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How To Eat Healthy In Just 3 Bites – The Onion

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Eating right is a great way to boost your immune system as well as your mental health, but changing your habits and sticking to a regimen can be daunting. Fortunately, you dont have to do any of that hard work, if you follow The Onions tips for eating healthy in just three bites.

Fill Up On Bread First: If you gorge yourself on carbs, youll be less likely to want seconds.

Avoid Pie-Eating Contests Between Meals: For midday munchies, try a pear instead of as many apple pies as you can devour in two minutes.

Ask Your Doctor To Inject You With Green: It doesnt matter whats in itgreen is healthy.

Clean Your Intestines Once A Week: Removing, washing, and draining your intestines once per week cleans out any leftover food debris.

Breed Carrot With Chicken: For a lean, protein-rich source of beta-carotene.

Drain The Meat From Your Beef Wellington: Wring out the entree like a wet towel until the filet is mostly squeezed out, leaving only puff pastry behind.

Put Some Nut Butter On A Rock: All of the fun of a rock, but with nut butter on it!

Consume Plenty Of Water: For optimal hydration, be sure to chew your water thoroughly before swallowing.

Methamphetamines: Packed with energy and yet zero calories, theyve got no downside.

Remind Yourself That Theres No Such Thing As Healthy Food, Just Types of Nutrition, And Every Persons Body Has Different Dietary Requirements Based On Their Lifestyle And Genetics: Just eat the goddamn chia seeds.

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Meet Charles Schmid, The Murderous Pied Piper Of Tucson – All That’s Interesting

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Charles Howard Schmid Jr. charmed and befriended the teenagers of Tucson, Arizona in the 1960s all while brutally murdering three young girls.

Charles Schmid was slight, short, and scrawny, and often wore garish makeup and lifts in his shoes to make himself seem more imposing than he really was. Schmid also had a predilection for luring young girls to get close to him then killing them.

Schmids chilling sway over the teenage population of his hometown earned him the nickname The Pied Piper of Tucson. But the cutesy nickname belied the brutality of the crimes and the equally brutal way in which, eventually, he would meet his end.

This is the horrifying true story of serial killer Charles Schmid.

Born on July 8, 1942, to an unwed mother, Charles Howard Smitty Schmid was quickly given up for adoption. The Schmids Charles and Katharine, who owned and operated a nursing home in the Tucson, Arizona area adopted him just one day after he was born.

But it was far from an idyllic childhood: Schmid was constantly at loggerheads with his father until his adoptive parents ultimately divorced when he was 4 years old. Later, he tried to meet his birth mother but she chased him away and told him to never return.

Though his academic career left much to be desired, Charles Schmid excelled in sports. In 1960, he led his high school to the State Gymnastics Championship. He competed in the flying rings and still rings competition winning first place in both placing in the long horse, and earning fifth place on the horizontal bar. Later, Schmid would describe what attracted him to gymnastics in the first place.

The thing that kept me fascinated with gymnastics was that it frightened me, he said. If I slipped or fell, that could be the very last time. But the fear didnt enthrall him enough, because he quit the team in his senior year. Shortly thereafter, he was suspended for stealing tools from his schools shop class; he ultimately left and never returned.

With no prospects, no job, and no high school diploma, Charles Schmid moved into his own quarters on his mothers property, with her giving him a $300 monthly stipend. Eventually, friend Paul Graff moved in with him, and the pair also befriended John Saunders and Richie Bruns.

The group would spend their evenings on Speedway Boulevard trying to pick up girls and drinking. But Schmid was far from classically handsome: Short in stature, he would frequently stuff his boots with rags and metal cans to appear taller than he was. He also drew a mole on his face and dyed his hair black, in a bid to come across more attractive and to better resemble his idol, Elvis Presley.

With that, Schmid believed he was able to finally attract women. But thats when things took a turn for the worse.

Charles Schmid always wanted to know what it felt like to kill someone. And on May 31, 1964, he got his wish.

He enlisted his girlfriend, Mary French, and his friend John Saunders to kill 15-year-old Alleen Rowe. French had tried to persuade Rowe to come along on a double date with her and Schmid, with the pretext that Rowe would date Saunders while French would date Schmid.

However, all involved knew of Schmids chilling plan. The trio drove Rowe out to the desert, where the men raped her and cracked her skull with a rock all the while, French was waiting in the car, listening to the radio. When the deed was done, they buried the body in the desert.

