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Jim Thorpe is reinstated as the sole winner of two events in the 1912 Olympics

The legendary athlete is declared the sole winner of the Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm — nearly 110 years after being stripped of those gold medals for violations of amateurism rules.
The Associated Press
Arts & Life

The Goodwill Games sought to pull politics from sports. So why did they end?

If you were around Seattle in 1990 — or watching Turner Broadcasting channels anywhere in America — you may remember the "Goodwill Games." The games faded out by 2001. What happened?
Alec Cowan

Libby Denkmann
How our Winter Olympians fared: No medals, but personal triumphs for athletes with Northwest ties

None of the thirteen Winter Olympians with ties to the Pacific Northwest is coming home from the Beijing Games with a medal. Still, many of the Northwest's elite skiers, skaters and sliders will leave Sunday's closing ceremony with feelings of accomplishment, or relief just to have made it through the ever-present COVID-19 testing gauntlet, not to mention the geopolitical tensions of competing on Chinese soil in 2022.
Tom Banse
National

Women's figure skating goes on under doping scandal cloud at the Beijing Olympics

The best 25 skaters after Tuesday's program will advance to the next segment if Kamila Valieva places. Traditionally the qualification rule of the short program only means the best 24 move on.
Jaclyn Diaz

Brian Mann
Sports

5 women ski jumpers are disqualified at the Olympics over their jumpsuits

"The sport of ski jumping has experienced one of its darker days," a Norwegian official said, after athletes from some of the top medal contenders were disqualified from competing.
Bill Chappell
National

No internet, bad food and dirty rooms: Olympic athletes struggle in Covid quarantine

Olympic organizers scrambled to address major complaints from athletes isolating in Beijing due to positive Covid-19 tests.
Jaclyn Diaz
National

The Winter Games have begun. See photos and highlights from the opening ceremony

The Winter Games kicked off Friday night in Beijing with an eye-catching but scaled-back opening ceremony. China has made history as the first country to host both the Summer and Winter Games.
Jaclyn Diaz

Marco Storel
Arts & Life

When the Winter Olympics become a moral quandary: Soundside

What does it mean to be a good person? It's not a question you'd expect someone to be asking themselves when they're deciding whether or not to watch the Olympic Games. But this year, that question's feeling more relevant than ever.
Libby Denkmann

Sarah Leibovitz
Pipeline of short track speedskaters from Washington to Olympics grows longer

A roller skating rink in Federal Way, Washington, has a remarkable track record of minting future ice skating Olympians. The rink is probably best known for being the early training ground for Apolo Ohno, among others. The streak continues now for an eighth consecutive Winter Olympics with a new short track speedskater on Team USA named Corinne Stoddard. But meanwhile, the storied roller rink is for sale.
Tom Banse
Sports

So you lost a wallet or a phone — or a horse. Senegal has a Facebook page for that

It started when Moustapha Sané lost his wallet in Dakar. He created the Facebook page "Trouvés ou Perdus" (French for found or lost). It often leads to a reunion, though some pigeons are still M.I.A.
Nick Roll

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