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US cross-country skier Kikkan Randall, who is also the only mother on the team, became the first American athlete ever to receive a gold medal for Olympic cross-country skiing. On Wednesday, Randall won the Team Sprint Free Final race along with her partner Jessica Diggins, clocking the 7.5 km-long hilly track in 16.22.56. Randall is the only mother on the US team, as well as one of the first women to compete in five editions of the Olympic Games.
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US figure skater Mirai Nagasu talked about becoming the first woman from the US and only the 3rd ever to land a Triple Axel at the Winter Olympics in a press conference in Pyeongchang on Sunday. 24-year-old Nagasu landed the rare jump on February 11 during the figure skating team competition , lifting Team USA to bronze. The triple axel is a forward-facing jump with three and a half rotations.
A South Korean burger joint owner was baffled when world famous US Olympic snowboarder Shaun White came into his restaurant to try the $920 'Flying Tomato Burger,' named after Shaun's nickname. Although the burger was intended as a joke, Shaun White came and ordered it, taking pictures with the owners and enjoying his meal. He went on to win an Olympic Gold medal on Wednesday
US Olympic athlete Red Gerard became the youngest snowboarder ever to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics last weekend. Gerard was at the bottom of the table heading into the third and final trial, when he landed a clean run that pulled him straight up to the top spot on the podium. This was the first gold medal for the US delegation in the Pyeongchang Olympics.
Russian Winter Olympic athletes’ new 'neutral' uniform for the upcoming PyeonChang Winter Games was presented to the press in Moscow, Tuesday. Designed by Russian outfit company ZASPORT, the colour scheme of the neutral outfit consists of grey, red and white, bearing no national symbols apart from a logo reading “Olympic Athlete of Russia," which has been printed on parkas, jackets, warm-up suits, sweatshirts and t-shirts.
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