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Russia Threatens to Withdraw from Olympic Winter Games

Russia threatened Thursday to pull out of the Olympic Winter Games after they withdrew their cross country skiing relay team following blood tests.


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Russia threatened Thursday to pull out of the Olympic Winter Games after they withdrew their cross country skiing relay team following blood tests.

Russian Olympic Committee spokesman Gennady Shvets said: "It has been discussed with Moscow. This was the last straw."





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