Ivan Vladimirovich Alypov (Russian:

Russian language

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 Иван Владимирович Алыпов; born April 19, 1982) is a Russia

Russia

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n cross-country skier

Cross-country skiing

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 who has competed since 2002. He won the bronze medal in the Team Sprint event at the 2006 Winter Olympics

2006 Winter Olympics

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 at Turin

Turin

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Alypov's best finish at the Nordic skiing World Championships was 34th in the Sprint event in 2005. He won a 30 km event in Italy

Italy

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in 2003 and is Russian national champion at 50 km in 2006.

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