Best sports photos, 2012
The best sports photos taken by RIA Novosti photo journalists in 2012.
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2012 World Allround Speed Skating Championships. Day 2
Czech Martina Sablikova (silver medal), Dutchwoman Irene Wust (gold medal) and Canadian Christine Nesbitt (bronze medal) at the awards ceremony in the women's classic all-around Speed Skating World Championships.
02/19/2012
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2012 Euro Beach Soccer Cup Final. Day 3
Italy's Michele Leghissa in the 2012 Indoor Euro Beach Soccer Cup's bronze medal match against Switzerland.
02/19/2012
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2012 Euro Beach Soccer Cup Final. Day 3
Switzerland's Dejan Stankovic, left, against Italy's Giuseppe Soria in the 2012 Indoor Euro Beach Soccer Cup's bronze medal match.
02/19/2012
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2012 Euro Beach Soccer Cup Final. Day 3
Switzerland's Philipp Borer in the 2012 Indoor Euro Beach Soccer Cup's bronze medal match against Italy.
02/19/2012
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2012 Euro Beach Soccer Cup Final. Day 3
Spain's goalkeeper Jesus Donaire Lopez in the 2012 Indoor Euro Beach Soccer Cup's match against Poland.
02/19/2012
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Professional Basketball League. CSKA - Triumph
CSKA's Jamont Gordonin, left, and Triumph's Artyov Vikhrov, right, a PBL match between CSKA Moscow and Triumph Lyubertsy.
02/18/2012
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Beach football European championship Day Two
Russian goalkeeper Andrei Buhlitsky in the indoor European Beach football championship match between the national teams of Russia and Italy.
02/18/2012
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FIS Ski World Cup. Women's downhill
USA's Lindsey Vonn wins bronze in women's downhill at the 2012 FIS Ski World Cup. Rosa Khutor alpine ski center.
02/18/2012
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Ice Hockey. KHL. CSKA (Moscow) vs. Barys (Astana)
A fight between Barys defender Kevin Dallman, left, and CSKA striker Sergei Shirokov, right, during the Kontinental Hockey League regular season match HC CSKA (Moscow) vs. HC Barys (Astana).
02/17/2012
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Football Legends Cup - 2012" First day Russia - Portugal
Portugal team player Fernando Couto and Russian national team player Ahrik Tsveyba (left to right) in a Konstantin Eremenko International Football Tournament of Stars "Legends Cup" match between the teams of Russia and Portugal.
02/11/2012
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Basketball PBL CSKA - Lokomotiv-Kuban
Lokomotiv-Kuban player Jeremy Massey and CSKA player Andrei Krrilenko (left to right) in the Professional Basketball League match between CSKA (Moscow) and Lokomotiv - Kuban" (Krasnodar).
02/11/2012
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Men's CEV Champions League. Zenit-Kazan vs. Poitiers
From left: Zenit player Nikolai Apalikov, Poitiers player Nicolas Marechal, and Zenit player Maxim Mikhailov in the CEV Champions League's match between Zenit (Kazan, Russia) and Poitiers (Poitiers, France).
02/08/2012
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Alpine skiing. World Cup. Training
Swiss athlete Carlo Janka during an official training of the downhill course for the Alpine Skiing World Cup men's event at the Roza Khutor Alpine Resort.
02/08/2012
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Continental Hockey League. Dynamo Moscow vs. Sibir Novosibirsk
Chief referee Jyri Ronn after receiving an injury in the Continental Hockey League's regular season match between Dynamo Moscow and Sibir Novosibirsk.
02/06/2012
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International Track and Field Athletics Tournament "Russian Winter 2012"
Russia's Darya Klishina, the long jump winner at the International Track and Field Athletics Tournament "Russian Winter 2012".
02/05/2012
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Tennis. 2012 Fed Cup. Russia vs. Spain
Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova competes in the match against Spain's Silvia Soler-Espinosa during the 2012 Fed Cup's 1st round.
02/05/2012
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2011–12 Short Track Speed Skating World Cup. Round 5, Day 3
From left: China's Fan Kexin, Italy's Arianna Fontana, China's Liu Qiuhong and Canada's Marianne St-Gelais compete in women's 1,500m race at the 2011–12 Short Track Speed Skating World Cup in Moscow.
