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Image: Clive Mason
2014-02-15 22:30:27 UTC
The Americans and Russians went head-to-head Saturday in one of the most-anticipated Olympic events of this weekend: the preliminary round of the men's ice hockey Group A game. Day eight's Photo of the Day shows the long-time rivals at the start of the match.
This symmetrical shot was taken by Clive Mason, a Getty Images staff photographer who is covering his fourth Olympic games. Mason captured the photo, which portrays an air of anticipation, at the Bolshoy Ice Dome in Sochi.
"There are only a few rivalries in sport that transcend the action on the field of play and USA vs. Russia on the ice hockey rink is certainly one of them," he said. "It's not a difficult or technical image to capture, but the symmetry and expectation as both sets of players wait for the referee to drop the pucks speak volumes about the battle about to unfold."
Mason added that an early shot filled with so much emotion benefits the media.
"Editors around the world will be looking for images that illustrate the binary opposites of the history behind this game, and the face-off is one of the earliest we get to shoot — and therefore great for deadlines," he said.
Team USA beat the Russians 3-2. The Americans will face Slovenia next in another preliminary round on Sunday.
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