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Sochi skiers strip down in balmy weather

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A volunteer basks in the sun at the Sochi 2014 cross-country ski course. AP
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US skier Sophie Caldwell went sleeveless during the women’s 10K classical-style cross-country race on Thursday. AP
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The US’ Sadie Bjornsen also went sleeveless. AP
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Course workers at the RusSki Gorki Jump Center went shirtless. ZUMA24.com
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Cheerleaders were able to walk through the Olympic village without a fuss as temperatures hit 59 degrees on Thursday. AP
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It was so warm that Kaylee Weil, of San Diego, Calif., went with just a tank top. AP
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Women were even sun bathing outside the Swiss House in Sochi. AP
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Visitors enter the Olympic Park at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. Temperatures are predicted near 60 degrees Fahrenheit in Sochi on Wednesday. (AP Photo/David… AP
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The weather got so warm that some locals even went swimming in the Black Sea near the Olympic Stadium in Sochi on Thursday. EPA
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epa04073860 Russian men relax in the sun after swimming in the Black Sea near the Fisht Olympic Stadium outside the Olympic Park at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Sochi, Russia,13… EPA
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epa04074074 Russian girls play on the shores the Black Sea near the Fisht Olympic Stadium outside the Olympic Park at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Sochi, Russia,13 February 2014. Warm… EPA
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epa04074072 A woman reads on the shores the Black Sea near the Fisht Olympic Stadium outside the Olympic Park at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Sochi, Russia,13 February 2014. Warm… EPA