The Finland vs Russia icehockey game was played in a crisp -15 Celsius degrees winter day. That didn't scare of the spectators though - judging by the 25.000 viewers in the Olympic Stadium keeping up a good spirit.
Before the game started there was tons of activities. Below are some pictures from the yesterdays "pre-game" ibify-live-gallery.
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| Leo Lion and Angry Bird posing with the cheerleader girls |
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| The sauna was already warm with smoke coming from the sauna-trucks chimney |
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| Despite it's name this is not an army-vehicle: A "soup canon" cooking pea soup |
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| Two hours before the game there were already a lot of people at the event |
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| Hall of Fame player and Team Finlands general manager Jari Kurri on the stage |
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| The ice was being prepared before the game |
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| Outside the stadium area a balloon was being launched |
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| Spectators trying to get the puck behind Pitsburg Penguing goalie Marc-André Fleury |
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| Nokia was there with a big screen promoting the fruits of their partnership with Microsoft... |
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| ...the Lumia 800 mobile phone running Window Phone 7 "Mango" |
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| Judging by a short test the phone still worked prtty well in -15 degrees. |
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| 90 minutes before the game the stadium was still empty... |
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| View from the the stadium. The area was already starting to fill with people. |
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| The Helsinki Olympic Stadium tower |
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| Meanwhile the "Popcorn" band was keeping the crowd warm |
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| The cheerleaders dancing along... |
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| ... with the crowd and "Leo the Lion" |
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| 30 minutes before the game the sun had already set... |
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| ... and expectations were high for the finnish fans. |
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| The interior of the olympic stadium before the game |
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| The cheerleaders were leading a warmup exersice for the spectators before the start |
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| The live TV-broadcast studio was behind the rounded glasses |
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| Teams lining up for the game. |
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| Spectators standing up for the national anthems. |
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| The game is GO! |
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| The finnish crowd was silenced 2 min before the end of the first period by Stanislav Tshistov who scored 1-0 for Russia. |
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| Between the second and the third period |
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| Between the second and the third period |
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| Despite the temperature sinking below -15 degrees the spirit was still high |
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| The teams changed ends at 50 mins into the game to ensure equal conditions for both teams |
Russia won the game 2 - 0. The complete gallery can be viewed on the www.ibify.com webpage or on android phones using the 'ibify' app from the android Market.
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