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Northern Italy Feels Like Home for U.S. Olympians

In January, American athlete Jessie Diggins, the world's top-ranked female cross-country skier, sprinted up a steep slope in Italy's Val di Fiemme, poles pumping, for her

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Recovering After a Fall: Olympic Skaters' Comebacks

Milan — After years of practice and competition, American pair Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea finally took the Olympic ice on Friday, moving in near-perfect harmony in the team pair short program. Then, in a blink, Kam fell.

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Cortina's Winter Olympics: Promise or Ecological Cost?

Loading... CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — In the main square of this town high in the Italian Alps that will host many of the Winter Olympic Games this month, there stands a sculpture of an elegant lady clutching a Dior handbag and skis.