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A russian filmmaker trains his camera on the Americans (upper left). Visible Team USA members, clockwise from left: Glenn Delorme, Chad Schaub, Michael Thompson. At upper right is Sean Warner, Team USA's International Delegate.
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Photographs by Jenn Ackerman and Tim Gruber, Story by Natalie Krebs