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The Olympics: A guide to summer and winter games and sports, Olympic history and symbols, and iconic athletes
The Olympic Games are the world's most prestigious international athletic competitions. Here's what…
Samantha Grindell
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A gold medalist in Beijing admitted that she 'considered retirement' after massive wipeouts left her with brutal injuries
After suffering a devastating injury with a wipeout at the 2018 Olympics, Team USA's Ashley Caldwel…
Meredith Cash
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16 incredible photos of Eileen Gu's historic multi-medal run at the 2022 Beijing Olympics
Eileen Gu reacts after a run during the Big Air qualification event at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.Ha…
Meredith Cash
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Eileen Gu took a bow for her home crowd in China after landing her biggest trick to win Olympic gold
The American competing for Team China pulled off a double cork 1620 and earned a 94.5 on her final …
Meredith Cash
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An Olympic freestyle skier lost his wallet mid-flip, then trudged up the mountain to find it in the snow
Despite the big air the Swiss skier got during the run, it wasn't enough to secure a spot in the 12…
Meredith Cash
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Judges gave Olympic big-air gold medalist Birk Ruud a series of 69 scores after he took an epic victory lap as his final run
After he already had the big-air gold medal secured, Norway's Birk Ruud took a victory lap with his…
Meredith Cash
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An Olympic skier landed an 'insane' trick holding one ski in his hand — and he still didn't qualify for the finals
"That is so difficult," one broadcaster proclaimed as the skier continued down the slope. "There's …
Meredith Cash
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Eileen Gu won a gold medal in the women's big air freestyle, then consoled the silver medalist
Eileen Gu momentarily paused her gold medal celebration in the big air freestyle to console Tess Le…
Scott Davis
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Chloe Kim says Eileen Gu is 'an inspiration to young girls' after the Chinese skier's Olympic breakout
The American gold medal-winning snowboarder said she has "nothing but pride" for Gu, the American-b…
Meredith Cash
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A Russian triple Olympic gold medalist was ditched by a key sponsor, which called him 'crazy and idiotic' for attending a pro-war rally
Alexander Bolshunov, who won three gold medals at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, attended a pro-…
Barnaby Lane
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Olympic snow-maker says Beijing's artificial snow is not to blame for this year's ski and snowboard crashes
TechnoAlpin, the company behind the Olympic's artificial snow, told Bloomberg that this year's wipe…
Hannah Towey
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A skier lost control, flew out of the Olympic halfpipe, and smashed skis-first into a cameraman — sending him crashing into the snow
Finland's Jon Sallinen flew out of the pipe and into the unsuspecting cameraman. It's not known if …
Barnaby Lane
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Former UN ambassador Nikki Haley says Olympic skier Eileen Gu can't be both American and Chinese
"Every athlete needs to know when they put their flag on, you're standing for freedom or you're sta…
Cheryl Teh
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World champion US skier Kyle Smaine dies in an avalanche in Japan at age 31
"We heard the crack. We realized it is a big one. We started running and then we got hit," one skie…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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Olympic venues are known for waste and abandonment — but it doesn't have to be that way in the future
This year's Beijing Winter Olympics showed that we don't have to build new venues every four years …
Angelina Hue
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Freeskier Eileen Gu takes gold in the women's ski halfpipe for her third medal at the Beijing Games
Eileen Gu, the US-born 18-year-old skier who chose to compete for China, is the first freeskier to …
Matthew Loh
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Eileen Gu missed out on a 2nd Olympic gold by just 0.3 points, then said she's 'tired mentally' amid her punishing Beijing schedule
Gu, 18, remains on track to become the first action-sports athlete to win three medals at a single …
Barnaby Lane
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The teenage Chinese snowboard sensation who missed gold amid a controversial judging error finally took Olympic victory in his 2nd event
Last week, Su Yiming finished second in the men's slopestyle final, where the judges admitted missi…
Barnaby Lane
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The Beijing Olympics has become notorious for its fake snow, so when it actually snowed, it caused chaos
A number of events had to be postponed, while athletes also struggled to compete in the harsh condi…
Barnaby Lane
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Chloe Kim celebrated her Olympic gold medal win with Eileen Gu, who called the snowboarder 'a friend, inspo, and big sister'
The Team China freestyle skiing star reached out from the crowd to hug Kim after she won the gold m…