Charles Schmid eventually told Richie Bruns about the killing, and this would prove to later be his undoing. But Schmids horrifying crime was an open secret amongst Schmids high school friends in Tucson. A lot of people knew, but it was already too late. Telling would just have made it tough on everyone, claimed one friend.

Just one year after Rowe disappeared, Schmids 17-year-old girlfriend Gretchen Fritz and her younger sister Wendy also disappeared. As with his first killing, Schmid couldnt resist getting others involved, so he told Richie Bruns about the bodies and showed him where they were.

Bruns eventually began to fear that Charles Schmid would kill his own girlfriend, so he fled to Ohio to his parents house, where he told them everything he knew about the murders. Later, Bruns would be a key witness for the prosecution when Schmid was eventually arrested and tried for the murders of the three girls.

I was a witness to him losing his mind, Bruns wrote in his book about the murders. Like the time he grabbed his cat, tied a heavy cord to its tail, and began to bash it bloody against the wall.

Now dubbed The Pied Piper of Tucson by the fascinated news media, Charles Schmid was put on trial for the murders of Alleen Rowe, Gretchen Fritz, and Wendy Fritz. F. Lee Bailey who had worked on the Boston Strangler case, and would eventually gain notoriety for his work on the O.J. Simpson murder trial was brought in as a consultant.

Schmid was found guilty of murder in 1966. For the murder of Rowe, he got 50 years to life in prison; for the double murder of the Fritz sisters, he got the death penalty. When the Arizona supreme court abolished the death penalty, Schmids sentence was commuted to life in prison. After a failed prison break attempt, Schmid was stabbed repeatedly by his fellow inmates on March 20, 1975. He lost an eye and kidney in the attack and died 10 days later.

But the story of Charles Schmid still lives on in popular culture.

The brutal case inspired the 1966 short story Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates. In 1985, the film Smooth Talk with Treat Williams in the Schmid role was released. And Rose McGowans 2014 directorial debut, Dawn, told the story of Charles Schmid through the eyes of his first victim, Alleen Rowe (who was renamed Dawn in the film).

Now that youve read about Charles Schmid, the Pied Piper Of Tucson, learn about Richard Huckle, the Gap Year Pedophile who assaulted over 200 children and was stabbed to death in prison. Then, read about Skylar Neese, the 16-year-old girl who was stabbed to death by her best friends because they didnt like her anymore.

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Human trafficking trial hears about game of Russian roulette – Timmins Press

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"Any time he felt I was lying, he would pull the trigger

A woman told a Timmins court she was raped, forced into prostitution, and at one point threatened with a gun pressed against her head by a man currently on trial for human trafficking.

Vincenzo Giovenco, 42, of Woodbridge, is being tried in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Timmins on 15 charges. He has pleaded not guilty to all of them.

The trial began last week.

Thursday saw the Crowns key witness the complainant in this matter return to the stand where she continued to undergo a gruelling cross-examination from defence lawyer Paul Bragagnolo.

Bragagnolo has targeted the womans hazy memory of dates and locations of the alleged events citing altered details in her story not only from her initial interview with police to the preliminary hearing but even in her testimony within the current trial itself.

On Thursday, Bragagnolo asked the complainant about an incident involving a gun which the court heard about last week.

She testified that Giovenco expressed concern to her about sharing personal information with the clients she was having sex with at a hotel she was brought to in Toronto. She said he arrived and told her they were going to play a game of Russian roulette while he asked her a series of questions.

At that point, he had held a gun to my head and said, Im going to ask you once and once only. Have you told these men about our operation, why youre doing this, who I am, where youre from, who you are or if youre being forced to do this?

He told me there was one bullet in the chamber and that I had so many chances to tell the truth and any time he felt I was lying, he would pull the trigger.

She said he pulled the trigger several times during this inquiry, resulting in the sound of a loud click against her head. She said she pleaded with him and started crying while he was doing this.

Bragagnolo asked her if the handgun was a revolver or a semi-automatic. She said she didnt know but was able to confirm the gun didnt have a revolving chamber.

The complainant told the court she didnt know anything about guns and believed Giovenco when he said there was a chamber with a single bullet.

Bragagnolo noted a change in this story from last week when the complainant told the court this incident occurred at the same Toronto hotel where she was being held and forced to engage in sex work.

