, US Olympic team athlete (speed skating)):
"I am pretty excited, it's pretty cool to be here, it is my first Olympics. So, am very excited with everything that's going on. I'm kind of...
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Georgian delegation arriving to Sochi in second direct flight from Georgia since 2008
A plane carrying an 11-member Olympic delegation from Georgia touched down in Sochi on Thursday, completing just the second flight from Tbilisi to the city since Georgia and Russia fought a brief war in 2008.
Tension between the...
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Excited fans trek up the mountain for blue riband downhill events
Olympic fans from all over the world waited with anticipation for the lifts to open on Sunday, excited to see athletes compete in the men's downhill medal event.
The race in the mountains of Krasyana Polyana began 15-minutes late due to...
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Navalny launches website on suspected corruption at Sochi Olympics; Olympic village mayor reax
Russia's anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny launched an interactive website on Monday that paints a vivid picture of suspected cost overruns and conflicts of interest at the Sochi Winter Olympics.
Russia has spent about 51 billion...
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With a bronze medal from the Olympic Team figure skating, Jeremy Abbott and Jason Brown are confident going into the Men's individual figure skating competition. (Feb. 11)
Having won the bronze medal in the first ever Olympic Team figure skating, attention now turns to the individual event for Jeremy Abbott and Jason Brown.
Making his Olympic debut, Brown skated the long program in the Team event, and said...
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CANADA: World speedskating title
L26704Z QUEBEC: Natalia Petruseva, in 1000m sprint to win
the world speedskating title.
Quebec SHOWS: highlights 500m/1500m/1000m, medal ceremony.