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Sochi ticket sales exceed one million

Sales of tickets for the Sochi Winter Olympics exceed one million, according to reports.

Sales of tickets for the Sochi Winter Olympics have exceeded one million, according to reports.

Olympic officials made the announcement earlier today, a day after the Russian Federation men's hockey team made its debut at the current Games.

A Sochi record 106,000 fans are said to have entered the Bolshoy Arena on Thursday, with many coming to watch Russia beat Slovenia 5-2 at hockey.

Organising committee chief executive Dmitry Chernyshenko told reporters: "We are quite happy with the atmosphere that we're having at the venues."

Previous reports have suggested that volunteers were being asked to fill empty seats during some events.

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General view of the Olympic rings in Sochi on February 5, 2014.
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