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Originally Posted by craigwd
USA trains at The Utah Oval near Salt Lake City. It's an indoor oval and has the fastest ice in the world.
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That may be the home training track, but at some point in the leadup, they trained outside, at altitude.
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/...81002780722432
There were other possibilities. The U.S. team trained at higher altitudes on an outdoor track in Collalbo, Italy, with ice conditions different from the track in Sochi.