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Sochi Olympics: Best Bets for Sunday

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Norway’s Marit Bjoergen wins gold as she crosses the finish line in the women’s cross-country skiing 30km mass start free.  (Odd Andersen, AFP/Getty Images)
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Norway’s Marit Bjoergen, Kristin Stoermer Steira and Therese Johaug compete in the women’s cross-country skiing 30km mass start free race.  (Kirill Kudryavtsev, AFP/Getty Images)
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Norway’s Therese Johaug leads the pack as she competes in the women’s cross-country skiing 30km mass start free.  (Odd Andersen, AFP/Getty Images)
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Norway’s Ole Einar Bjoerndalen (5-3) competes at the shooting range in the men’s biathlon 4x7.5 km relay at the Laura Cross-Country Ski and Biathlon Center.  (Kirill Kudryavtsev, AFP/Getty Images)
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From left: Netherlands’ Ireen Wust, Marrit Leenstra and Jorien ter Mors compete in the women’s speed skating team pursuit final at the Adler Arena.  (Antonin Thuillie, AFP/Getty Images)
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Great Britain’s 2 four-man bobsleigh, pilot Lamin Deen, pushman John Baines, pushman Andrew Matthews and brakeman Ben Simons compete in the bobsleigh four-man heat 1 at the Sanki Sliding Center.  (Leon Neal, AFP/Getty Images)
By John Cherwa
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A look at the top events on the final day of the Sochi Olympics:

CLOSING CEREMONY

The closing ceremony is always more low key than the opening. Although exact details are secret, you can expect a lot of music. The athlete numbers are always down because many of them have already returned home. Part of the ceremony will be South Korea-themed in order to recognize the 2018 host, Pyeongchang.

MEN’S HOCKEY

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If the seedings were only a little different, the U.S.-Canada gold-medal rematch could have been the finale. Instead we get Canada and Sweden in what could be a closer game than people think. Canada hopes to be the first repeat champion since the Soviet Union did it in 1988.

FOUR-MAN BOBSLED

It’s probably a foregone conclusion that the Russian sled of Alexander Zubkov will win even though he has a small (0.04 of a second) lead over Latvia. He just knows the track too well. The U.S. sled driven by Steven Holcomb is 0.01 of a second out of third place with two runs to go.

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John Cherwa

John Cherwa is a special contributor to the Los Angeles Times. He started at The Times in 1980 and left in 1995 to be sports editor of the Chicago Tribune and Tribune Co. sports coordinator in 2002. He rejoined The Times in 2009 and left his post as deputy sports editor late in 2017. Currently, his major coverage area is horse racing, where he can be found at big races at Santa Anita, the Triple Crown series and Breeders’ Cup. He also can be found at the Olympics, having just finished the Tokyo and Beijing double, marking his 11th Olympics. Cherwa also contributes general interest stories from Florida.

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