ITALY: OLYMPIC GAMES - Russian athletes welcome IOC President Jacques Rogge to their end of games party

Record ID: 331851

  • Title: ITALY: OLYMPIC GAMES - Russian athletes welcome IOC President Jacques Rogge to their end of games party
  • Date: 26th February 2006
  • Summary: (SOUNDBITE)(Russian) OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL FIGURE SKATING WINNER YEVGENY PLUSHENKO, SAYING, "Of course we would like that our hockey team got a gold medal and Irina Slutskaya but I think we should not blame them too much because everybody wanted to win but they had mistakes and we have to accept the fact that it is an Olympic games and we should be generous to them."
  • Embargoed: 13th March 2006 12:00
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  • Location: Italy
  • Country: Italy
  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVAATHAPR8XH6NOFOK0TGY52TS0B
  • Story Text: Three-times world and five-times European champion Yevgeny Plushenko was among the athletes at the Russian house in Turin on Saturday (February 25) to welcome International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge to the team's celebrations.
    This games Plushenko has finally added a gold Olympic medal for the men's figure skating to his tally but Russia's games has not gone its way. Irina Slutskaya fell in the long programme of the women's figure skating and had to be content with the bronze medal. The ice hockey team were beaten out of the medals by the Czech Republic team which took the bronze.
    Nevertheless Rogge enjoyed the hospitality of his Russian hosts on a snowy evening in Turin.
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