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Gorbenko, a former Greco-Roman wrestling coach, suffered the heart attack after running in Kurgan on Sunday. He was taken to hospital but died later.
The Sochi Winter Olympics will be held from Feb. 7-23, 2014.
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BEIJING Cheap Bill Laimbeer Jersey , July 17 (Xinhua) -- Visiting World Bank Group (WBG) President Jim Yong Kim Friday commended China's reform resolve and global leadership in development, noting that the WBG is exploring co-financing options with the newly-established Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
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"China has built the world's second largest economy and it has undertaken significant reforms aimed at providing all of its citizens with an opportunity to enjoy greater prosperity," the WBG chief said at a press conference in Beijing.
While China's growth has gradually slowed since 2012--what President Xi Jinping has called the "new normal"--the nation remains "the largest contributor to world growth since the global financial crisis" with roughly 30 percent of global growth over the last couple of years coming from China alone, he told reporters.
China's growth slowed to 7.4 percent last year and the WBG predicts about 7-percent for 2015, which is still "the envy of the world," he said.The press conference came two days after China released its Q2 economic growth figure which stood at 7 percent.
Despite recent stock market fluctuations Cheap Grant Hill Jersey , "China's economy is strong and its fundamentals are sound," he said at the end of his visit, during which he met with Premier Li Keqiang and other top policymakers.
Commenting on recent equity market volatility, Kim described China's stock market as "relatively young" and said that all over the world, governments often take measures to reduce volatility in the markets.