athlete

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Forehand, the reigning X Games champion, and Frostad were the last two athletes to ski.

From Barron's

Six Russian and four Belarusian athletes will compete under their nations' flags at the upcoming Winter Paralympics.

From BBC

The four-time world champion is also the most decorated black athlete at a Winter Olympics and this, her sixth medal, ties her with speed skater Bonnie Blair for the most by an American woman.

From BBC

It created something called the Olympiatoppen, an organization whose sole responsibility was overseeing the recruitment and training of Norway’s second most coveted natural resource: Olympic athletes.

From The Wall Street Journal

Take his 1,000m final - usually this event would have six racers, but in Milan had nine because three athletes were advanced to the medal race after being illegally hindered in their semi-finals.

From BBC