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Olympic day of politics and power on the slopes
Sochi Olympics Pussy Heal WEB
Russian punk group members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, left, and Maria Alekhina, right, make their way through a crowd after they were released from a police station on Tuesday in Adler, Russia. No charges were filed against Tolokonnikova and Alekhina along with the three others who were detained. - photo by Associated Press
SOCHI, Russia — The politics got a little hotter. The slopes got a lot slushier. On a day when the mountain courses seemed better suited for the crawl or butterfly but posed no obstacle to Tina Maze, the Sochi Olympics took a more overt political turn.