ITALY: OLYMPIC GAMES - Fans converge on ice hockey venue in Turin for the first match of the Winter Olympics
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ITALY: OLYMPIC GAMES - Fans converge on ice hockey venue in Turin for the first match of the Winter Olympics
- Title: ITALY: OLYMPIC GAMES - Fans converge on ice hockey venue in Turin for the first match of the Winter Olympics
- Date: 12th February 2006
- Summary: TURIN, ITALY (FEBRUARY 11, 2006) (REUTERS) WIDE EXTERIOR OF TORINO ESPOSIZIONI OLYMPIC ICE HOCKEY VENUE BIG OLYMPIC POSTER SHOWING ICE HOCKEY PLAYER GERMAN FANS OUTSIDE VENUE CLOSE UP FACE OF GERMAN FANS WITH FLAG PAINTED ON CHEEK (SOUNDBITE) (German) WOMEN SAYING: "We want to have fun and we will be shouting for the team. Germany on fire!" FINNISH FAN WALKING THROUGH METAL DETECTOR CLOSE UP ON POLICE MAN CHECKING DETECTOR WIDE OF SECURITY CHECK POINT (SOUNDBITE) (Finnish) PEKKA PIIRONEN: "I will watch the women hockey game. Today Finland is playing Germany. That would be an important victory for Finland. We came from Finland yesterday and we live outside Turin and we are going to watch the men's and women's ice hockey, cross county skiing and ski jumping." PEOPLE LINING UP AT ENTRANCE TO VENUE OLYMPIC POSTER WITH HOCKEY PLAYER
- Embargoed: 27th February 2006 12:00
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- Location: Italy
- Country: Italy
- Topics: Sports
- Reuters ID: LVAC557COA633OEI1K3L4LKNNW4I
- Story Text: On the first day of competition at the Winter Olympics on Saturday (February 11), fans of the Finnish and German women's ice hockey teams gathered for their match at Turin's Esposizioni.
Finland took bronze in 1998 in Nagano and are still rated the best of the challengers to the two dominant sides, Canada and the US. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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