TORINO, 11 Feb.--Photopress AG-AsiaNet/InfoQuest
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Former olympic champions and officials, ice skater Jayne Torville, ice
skater Christopher Dean, ski racer Michaela Figini, speed skater Dan Jansen,
President of the Torino 2006 organizing committee Valentino Castellani,
President of the International Olympic Committee Jacques Rogge, CEO of the
Swatch Group Nick Hayek, President of Omega Stephen Urquhart, ski racer Marco
Albarello, speed skater Bonnie Blair, ice skater Gwendal Peizerat, ice skater
Marina Anissina, back row from left, speed skater Claudia Pechstein, nordic
combined athlete Kenji Ogiwara, ski racer Gustav Thoeni and short track skater
Lee-Kyung Chun, front row from left, pose for a photo at the start of the
official Countdown to the Olympic Winter Games 2006 in Torino, Thursday, 10.
February 2005 in Torino. (KEYSTONE/Olivier Maire)
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German photographer Peter Lindberg, left, talks to Stephen Urquhart,
President of Swiss wachmaker Omega, right, at the start of the official
Countdown to the Olympic Winter Games 2006 in Torino, Thursday, 10. February
2005 in Torino, Italy. (KEYSTONE/Olivier Maire)
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Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee IOC, talks
to the press at the start of the official Countdown to the Olympic Winter Games
2006 in Torino, Thursday, 10. February 2005 in Torino, Italy.
(KEYSTONE/Olivier Maire)
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Nicolas Hayek, CEO of the Swiss watchmaker Swatch Group, poses for a photo
at the start of the official Countdown to the Olympic Winter Games 2006 in
Torino, Thursday, 10. February 2005 in Torino, Italy. (KEYSTONE/Olivier Maire)
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Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee IOC, left,
talks to the press, with Nick Hayek, CEO of the Swiss watchmaker Swatch Group,
right, at the start of the official Countdown to the Olympic Winter Games 2006
in Torino, Thursday, 10. February 2005 in Torino, Italy. (KEYSTONE/Olivier
Maire)
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