Residents of the city welcome the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Russian Olga Kaniskina carries the Olympic flame during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Russian athlete Olga Kaniskina carries the Olympic flame during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Russian athlete Olga Kaniskina carries the Olympic flame during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Russian gymnast Denis Nizhegorodov carries the Olympic flame during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Leonid Arkayev, Merited Coach of Russia, rhythmic gymnastics, carries the Olympic flame during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Leonid Arkayev, Merited Coach of Russia, rhythmic gymnastics, passes the Olympic flame during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Leonid Arkayev, Merited Coach of Russia, rhythmic gymnastics, carries the Olympic flame during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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People watch the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Master of Sports of Russia (cross-country skiing) Valery Gontar, second right, during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Master of Sports of Russia (cross-country skiing) Valery Gontar, right, during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Master of Sports of Russia (cross-country skiing) Valery Gontar during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Torch-bearer Nikolai Bolshakov during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Torch-bearers Sergei Kirdyapkin, left, and Shamil Murtazin during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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People watch the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Russian track and field coach Viktor Chegin during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Torch-bearer Sergei Kirdyapkin during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Russian track and field coach Viktor Chegin, right, during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Russian track and field athlete Anisya Kirdyapkina during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Torch-bearers Yelena Lashmanova and Artur Gimatdinov during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Torch-bearer Sergei Kirdyapkin during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Torch-bearers Vyacheslav Mochalov and Yelena Lashmanova during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Torch-bearer Yelena Lashmanova during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Torch-bearers Artur Gimatdinov, left, and Sergei Kirdyapkin during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Torch-bearer, Master of Sports of Russia (BMX) Yevgeny Komarov during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Torch-bearer, Master of Sports of Russia (BMX) Yevgeny Komarov during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Torch-bearer, Master of Sports of Russia (BMX) Yevgeny Komarov during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Torch bearer Anatoly Kuturov and Valery Borchin, torch bearer and 2008 Olympic champion in 20 km race walking, Merited Master of Sports, right, during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Police observe public order during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Torch bearers Gennady Gromov and Pavel Volkov, right, during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Valery Borchin, torch bearer and 2008 Olympic champion in 20 km race walking, Master of Sports, during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Valery Borchin, torch bearer and 2008 Olympic champion in 20 km race walking, Master of Sports, during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Torch bearers Valery Borchin and Natalya Bobrova during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Torch bearer, actor Stanislav Duzhnikov, during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Torch bearer, actor Stanislav Duzhnikov, during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Torch bearer, actor Stanislav Duzhnikov, during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Torch bearers Stanislav Duzhnikov and Tatyana Tsirulyova during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Saransk Mayor Pyotr Tultayev, back left, meets Olympic flame keepers at a railway station in Saransk.

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Onlookers during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Torch bearers Nikolai Batov and Alexei Mishin, torch bearer and 2004 Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling, Master of Sports, right, during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Saransk Mayor Pyotr Tultayev, left, and Alexei Mishin, torch bearer and 2004 Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling, Master of Sports, right, during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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Alexei Mishin, torch bearer and 2004 Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling, Master of Sports, during the Olympic torch relay in Saransk.

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