While testifying Thursday, she said this incident actually happened at an Airbnb which she was brought to after the four days she had spent at the hotel.

Bragagnolo subsequently asked her, How often is your story going to change?

She replied, I know these incidents happened and I just cant pinpoint exactly where and when.

The complainant conceded she has had difficulties recalling timelines and specific locations because at the time she was addicted to fentanyl and she said Giovencos associates kept her drugged up to keep her compliant while she was in Toronto. She said she didnt have her cellphone and had no way of keeping track of days or knowing the time.

Bragagnolo suggested at another point, Clearly fentanyl would affect your memory.

The complainant replied, It would, but when something so traumatic happens, its not going to affect my memory on something like that.

Giovenco was arrested in Timmins in February 2021.

The complainant, a woman in her mid-20s, said she met Giovenco through mutual friends in Timmins in early December. The court heard he gained her trust by providing her with drugs and then subsequently intervening when a woman who was friends with her ex-boyfriend attempted to attack her.

Bragagnolos cross-examination of the complainant and the presentation of the Crowns case is expected to wrap up on Friday.

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The Glamorous and Accepting World of Burlesque – Georgia Voice

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Burlesque has its glitz and glam roots in history, but today the art form is a space for acceptance, where all people, regardless of age, body type, race, or sexuality, can express themselves, share their story, and feel beautiful.

In Atlanta, burlesque finds a home in Metropolitan Studios, a queer-owned studio and venue space out of which the Atlanta School of Burlesque (ASB) and the burlesque troupe The Candybox Revue operate. Through Metropolitan Studios and the ASB, teachers like Talloolah Love and Roula Roulette are sharing the freedom and expression of burlesque with everyone.

Burlesque as a sexy pinup striptease (a la Christina Aguilera in the 2010 film) has its roots in the 40s and 50s. Love, who has been in the burlesque world for 20 years, toldGeorgia Voicethat this form of burlesque (called classic burlesque) was defined by an exploitative male gaze, as most of the club owners and show producers were men. Therefore, most of the performers were thin white women. However, that began to shift in the 90s, when professional strippers wanted to add more artistry and theater to their routines. This era of burlesque, known as neo-burlesque, created an entirely new art form that steps away from the male gaze and toward sensual self-expression.

Its very, very different [now], Roulette said. A lot of it has moved away from the male gaze. Youre seeing political pieces, think pieces, comedy, and satire. Youre seeing beautiful dancers bring their own training into this art form and create ballet burlesque and modern dance-style burlesque. Youre seeing people with amazing storytelling abilities. Its not just the tiny outfit and big headdress and being pretty for 20 minutes onstage. Its much more theatrical, and theres a lot more freedom and joy.

What once was reserved primarily for thin white women is now open to everyone. Even those without dance or theater background can still participate in and enjoy burlesque; in fact, Love herself has no background in dance or theater at all. It was her exclusion from other performance avenues that brought her to burlesque in the first place.

Burlesque is open to everyone who is open-minded and compassionate and empathetic. I believe that all people have a story to tell, she said. I dont come from a dance or theater background. I got into burlesque because I was told no by directors. So, when I found burlesque, I had a fire and passion to be onstage. Even people who are not dancers can come to burlesque and find a way to express themselves.

Thats why, regardless of time, ability, or interest, theres a class for everyone at ASB. Theres the Burlesque Academy, a 12-week program split by levels one through four (one through three being a choreography-based course, level four being a solo one-on-one mentorship) that culminates in a graduation recital. However, for those who cant commit to 12 weeks or dont want to perform in a recital, theres also a progressive series that runs concurrently with the academy where people can go through the levels in four to six weeks without the recital.

There are also several one-off drop-in classes weekly: Burlesque Basics on Sundays at 3 p.m.; Boudoir Burlesque, a choreo class all about slow and sultry burlesque, on Sundays at 5:45 p.m.; Tricks of the Trade, a chair and floorwork class, on Sundays at 7pm; Sexify, a workout-focused dance class open to all nonmen, on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30pm; and several sexy stretching classes throughout the week.

Even though its open to everyone, queer people specifically tend to flock to neo-burlesque. Despite not being a queer-specific organization, 75 percent of the ABSs members are queer. Roulette says this is because burlesque creates space for those who live outside of the societys norms.