02/05/2012
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Ice hockey. KHL. CSKA vs. Spartak
From left: Spartak player Alexei Zavarukhin and CSKA player Alexander Guskov during the Kontinental Hockey League's regular season match HC CSKA Moscow vs. HC Spartak Moscow.
01/31/2012
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2012 Australian Open Tennis Championships. Day 14
Serbia's Novak Djokovic at the awarding ceremony after defeating Spain's Rafael Nadal in the 2012 Australian Open Tennis Championships' singles final match.
01/30/2012
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2012 Australian Open Tennis Championships. Day 14
Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates his win over Spain's Rafael Nadal in the 2012 Australian Open Tennis Championships' singles final match.
01/30/2012
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Volleyball Super League. Dynamo Kazan vs. Dynamo Krasnodar
Dynamo Kazan's Yekaterina Gamova in Women's Volleyball Super League match against Dynamo Krasnodar.
01/29/2012
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2012 European Figure Skating Championships. Exhibition programs
Georgia's Elene Gedevanishvili performs her exhibition program at the 2012 European Figure Skating Championships in Sheffield, England, UK.
01/29/2012
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2012 European Figure Skating Championships. Exhibition programs
Georgia's Elene Gedevanishvili performs her exhibition program at the 2012 European Figure Skating Championships in Sheffield, England, UK.
01/29/2012
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2012 European Figure Skating Championships. Exhibition programs
Russia's Polina Korobeinikova performs her exhibition program at the 2012 European Figure Skating Championships in Sheffield, England, UK.
01/29/2012
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2012 Australian Open Tennis Championships. Day 14
Belarusia's Victoria Azarenko, the 2012 Australian Open singles title winner, holds the silver cup during a photo call in Melbourne.
01/29/2012
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2012 Australian Open Tennis Championships. Day Fourteen
Belarusian tennis player Victoria Azarenka, pictured, rejoices at her victory in the Australian Open final against Maria Sharapova.
01/28/2012
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2012 Australian Open Tennis Championships. Day Fourteen
Belarusian tennis player Victoria Azarenka, pictured, rejoices at her victory in the Australian Open final against Maria Sharapova.
01/28/2012
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2012 Australian Open Tennis Championships. Day Fourteen
Victoria Azarena of Belarus, pictured, in the Australian Open final against Maria Sharapova.
01/28/2012
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Basketball. PBL. Khimki vs. Yenisei
From left: Yenisei's forward Aleksey Nesteperov and Khimki's forward Matt Nielsen at the Professional Basketball League match Khimki Moscow Region vs. Yenisei Krasnoyarsk.
01/28/2012
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Ice Hockey. KHL. Atlant vs. Torpedo
Torpedo's goaltender Nikita Bespalov at the Kontinental Hockey League regular season match HC Atlant Moscow Region vs. HC Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod.
01/28/2012
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2012 European Figure Skating Championships. Men's free program
Russia's Yevgeny Plyushchenko performs his free program at the 2012 European Figure Skating Championships in Sheffield, England, UK. At the championships, Plyushchenko won gold and claimed a seventh European men's figure skating title.
01/28/2012
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ISU European Figure Skating Championships. Pairs. Free skating
From left: Russia's Vera Bazarova and Yuri Larionov (silver), Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov (gold), Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov (bronze) at the pair's free program awarding ceremony. 2012 ISU European Figure Skating Championships.
01/27/2012
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Euroleague Basketball. Russia's CSKA Moscow vs. Turkey's Anadolu Efes Istanbul
CSKA Moscow's head coach Jonas Kazlauskas, left, and forward Andrei Kirilenko during the 2011-12 Euroleague Basketball match against Anadolu Efes Istanbul.
01/25/2012
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Euroleague Basketball. Russia's CSKA Moscow vs. Turkey's Anadolu Efes Istanbul
Anadolu Efes Istanbul's center Esteban Batista, left, and shooting guard Sasha Vujacic, right, against CSKA Moscow's forward Andrei Kirilenko in the 2011-12 Euroleague Basketball match.
01/25/2012
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European Figure Skating Championships. Preliminary round: Ladies
Fleur Maxwell of Luxembourg performs during the ladies' preliminary round.
01/24/2012
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European Figure Skating Championships. Preliminary round: Ladies
Georgia Glastris of Greece performs during the ladies' preliminary round.
01/24/2012