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SOCHI SCENE: Record day in Sochi

By Washington Examiner
Published February 14, 2014 9:05am ET
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SOCHI SCENE: Record day in Sochi
Fans cheer a goal by the team Russia against Slovenia in the second period of a men's ice hockey game at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) | Julio Cortez

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Now that Alex Ovechkin and Russian men’s hockey team are in action at the Sochi Games, the party has officially started.

Officials say 106,000 fans packed the Olympic Park on Thursday, a record number for these games that also just happened to coincide with the Russian hockey team’s first game of the tournament.

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