Were all weirdos, they said. A lot of folks who are artistic are not what society says is the norm. Like gathers to like, and I think in a lot of ways we [queer people] all saw our people and flocked to [burlesque].

While burlesque is becoming more and more accessible as time goes on, theres one frontier Love and Roulette say the art form still falls short in overcoming: ability. Movement disabilities and other disabilities that make it hard for people to leave their home to go to venues can make burlesque inaccessible for many. However, there are strides being made to overcome that especially now with the establishment of virtual shows.

Something that is incredible to see as a result of the pandemic was the move to a virtual space, which creates a level of accessibility that we didnt have before, Roulette said. Some are still going on even as were going back to live shows. If youre someone who struggles with accessibility or distance to a venue, theres now a much easier path to stepping into the burlesque community.

Overall, burlesque offers a unique opportunity for marginalized people who may have not been given the allowance of sexiness and independence by society to connect with their bodies, tell their stories, and find a supportive and loving community.

To learn more about Metropolitan Studios (1259 Metropolitan Ave SE) and ASB and to sign up for classes, visit metrostudioseav.com.

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Masks, vaccine mandates & amps: How independent venues are grappling with the return of crowds – Gothamist

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Unmasking the venues

Technically, no venue in NYC was mandated to require people to be masked up this winter, even at the height of the surge. Although the state had a mask mandate for all indoor businesses, it was superseded by the NY HERO Act and the Key To NYC Pass. The former states that masks are required in all indoor spaces except where all individuals on premise, including but not limited to employees, are fully vaccinated. The latter requires that restaurants and entertainment venues ask for proof of vaccination to enter.

Of course, even for venue owners and managers who have been navigating the ever-shifting COVID rules of the city and state whither the color-coded zones? it has remained an arduous task sifting through the various edicts.

I think that confusion is a direct result of having different rules for different parts of the city and the state and for different types of venues. If there was just one blanket rule across the state, we wouldn't be having so much confusion, said Kambri Crews, owner of Q.E.D. Astoria, a Queens community space which hosts comedy performances, screenings, political events and more. It gets bogged down and confused. And then people use that confusion as willful ignorance to just do what they want.

Deborah Gordon, who owns the legendary jazz club Village Vanguard, added, Who can keep track of what they're requiring, and not requiring, you know? In a way, I find it very hard to pay attention to it, especially when they make pronouncements that go into effect that day or the next day.

Despite all this, many places actively chose to ask people to mask up when entering, which has yielded mixed results.

You have to wear masks inside until you get to your table, and then, while you're eating and drinking, of course we're not requiring it, said Dorf. If there's somebody who's sitting at a table and they're not actively eating, they're drinking, we're not going over to the table [to say], Excuse me sir, I want to be a big asshole here and remind you, you got to put on a mask. We believe our customers are mature, and we respect them.

A consensus has begun to form in the industry around masks: as effective as they might be, it is just not plausible for venues to enforce any mask policies once people are inside.

Some venues really feel like they want to be seen as diligent, and they want their staff to be mindful of being diligent, so the masks are part of that, said Jen Lyon, co-chair of the New York Independent Venue Association (NYIVA), which represents over 200 venues, independent promoters and festivals in the state. But as far as getting guests to wear masks, the general consensus is it's nearly impossible and would cost too much in staffing to get people to wear masks.

Gordon, who took over running the Village Vanguard in 2018 after the passing of her mother Lorraine Gordon, said the Vanguard staff tries to encourage people to wear masks whenever possible, but there isnt a lot to do beyond that. Certainly some musicians ask people to be polite and cognizant and aware, sometimes musicians will announce that from the stage, she said. But we haven't really been able to enforce that, we havent been the mask policeAnyway, what am I supposed to do, go around to every person after they have a sip of their drink, say youve got to put your mask back on? I mean, it's just not feasible.

After Hochul ended the state-wide mask mandate, NYC released their own FAQ to try to lay out all the various scenarios for business owners, noting they strongly recommend'' that everyone, vaccinated or not, wear a mask at public indoor settings, even when its not required. Thats the attitude that Jamie Burns, managing director of Boerum Hill experimental-music venue Roulette, has tried to take.

