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Carnivale characters enter the stadium during Sunday's Winter Olypmic Games closing ceremony at Stadio Olimpico in Turin, Italy.
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Carnival closes Turin Games

Nothing in the dancing Tarot cards that enlivened the farewell program foreshadowed that an unidentified man would rush toward Turin organizing committee president Valentino Castellani. As he was finishing a speech of gratitude for a Games fairly well executed, the intruder bellowed what later was deciphered as "Passion lives in Torino." The show went on Sunday, hardly missing a beat of its Carnival theme on a crisp night.

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Medal Count
Country G S B Total
Germany 11 12 6 29
U.S.A. 9 9 7 25
Canada 7 10 7 24
Austria 9 7 7 23
Russia 8 6 8 22
Norway 2 8 9 19
Sweden 7 2 5 14
Switzerland 5 4 5 14
South Korea 6 3 2 11
Italy 5 0 6 11
China 2 5 4 11
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Turin 2006: Facts and Figures

15 disciplines: biathlon, bobsleigh, nordic combined, curling, freestyle skiing, ice hockey, figure skating, speed skating, ski jumping, alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, short-track, skeleton, luge, snowboard

7 Competition Sites: Torino, Bardonecchia, Cesana, Pinerolo, Pragelato, Sauze d'Oulx, Sestriere

3 Olympic Villages: Torino, Bardonecchia and Sestriere

84 titles at stake

87 National Olympic Committees

2,500 athletes

2,500 coaches and national team officials

2,300 representatives of the IOC, National Olympic Committees and Federations

650 judges and referees

10,000 media

6,000 guests of sponsors

1 million spectators

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