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Olympic ski halfpipe qualifier filled with scary crashes

Olympic ski halfpipe qualifier filled with scary crashes

ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Freestyle skier Jon Sallinen's first run in Olympic halfpipe qualifying Thursday wasn't picture perfect. He drifted out of the halfpipe and collided with a cameraman.
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EXPLAINER: Robots and Olympics - a potent photo combination

EXPLAINER: Robots and Olympics - a potent photo combination

BEIJING (AP) — A figure skater framed only by ragged ice gazes up, almost beseechingly. A goaltender sprawls inside a net, defeat written all over his limbs, even with his face obscured.
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Shiffrin responds to those 'who have so much apparent hate'

Shiffrin responds to those 'who have so much apparent hate'

BEIJING (AP) — Not long after Mikaela Shiffrin skied off-course for the third time in five races at the Beijing Olympics , she wondered aloud to reporters about what sort of vitriol might be directed her way.
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Shiffrin's Olympics: 5 individual races, no medals, 3 DNFs

Shiffrin's Olympics: 5 individual races, no medals, 3 DNFs

BEIJING (AP) — There was simply no way to predict this. Not for anyone, including Mikaela Shiffrin herself.
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Valieva tumbles out of the medals in Olympic figure skating

Valieva tumbles out of the medals in Olympic figure skating

BEIJING (AP) — Bing Dwen Dwen stuffed pandas are already in the hands of the top three finishers in the women's figure skating competition at the Beijing Olympics. The medals are coming Friday.
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Olympics Live: Kamila Valieva's falls leave her in 4th place

Olympics Live: Kamila Valieva's falls leave her in 4th place

BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the Beijing Winter Olympics : ___ Anna Shcherbakova won a stunning gold medal in women’s figure skating at the Beijing Games on Thursday night, while teammate Kamila Valieva tumbled all the way out of the top three after
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US Olympic committee head says withholding medals 'unfair'

US Olympic committee head says withholding medals 'unfair'

ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — The leader of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee called the decision not to award American figure skaters the silver medal they won in the team competition an outcome that is “frankly, unfair to the athletes.
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Riiber-less Norway wins gold in Nordic combined team event

Riiber-less Norway wins gold in Nordic combined team event

ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Norway won Olympic gold in the Nordic combined team competition on Thursday, overcoming the COVID-related loss of Jarl Magnus Riiber .
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Gisin wins back-to-back Olympic combined, Shiffrin out again

Gisin wins back-to-back Olympic combined, Shiffrin out again

BEIJING (AP) — Michelle Gisin followed the advice of her teammates to the letter. She drank wine, she skied fast. Very fast. Gisin won her second straight Olympic title in the combined race on Thursday, six days after taking bronze in the super-G.
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Marie-Philip Poulin leads Canada to 3-2 win over U.S. in Olympic women's hockey final

Marie-Philip Poulin leads Canada to 3-2 win over U.S. in Olympic women's hockey final

BEIJING — Led by their clutch captain, Canada brought back that golden feeling in Olympic women's hockey. Marie-Philip Poulin's two goals spurred Canada to a 3-2 win over archrival United States in Thursday's final in Beijing.
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