Essentially, were asking people to wear masks but not making it a requirement to the extent that we would ask people to leave, or make people leave if they weren't wearing them, she said. She argues it isnt reasonable to expect venues like theirs to shoulder the burden of regulating face coverings: We don't have security or bouncers. We have front of house staff, box office staff, bartenders and liaisons, and they're not equipped to be policing it.

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Figure skating at the Olympic Games – Wikipedia

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Figure skating was first contested in the Olympic Games at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Since 1924, the sport has been a part of the Winter Olympic Games.

Men's singles, ladies' singles, and pair skating have been held most often. Ice dance joined as a medal sport in 1976 and a team event debuted at the 2014 Olympics. Special figures were contested at only one Olympics, in 1908. Synchronized skating has never appeared at the Olympics but aims to be included.[1]

Figure skating was first contested as an Olympic sport at the 1908 Summer Olympics, in London, United Kingdom. As this traditional winter sport could be conducted indoors, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved its inclusion in the Summer Olympics program.[2] It was featured a second time at the Antwerp Games,[3] after which it was permanently transferred to the program of the Winter Olympic Games, first held in 1924 in Chamonix, France.[2]

In London, figure skating was presented in four events: men's singles, women's singles, men's special figures, and mixed pairs. The special figures contest was won by Russian Nikolai Panin, who gave his country its first ever Olympic gold medal.[4] He remains the event's sole winner, as it was subsequently dropped from the program.

Ice dance joined as a medal sport in 1976, after appearing as a demonstration event at Grenoble 1968.[3]

A team event debuted at the 2014 Olympics.[5] It consists of two segments: qualification and finals. During qualification each team has one men's single skater, one ladies' single skater, one pair, and one ice dance couple skate their short program/dance. Before the finals, each team is allowed to replace up to two skaters/couples. The final consists of each skater/couple skating their free program/dance. Results are determined by placement points.[6]

The number of entries for the figure skating events at the Olympic Games is limited by a quota set by the International Olympic Committee. There are 30 participants in each singles events (ladies and men), 20 pairs, and 24 ice dance duos.

Skaters must represent a member nation of the International Skating Union and reach the age of fifteen before July 1 of the previous year. They are also required to be citizens of the country they are representing.[7] Competitors have until just before the Olympics to receive citizenship. Since nationality rules are less strict for the ISU Championships, sometimes skaters who have competed at World or European championships are not eligible for the Olympics.

80% of the Olympic spots (24 men/ladies, 19 dance couples, 16 pairs) are allotted to countries according to the results of the previous year's World Figure Skating Championships. A country may have a maximum of three entries per discipline. Countries earn two or three entries by earning points through their skaters' placements. The points are equal to the sum of the placements of the country's skaters (top two if they have three). If a country only has one skater/couple, that skater/couple must place in the top ten to earn two entries and in the top two to earn three entries. If a country has two skaters/teams, the combined placement of those teams must be 13 or less to qualify 3 entries, and 28 or less to qualify two entries. The remaining places are awarded to one skater/couple each from countries that failed to get multiple places, in order of their skaters' placement in the world championships.

Following the World Championships, countries that have not qualified an entry in a particular discipline receive another opportunity in an international competition held in the autumn (usually the Nebelhorn Trophy) prior to the Olympic Games. Six spots are available in men's singles, six in ladies' singles, four in pairs, and five in ice dance. At some Olympics, the host country is automatically entitled to one entry in each discipline, e.g. in 1994,[8] 2010,[9] and 2018 if minimum scores are achieved.[10] If a country receives a spot by being the host, one fewer spot is available in the autumn qualifying competition.

The selection of representatives is at the national governing body's discretion. Some countries rely on the results of their national championships while others have more varied criteria. This may include reaching a certain placement at the European Figure Skating Championships and the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.[8]

Updated after the 2022 Winter Olympics.[11]

As of 2022, Russia surpassed the United States in ranking the most amount of medals than any other country in figure skating. However the medal count below still ranks the United States first. As Russia competed under the Russian Empire, Soviet Union, Unified Team, Russian Federation, Olympic Athletes from Russia, & Russian Olympic Committee. Having won a total of 60 medals of which are 30 gold, 21 sliver, 9 bronze. Viktor Petrenko 1988 Bronze Medal & 1992 Gold Medal in Men's singles, who represented the Soviet Union & Unified Team is excluded from this count as Petrenko is Ukrainian[12] and would later represent Ukraine at the 1994 Olympics. This count only applies to Russian athletes as the majority of Soviet figure skaters are Russian or were born in Russian SSR.

