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Sports

Cristiano Ronaldo's lasting legacy

By Caleb Turner
July 12, 2018 12:00 AM
Fans await the Real Madrid victory parade at Plaza de Cibeles in Madrid. Two young fans in Cristiano Ronaldo jerseys can be seen, less than 24 hours after he won his record-breaking fifth Champions League. (Caleb Turner)
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Sports

Sochi's figure skating stirs instant controversy

February 26, 2014 12:00 AM
Adelina Sotnikova wins gold, Yuna Kim wins silver in Sochi. (AP Photo)
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Sports

Farewell Sochi! Russia closes costliest Olympics

February 24, 2014 12:00 AM
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Flushed with pride after a spectacular showing at the costliest Olympics ever, Russia celebrated 17 days of sport-driven global unity on Sunday night with a farewell show that hands off the Winter Games to their next host, Pyeongchang in South Korea. Said the head of the International Olympic Committee: 'Russia delivered all what it had promised.'
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Sports

Mormons going for gold

February 12, 2014 12:00 AM
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Nation

Utah Olympic athletes share about Sochi experiences

By Hilary Norton
February 10, 2014 12:00 AM
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World

The Best of #SochiProblems

By Emily Hales
February 07, 2014 12:00 AM
American journalists traveling to Sochi for the Olympics discovered that they wouldn't be staying in the Plaza, or even a Holiday Inn. While these inconveniences don't matter in the grand scheme of things, their reactions are hilarious.
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Sports

Olympics still help the Utah economy

February 05, 2014 12:00 AM
Samantha Wells, Australia, competes during the women's freestyle World Cup aerials in Park City. (Photo courtesy of Associated Press)
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Featured

Weekly Five: Inspirational Olympic moments

By Hailey Gengler
February 04, 2014 12:00 AM
The opening ceremonies of the Winter Games are approaching, and an action-packed few weeks full of athleticism, teamwork and patriotism is about to begin. What better way to celebrate than to look back on past Olympic moments still inspirational today?
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Campus

Russian students reflect on home during Olympic Games

By Sam Petersen
January 31, 2014 12:00 AM
Watching the Olympics from an apartment in Provo while the family celebrates the spirit in the host country of the Winter Games may not sound too appealing, but such is the case for a group of Russian students at BYU.
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Sports

BYU luge star wins World Cup en route to Sochi

January 27, 2014 12:00 AM
With the promise of the Sochi games being the most watched Olympic event in the history of broadcast television, America and Cougar nation will be on the lookout for BYU student and Olympian Kate Hansen during the 2014 Winter Olympics.
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World

Olympic security concerns remain high

January 24, 2014 12:00 AM
In this photo provided by Olympictorch2014.com, performers dressed in folk costumes dance during a welcome ceremony of the Olympic torch relay in Rostov-on-Don, south of Moscow, Russia. The 65,000-kilometer (40,389 mile) Sochi torch relay, which started on Oct. 7, is the longest in Olympic history. The torch has traveled to the North Pole on a Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker and has even been flown into space. (AP Photo/Olympictorch2014.com)
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Campus

Olympic torch excites study abroad students

By Sam Petersen
January 23, 2014 12:00 AM
BYU students studying abroad look forward to witnessing Russian history in the making at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, despite security threats.
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Sports

Cougar luge star makes final preparations for Sochi

January 22, 2014 12:00 AM
Many students are missing class due to illness or poor traveling weather. Kate Hansen on the other hand will miss yet another semester to compete in the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.
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Sports

Raising an Olympian: Kate Hansen's family tells of her Olympic upbringing

January 01, 1970 12:00 AM
BYU student and Olympian Kate Hansen has not always lived her life on the ice.
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