TIME Explains: The Winter Olympics

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  ‘I Want to Be a Star.’ Mirai Nagasu Is Already Campaigning for Her Spin on Dancing With the Stars

  TIME - Raisa Bruner

  Not even a fall can get Mirai Nagasu down. After finishing 10th overall in the women’s individual figure skating final at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, some skaters might be a bit downcast about their dashed dreams of medal glory. But not Nagasu, who flubbed an opening jump during the …

• “North Korea Is Sending Military Hardliner Kim Yong Chol to the Olympic Closing Ceremony. Here's What to Know”

  

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  North Korea Is Sending Military Hardliner Kim Yong Chol to the Olympic Closing Ceremony. Here’s What to Know

  TIME - Tara John

  As the Winter Olympics comes to an end in South Korea this weekend, eyes will be trained on a potential encounter between a hardline military general from North Korea, and the daughter of the U.S. President. Kim Yong Chol is leading North Korea’s delegation at the closing ceremony, which is also due …

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  Norway Crushed the Competition at the Winter Olympics. Here Is the Tiny Country’s Secret

  TIME - Sean Gregory/Gangneung

  Tore Ovrebo can be forgiven for having a little swagger as the 2018 Winter Olympic Games near their end in PyeongChang. Well, as much as swagger as is acceptable for a Norwegian. Ovrebo is the director of elite sport for the Olympiatoppen, an organization of scientists, trainers and nutritionists …

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  Let Mikaela Shiffrin Show You How to Ski Like an Olympic Champion With A Mop in Her Kitchen

  TIME - Sean Gregory/Pyeongchang

  Mikaela Shiffrin is the best women’s skier in the world, a designation she strengthened with her gold and silver medals at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang. To get to this point, Shiffrin began skiing when she was two, under the guidance of her parents Jeff, an anesthesiologist, and …

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  U.S. Skiers Who Just Won Gold and Silver Medals Got Matching Tattoos Because Olympic Friendship Is Forever

  TIME - Raisa Bruner

  Olympic medals are fine and good, but these two U.S. Winter Olympics winners are taking home even more lasting souvenirs from their time in South Korea: matching tattoos. David Wise and Alex Ferreira finished their freestyle ski halfpipe competition in gold and silver medal positions, respectively, …

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  Team USA’s Women Are Beating the Men in the Olympics Medals Count

  TIME - Mahita Gajanan

  American women have shined at the 2018 Winter Olympics, becoming the driving force behind the U.S. Olympic team’s wins in PyeongChang, South Korea. Of the 21 medals Team USA has won thus far at the Winter Olympics, 12 of them belong to women — not including the two medals won by duos and teams of …