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Unusual and Intimate Stories Emerge from the Olympics

The Olympics are once again providing peculiar and intimate narratives, including a pair of exes competing together in a highly personal sport, alongside other oddities like cursing curlers and a reported condom shortage.

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Yahoo5d ago

Chloe Kim ‘obsessed’ with $100k gift from NFL star Myles Garrett after Olympics

Team USA snowboarding star Chloe Kim came up just short of making Winter Olympics history with a third-consecutive gold medal in the halfpipe, but she still came away with the silver medal at the Milan-Cortina Games. The 25-year-old Kim is…

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enews5d ago

Jonathan Owens Says He Was Almost Robbed in Milan Amid Winter Olympics

Jonathan Owens recently found himself on the defensive end. Days after making a surprise appearance alongside wife Simone Biles at the 2026 Winter Olympics, the Chicago Bears player shared that he...

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Fox News5d ago

Simone Biles' NFL husband says he was nearly robbed while in Italy for Winter Olympics

Jonathan Owens, the husband of Olympic legend Simone Biles, said Sunday he was nearly robbed while in Milan, Italy, for the Winter Games.

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Korea Herald5d ago

Short tracker claims 1st career medal days after big crash

Having emerged virtually unscathed from what could have been a devastating crash earlier at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, short track speed skater Kim Gil-li stayed on her feet for her first career medal Monday. And it was fitting that for a skater so fast that she has been dubbed "Lambor-Gilli," after the famous Italian sports car, that medal came in Italy. Kim, 21, claimed the bronze medal in the women's 1,000 meters at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan on Monday, six days after she was t

By The Korea Herald

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The Guardian5d ago

Italian biathlete returns to Olympic squad after blaming doping positive on Nutella

Rebecca Passler may feature in women’s relay 24-year-old tested positive for letrozole in January The Italian biathlete Rebecca Passler rejoined her team at the Winter Olympics on Monday after a successful appeal against a suspension handed out before the Milano Cortina Games for an alleged doping violation. Passler began training in the bright sunshine at the Antholz-Anterselva Biathlon Arena on Monday afternoon, firing off shots in bunches of five on the range as her coaches watched intently. Continue reading...

By Reuters

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BBC5d ago

'I go up climbs where people can't go - without a hand'

Sebastian Musson is a Derbyshire teenager determined to make history when Para-climbing debuts at the Los Angeles Paralympic Games.

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wsj6d ago

It’s the Most Intimate Sport at the Olympics. This Pair Is Doing It as Exes. - The Wall Street Journal

It’s the Most Intimate Sport at the Olympics. This Pair Is Doing It as Exes.  The Wall Street Journal

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