Articles filed under Washington Post
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Team USA takes gold, silver in freestyle halfpipeFeb 21, 2018 12:00 am - BONGPYEONG, South Korea - The loaded American team of freestyle skiers captured a pair of medals in the ski halfpipe here Wednesday, with David Wise winning gold and Ale...
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In her fifth Olympics, Team USA's only mom wins her first gold medalFeb 21, 2018 12:00 am - Technically, every mother deserves a gold medal. But Kikkan Randall, the only mom competing for Team USA in the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, literally earned one Wedn...
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'I am not a crisis actor': Florida teens fire back at right-wing conspiracy theoristsFeb 21, 2018 12:00 am - Welcome, Parkland shooting survivors, to the ugly world of politics in 2018. In the aftermath of last week's school shooting in Parkland, Florida, some of the most power...
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American Mikaela Shiffrin couldn't outski her own expectations - or oursFeb 21, 2018 12:00 am - BUKPYEONG, South Korea - From this vantage point, standing in the snow with her skis off and both the race hill and the Pyeongchang Olympics behind her, maybe it makes s...
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They left their slower teammate behind, now fans wants them bannedFeb 21, 2018 12:00 am - GANGNEUNG, South Korea - Noh Seon-Yeong's tears have mobilized the hosts of the Pyeongchang Olympics, marring the Games for a nation that prides itself on sportsmanship ...
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Mikaela Shiffrin completes her Olympics with a silver in the combinedFeb 21, 2018 12:00 am - BUKPYEONG, South Korea - In so many ways, the final day of Mikaela Shiffrin's Olympics came to embody all the days and all the emotions that preceded it. Frustration sha...
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What to watch: Wednesday's Olympic scheduleFeb 21, 2018 12:00 am - Wednesday, Feb. 21 What to watch: Marcel Hirscher of Austria, the dominant skier of these Winter games, chases another gold medal when he competes in the slalom. Mi...
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Lindsey Vonn's Olympic downhill farewell a lovely shade of bronzeFeb 21, 2018 12:00 am - BUKPYEONG, South Korea - For one final time, Lindsey Vonn stared down the course for an Olympic downhill, the curves and bumps not unlike her own winding journey. For on...
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Analysis: Stop treating extreme sport athletes as second-class OlympiansFeb 21, 2018 12:00 am - PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - If you're addicted to sports misery, you can't just look at the United States' modest Winter Olympics medal haul thus far. No, that's not depr...
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It's Russians, then everybody else in figure skating short programFeb 21, 2018 12:00 am - GANGNEUNG, South Korea - Even before the first figure-skater's blade carved a mark on the surface of the Gangneung Ice Arena in the women's short program, the question w...