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Essay: The North Korean cheerleaders touched my heart on Valentine's Day

Chelsea Janes The Washington Post
Feb 14, 2018 12:00 am - GANGNEUNG, South Korea - As expected, I spent my Valentine's Day evening watching North Korean cheerleaders push determinedly through a song as Will Smith's visionary cl...
Meet Chloe Kim: Ice cream-loving teen, dominant gold medalist

Barry Svrluga The Washington Post
Feb 13, 2018 12:00 am - BONGPYEONG, South Korea - When she stepped to the top of the platform, slightly higher than her competitors, and an official who helps oversee the sport of snowboarding ...
Hansen, U.S. teammates struggle in 1,500-meter speedskating

By Anna Kook Special to the Daily Herald
Feb 13, 2018 12:00 am - GANGNEUNG, South Korea - Brian Hansen stood at the start line and realized he ate too much. "This is just going to sound like a big excuse but I felt like I had Thanksgi...
Shani Davis: Brilliant career, complicated legacy

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Columnist
Feb 13, 2018 12:00 am - GANGNEUNG, South Korea - Shani Davis labored across the line, gulping for air, a shell of what he once was in a clapskate. The years can be cruel that way. “It's hard to...
Addison native, husband won't earn another Olympic medal, but they have already won big

By Chelsea Janes The Washington Post
Feb 13, 2018 12:00 am - GANGNEUNG, South Korea — Not a year and a half before Alexa Scimeca-Knierim slid onto the ice at Gangneung Ice Arena on Wednesday, she was wasting away. Pound by pound, ...
Pyeongchang: Putting the 'winter' back in the Winter Olympics

John Hopewell The Washington Post
Feb 13, 2018 12:00 am - After two balmy Winter Olympics - where athletes stripped clothes off to cool down and snow had to be trucked in - Pyeongchang is bringing the winter back. It's been so ...
What's it like to be Olympic alternate? Ask Gurnee skater Danny O'Shea

By Eileen O. Daday
Feb 13, 2018 12:00 am - Pairs figure skating events open Wednesday, Feb. 14, at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, and for former U.S. pairs champions Danny O'Shea of Gurnee and Tarah Kayne of...
'America's sweetheart' Adam Rippon a gold-medal talker

Chelsea Janes The Washington Post
Feb 13, 2018 12:00 am - DAEGWALLYEONG, South Korea - U.S. figure skater Adam Rippon has spent much of his first week or so at these Olympics sharing his opinions, and inspiring them in others. ...
Knierims ready to jump right into pairs competition

By Christopher Kwiecinski Special to the Daily Herald
Feb 12, 2018 12:00 am - GANGNUENG, South Korea — Alexa Scimeca Knierim was on the side of Olympic figure skating history Monday, but not before making sure it didn't have a self-inflicted blemi...
NBC dumps analyst after comment about Japan angered Koreans

By Cindy Boren The Washington Post
Feb 12, 2018 12:00 am - An apology was not enough for NBC, which fired one of its Olympic analysts after his comments about Japan angered Koreans. Joshua Cooper Ramo, who is co-CEO of former Se...

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