8 Oddly Specific Things You Can't Bring to the Sochi Olympic Games

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Meg Wagner
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8 Oddly Specific Things You Can't Bring to the Sochi Olympic Games

If you're heading to the Sochi Olympic Games in February, you're going to have to leave behind your television, tennis racket and thermos.

Officials released a detailed list of prohibited items at the 2014 Winter Games. Many of the bans are standard safety precautions -- no firearms, poisonous substances or highly flammable liquids allowed. But the exhaustive list also includes obscure and strange prohibitions.

We've rounded up the weirdest things you can't bring to the 2014 Olympic Games.

1. Antifreeze and Brake Fluid

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2. Meteorological Equipment

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Image: Flickr, Deidre Woollard

3. Televisions

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4. Thermoses

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5. Bicycles

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6. Sports Equipment

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7. Items With Brand Names

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8. Large Flags

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