Olympics News
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World champ freeskier Kyle Smaine dies in avalanche in Japan
World champion halfpipe skier Kyle Smaine died after getting buried in an avalanche in the mountains of central Japan over the weekend.
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Ilia Malinin wins first U.S. men's figure skating title
Ilia Malinin won his first national men's title on Sunday, delivering a 177.38 free skate for a total score of 287.74 on the final day of the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
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Germany leads fields at bobsled, luge world championships
Germany has captured the first two bobsled gold medals of this year's world championships, with Laura Nolte driving to the win in women's monobob and Johannes Lochner winning the two-man championship.
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Mikaela Shiffrin beaten in slalom, has to wait for record 86th win
Mikaela Shiffrin will have to wait for at least five more weeks before tying the World Cup record for most career wins with 86.
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Phil Coles, longtime leading Aussie Olympic official, dies at 91
Phil Coles, who played key roles in getting an Australian team to the 1980 Moscow Olympics despite a U.S.-led boycott and later helped secure the 2000 Games for Sydney, has died after a short illness, the AOC said.
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Alexa Knierim, Brandon Frazier win gold at US skating nationals
Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier earned another national pairs gold at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships with a spectacular free skate Saturday night that scored them an overall season-best 227.97.
