Sochi cleans up as world leaves Olympics behind

Published February 24, 2014 9:04am ET



SOCHI, Russia (AP) — By the busload, the world’s athletes and visitors rolled toward Sochi’s airport and took off for home Monday, fresh from a Winter Games experience that many Russians pronounced a smashing success and that the Olympic movement’s chief enthusiastically labeled a victory for the region and the host nation. “Yes! We did it!” one Olympic volunteer exulted as she darted into the night.

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