Yekaterina Lobysheva (Russia) before the second heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Zhang Shuang (China) during the second heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Marsha Hudey (Canada) during the second heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Jenny Wolf (Germany) during the first heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Olga Fatkulina (Russia) during the first heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Laurine Van Riessen (Netherlands) during the first heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Olga Fatkulina (Russia) after finishing the first heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Laurine Van Riessen (Netherlands) during the first heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Olga Fatkulina (Russia) after the first heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Left: Russian speed skating team coach Pavel Abratkevich; right: Russian speed skating team head coach Konstantin Poltavets.

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Lee Sang Hwa (South Korea) during the first heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Lee Sang Hwa (South Korea) after finishing the first heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Olga Fatkulina (Russia) after finishing the first heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Olga Fatkulina (Russia) after finishing the first heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Laurine van Riessen (Netherlands) during the first heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Judith Hesse (Germany), right, and Miyako Sumiyoshi after finishing the first heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Judith Hesse (Germany) after finishing the first heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Olga Fatkulina (Russia) warms up before the first heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Yekaterina Malysheva (Russia) during the first heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Yekaterina Malysheva (Russia) during the first heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Yekaterina Malysheva (Russia) during the first heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Yekaterina Malysheva (Russia) during the first heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Lee Bo Ra (South Korea) during the first heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Lee Bo Ra (South Korea) during the first heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Fans watchthe women’s speed skating competitions at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Yekaterina Lobysheva (Russia) during the first heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Angelina Golikova (Russia) after finishing the first heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Angelina Golikova (Russia) after finishing the first heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Yekaterina Lobysheva (Russia), right, and Hong Zhang (China) during the first heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Yekaterina Lobysheva (Russia) during the first heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Yekaterina Lobysheva (Russia) during the first heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Yekaterina Lobysheva (Russia) after the first heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Angelina Golikova (Russia), right, after the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Marsha Hudey (Canada) during the first heat of the women's 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Yekaterina Lobysheva (Russia) after the first heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Yekaterina Lobysheva (Russia) during the first heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Yekaterina Lobysheva (Russia) before the first heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Angelina Golikova (Russia) after the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Angelina Golikova (Russia) after the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Angelina Golikova (Russia) during the first heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Angelina Golikova (Russia) after finishing the first heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Yvonne Daldossi (Italy) during the first heat of the women's 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Park Seung Ju (South Korea) ahead of a start in the first heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Marrit Leenstra (Netherlands) before the first heat of the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Angelina Golikova (Russia) warms up before the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Olga Fatkulina (Russia) warms up before the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Yekaterina Malysheva (Russia) warms up before the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Yekaterina Malysheva (Russia) warms up before the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Olga Fatkulina (Russia) warms up before the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Olga Fatkulina (Russia) warms up before the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Angelina Golikova (Russia) warms up before the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Olga Fatkulina (Russia) warms up before the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Olga Fatkulina (Russia) before the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Right: Konstantin Poltavets, head coach of the Russian speed skating team. Left: Pavel Abratkevich, coach of the Russian speed skating team.

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Yekaterina Malysheva (Russia) warms up before the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Olga Fatkulina (Russia) warms up before the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Angelina Golikova (Russia) warms up before the women’s 500m in speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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