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From Russia, with love: Competitor offered sled to Olympic silver medalist Chris Mazdzer

Not all of them, at least.

A Russian luger offered Chris Mazdzer his sled last month, hoping it might help the American break out of his slump.

“He didn’t think he was going to the Olympics, and he wanted to see what someone could do on his sled,” the newly minted silver medalist said Monday.

“It was a legitimate sled,” Mazdzer added. “It wasn’t, `We’ll give you a sled and it’s like something that’s 20 years old.’ This was what they were using this year.”

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Mazdzer didn’t want to name the Russian — consorting with the Americans is not something one brags about these days — but did say he was at the Pyeongchang Olympics.