The number in each box represents the number of figure skaters the nation sent.

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Olympic Medal Count: Heres Who Has the Most 2022 Winter …

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The final medals of the 2022 Winter Olympics are still on the line, but with one of the busiest nights of the Games wrapping up, which country is in the lead?

Medal history has been made in more ways than one during the Winter Games.

Norway broke the record for most gold medals at a single Olympic Winter Games and, most recently, Elana Meyers Taylor earned her fifth Olympic medal, making her the most decorated African American Winter Olympian.

Meanwhile, some of the top spots on the medal count ranking are in a tight race for the finish.

At the 2022 Games there are 109 gold medals in total, up from 102 in Pyeongchang four years ago and a far cry from the 16 on offer at the first Winter Olympics at Chamonix in 1924.

The United States came to Beijing with the second-most Winter Olympics medals with 305.

Over 300 medals will be awarded to Olympians participating in the 2022 Winter Games.With 15 sports and 109 events, ranging from skiing to bobsledding to figure skating, world-class athletes will go for gold during a two-week global competition on the grandest stage.

1. Norway 35 (15 gold, 8 silver, 12 bronze)

2. ROC - 31 (6 gold, 11 silver, 14 bronze)

3. Canada - 25 (4 gold, 8 silver, 13 bronze)

4. Germany - 24 (11 gold, 8 silver, 5 bronze)

5. United States - 24 (8 gold, 9 silver, 7 bronze)

Norway leads the way with the most gold and overall medals.

The Russian Olympic Committee has the second-most medals with 31.

The U.S. endured five days of grueling competition - with some disappointing upsets - to finally bring home its first gold medal last week.

Lindsey Jacobellis slid to victory in thewomen's snowboard cross, putting an end to Team USA's gold-less streak at the Winter Olympics in Beijing.

The three-time Olympian took home bronze, while her teammate Rosie Brennan came in fourth.

Snowboarder Julia Marino won the United States first medal on Saturday, but it was not gold.Madison Chock and Evan Batesadded another silver medal to the team's count after their stunning galactic-themed ice dance Sunday night.

Jaelin Kauf won the Olympic silver behind Australia's Jakara Anthony during the women's moguls finals, and Ryan Cochran-Siegle clinched another silver medal, adding to the USA's total count, in men's super-G, on Tuesday.

Jessie Diggins secured the fifth medal for Team USA - the bronze in women's individual sprint, cross-country skiing. She made history here, becoming the first American to win a medal in the cross-country skiing individual sprint event.

Nathan Chen earned gold in the mens singles figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Games. He clinched the title by receiving a 332.60 total score, giving him a 22.55-point victory over silver-winning Yuma Kagiyama of Japan.

Chloe Kim wasted no time showing off why she is the reigning gold medalist as she blew the competition away with her first run of the final halfpipe event - securing her spot at the top of the podium and women's halfpipe history.

The United States won the first-ever Olympic gold medal in the mixed teams aerial event at the Winter Olympics.

The trio of Ashley Caldwell, Chris Lillis and Justin Schoenefeld scored a total of 338.34, beating out China for the gold. It's the first gold medal in aerial freestyle skiing for the U.S. since 1998.

Mixed team snowboard cross made its Olympic debut at the 2022 Beijing Games and Team USA also won the first-ever gold medal in the event.

Erin Jackson ended a medal-less day for the U.S. on Sunday with her win in the 500-meter final.

Alpine Skier Ryan Cochran-Siegle took home a silver medal in the Super-G on Monday, 50 years after his mom Barbara Cochran won gold at the 1972 Winter Olympics.

Megan Nick scored bronze in women's aerials early Monday morning, Kaillie Humphries won the first-ever gold in the womens monobob and teammate Elana Meyers Taylor joined her on the podium with a silver medal and American duo Madison Hubbell and Zach Donohue earned bronze in the ice dance event.

Team USA scored a bronze in the men's speed skating team pursuit, marking a surprising finish for the world record holders.

Team USA then had a 1-2 punch atop the mens freeski slopestyle podium. Hallearned gold andGeopperearned silver.

Team USA fell short in the women's ice hockey gold medal match,losing 3-2 to CanadaWednesday night to earn silver in Beijing.

