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In this photo provided by Olympictorch2014.com torch bearers hold their torches during the Olympic torch relay in Gorno-Altaysk, 3,641 kilometers (2,262 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Monday, Dec. 2, 2013. The 65,000-kilometer (40,389-mile) Sochi torch relay, which started on Oct. 7, is the longest in Olympic history. The torch has traveled to the North Pole on a Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker and has even been flown into space. (AP Photo/Olympictorch2014.com, Nikolay Tangerekov)

Russian torchbearer dies of heart attack after carting Olympic flame

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by Olympictorch2014.com and taken on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013 torch bearer Vadim Gorbenko carries an Olympic torch during the Olympic torch relay during the Olympic torch relay in Kurgan, about 1,750 km (1 087 miles) east of Moscow, Russia. Gorbenko, 73, felt ill and suffered a heart attack while walking back home. (AP Photo/Olympictorch2014.com)

Sochi Olympics torchbearer dies hours after completing leg

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