Anger and Soviet nostalgia are sweeping Russia after its dismal showing at the Vancouver Olympics, triggering a purge of sporting officials in an effort to prevent another humiliation when the nation hosts the Winter games in Sochi in 2014.
Russia's Olympic flop sparks Soviet nostalgia
Seeded on Fri Mar 5, 2010 6:07 AM EST (NBC Sports)
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