American Brittany Bowe then captured that elusive individual medal, winning bronze in the women's 1000m speed skating race.

The men's freestyle skiing halfpipe podium at the 2022 Beijing Olympics featured not one but two U.S. skiers.

Team USA'sDavid WiseandAlex Ferreiratook one spot each, with Wise winning silver and Ferreira taking bronze.

Elana Meyers Taylor made history on Saturday, becoming the most decorated African American Winter Olympian with five medals when she won bronze in the two-woman bobsled with a combined time of 4:05.48 alongside Sylvia Hoffman.

Although some events are finished, medals will still be awarded in alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, bobsledding, curling and hockey.

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Winter Olympics stagger to a close – The Boston Globe

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My 18-year-old son and 17-year-old daughter are both black diamond skiers, having relished the sport almost since they learned how to walk, first at Blue Hills Ski Area, then in the White Mountains and the Rockies. He is also a co-captain of his high school track team, competing nationally. She is a volleyball player and participates in several track events.

In a previous world, they would have been devouring everything Olympics. But they have zero interest. They simply cannot relate to the professionalism of the Games, and, frankly, they cannot relate to the serial flouting by the Russians of basic sportsmanship and the rules.

The Olympics have been dying a slow death for decades since professionals were allowed into the arena. This years production, with its snowboard jump located next to the dismally grey site of a former steel mill in Beijing, and with its blatant rules-bending to accommodate Russians who, it would seem, publicly torture child athletes, has assured that my children and many others will never again watch, nor care about, the Olympics. (Me too.)

Our gratitude to the brave souls who stepped up to the plate in a lonely battle to prevent the Olympics from being held in Boston (A courageous No, Kevin Cullen, Metro, Feb. 18).

Clint Smith

Lexington

Wouldnt one photo of sobbing Valieva have been enough?

I was appalled to see the picture of Kamila Valieva in tears on the ice on the front page of Friday mornings Globe (Down and out: Russian skaters collapse keeps doping issue off the podium) and again on the front of the Sports page. Experience and research teach us that trauma victims are retraumatized by the repetition of the event or its aftermath, and in my opinion, this is a case of a traumatized girl, suspected to have been given illicit drugs by her so-called handlers, and then left alone on the ice to deal with all the stress it has caused.

Why are you so invested in showing her abject grief? This is the Olympics, and its about competition and good sportsmanship. How about showing a picture of the podium with the three medalists who skated beautifully?

Jessica Schendel

Wayland

Bitter irony in doping scandal over Russian skater

Astonishingly talented Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva tested positive for a banned heart medication. One irony is that, by all appearances, the medication has helped break her heart. The other irony is that the people suspected of having doled out the medication to a 15-year-old athlete, and who then treated her with astonishing cruelty, are the ones who lack a functioning heart.

Jape Shattuck

Newport, R.I.

Gender equality probably will remain just out of reach

I applaud the efforts of womens groups supporting gender equality in the Olympics (Gender equity gaining in Olympics, but hasnt caught up yet, Tara Sullivan, Sports, Feb. 1). The inequity is evident in other sports, notably tennis, and there is a simple solution. Start by asking: Why is it always the womens final on Saturday and the mens final on Sunday?

Greg Hamill

Sudbury

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Kamila Valieva was confronted by her coach as she stepped off the ice on Thursday.Credit...Chang W. Lee/The New York Times

The president of the International Olympic Committee on Friday called the treatment of a teenage Russian figure skater by her coaches chilling a day after the skater, Kamila Valieva, tumbled out of medal contention at the Beijing Olympics with an error-strewn performance in the womens singles competition. The comments quickly drew an angry response from a top Russian government official.

Breaking his silence on the Valieva case more than a week after it was first revealed that the 15-year-old skater had tested positive for a banned drug, the president, Thomas Bach, shared at a news conference in Beijing that he had been uncomfortable watching the young Olympian melt down during her free skate Thursday night. Valieva had entered the night as the gold medal favorite but stumbled and fell repeatedly to sink to fourth place and miss out on a medal entirely.

I was very, very disturbed yesterday when I watched the competition on TV, Bach said a day after the end of the womens competition. The remarks were his first public comments on Valievas case since the news of her positive test early last week became the dominant story line of the Games.

You could feel that this is an immense, immense mental stress, Bach added, and maybe she would have preferred to leave the ice and to leave this story behind her.

Russias deputy prime minister, Dmitry Chernyshenko, quickly responded, saying Bachs comments were inappropriate and wrong.

Valieva, whose Olympics became a crucible of expectations, innuendo and pressure after it was revealed she had failed a doping test before the Games, was in tears after her performance. Her anguish only grew when she left the ice and her coach, Eteri Tutberidze, immediately began interrogating her in Russian in a scene that was captured by television cameras.

Why did you stop fighting? Tutberidze asked. Explain it to me. Why? You let it go after that axel. Valieva did not reply.

Tutberidze was the coach of all three Russian women competing in the womens singles final. After Valieva tearfully finished her free skate, her teammate Anna Shcherbakova, the gold medal winner, sat alone on a white sofa, looking solemn despite her victory. She later said she felt empty inside. Alexandra Trusova, the silver medalist, disappointed that she hadnt won, resisted coaches who tried to urge her onto the ice for the winners ceremony. Trusova later said she missed her mother and her dogs.

Bach said it was chilling to see the coldness with which Valieva was received by Tutberidze and other Russian skating officials after her performance.

All of this does not give me confidence in this entourage of Kamila, Bach said, neither with regard to what happened in the past, nor as far as it concerns the future.

In an emailed statement, Chernyshenko, Russias deputy prime minister, said he was deeply disappointed to see Bach weave his own fictional narrative on the feelings of our athletes, and then present these publicly as the voice of I.O.C.

Bach and Chernyshenko know each other well. Chernyshenko was the president of the local organizing committee for the 2014 Sochi Games, and he was on an Olympic organizing committee for the Beijing Games before he was removed after Russias state-sanctioned doping scheme at the Sochi Games was revealed.

The Russian sports minister, Oleg Matytsin, defended his nations coaches in comments reported by the Russian television network RT.

The personality of a trainer largely determines the results of the athletes. We have gold in the team competition, Matytsin said, though no medal has been awarded in team figure skating because of Valievas positive test. He said Russia had also won gold and silver in the individual competition, a silver medal in dancing, and I hope that there will be medals in the pairs as well.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport allowed Valieva to continue competing in the Olympics despite her having tested positive for a banned substance, a heart medication, several weeks before the Games.

Bachs I.O.C., along with the World Anti-Doping Agency and the International Skating Union, the sports governing body, had filed an appeal with the court seeking a suspension for Valieva.

The court dismissed their appeal in large part, it said in a report released Thursday, because of a failure by a Stockholm laboratory to process Valievas sample quickly.

She still could face penalties, but it could take months to fully resolve her case.

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Olympics Day 16: Final bobsled runs and pairs free skate in figure skating

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there's a wide range of ages of competitors at the olympics, proving that age really is just a number. Nick baumgartner is the oldest Olympian on team USA and one gold during the mixed team snowboard cross with partner lindsey Jacobellis, he became the oldest american to medal at an olympic games, he told ESPN you're never too late to take what you want from life, But he is almost 10 years younger than the oldest Olympian, Germany's Claudia Pechstein, the 49 year old speedskater turns 50, just two days after the Olympics end. The youngest Olympian to compete is the Czech Republic ski jumper and a Zika Indra cova. She is just 15 years old. She did not medal, but it is clear from these other olympians, but that she still has plenty of years ahead to compete.

Olympics Day 16: Final bobsled runs and pairs free skate in figure skating

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Day 16 of the 2022 Beijing Winter Games will consist of the third and final runs of the two-woman and the third and final runs of the four-man events in Bobsled and the pairs free skate in Figure Skating.Bobsled The two-woman final runs in Bobsled will happen on Day 16. And athletes in the four-man bobsled competition complete their final runs at Yanqing National Sliding Centre.Figure SkatingTop Olympic figure skaters showcase their skills in a creative, unscored event at the Capital Indoor Stadium.

Day 16 of the 2022 Beijing Winter Games will consist of the third and final runs of the two-woman and the third and final runs of the four-man events in Bobsled and the pairs free skate in Figure Skating.

The two-woman final runs in Bobsled will happen on Day 16.

And athletes in the four-man bobsled competition complete their final runs at Yanqing National Sliding Centre.

Top Olympic figure skaters showcase their skills in a creative, unscored event at the Capital Indoor Stadium.

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