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  PNW athletes reflect on wins and losses at the 2026 Winter Olympics

  The United States won 33 medals in the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics that concluded Sunday. Four of those medals — two gold and two bronze — came from athletes with ties to the Northwest. KUOW super-fan Paige Browning penned this recap of how our regional athletes fared.

  • Derek Wang
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  As Winter Olympics fever spreads, an update on athletes with PNW ties

  We’re one week into the Winter Olympics at Milano Cortina. To help focus on Pacific Northwest athletes participating this year, we looked around the station for the person who seemed the most hyped up about the games. And the winner is KUOW host, newscaster, reporter, and diehard sports fan Paige Browning. She talked to ATC host Kim Malcolm about the games so far.

  • Paige Browning
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  Two Seattle curlers prepare to throw rocks for gold at Italian Olympics

  When the Winter Olympics kick off in February, two Seattle curlers will be part of the U.S. team in Italy, throwing, sweeping, and yelling for an epic upset.

  • Vaughan Jones
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  'The Boys in the Boat' is narrative gold

  This is KUOW's book club, and we just read through the first half of Daniel James Brown's "The Boys in the Boat" about the University of Washington crew team's quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

  • Katie Campbell
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  Seattle-trained synchronized swimmers take silver at Paris Olympics

  Two members of the U.S. artistic swim team that won a silver medal at the Paris Olympics Wednesday got their start in what was formerly known as synchronized swimming with Seattle Synchro.

  • Stephen Howie
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  UW rowers win record 11 medals at Paris Olympics

  University of Washington rowers won a total of 11 Olympic medals in Paris, the highest total in the history of the venerated program.

  • Stephen Howie
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  Fresh from high school graduation, Mercer Island swimmer Piper 'Lightning' Enge vies for a spot on Team USA

  Mercer Island High School's fresh graduate heads to Indianapolis to compete in the Olympic swimming trials to try to win a slot on Team USA for the Paris Olympics.

  • KUOW Staff
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  Katie Ledecky tells NPR about her plans for the Paris Olympics — and L.A. in 2028

  Katie Ledecky is used to getting medals, having earned 10 at the Olympics. But on Friday she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest award a civilian can get from the U.S. government.

  • Juana Summers
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  The Paris Olympics medals will have pieces of the Eiffel Tower

  A hexagonal, polished chunk of iron taken from the iconic landmark is being embedded in each gold, silver and bronze medal that will be hung around athletes' necks at the Paris Games and Paralympics.

  • The Associated Press
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  Russia says International Olympic Committee is giving Israel a pass on Gaza

  Russia has been sanctioned by the IOC for actions taken as part of the invasion of Ukraine. Officials in Moscow say Israel is being treated differently by the IOC as fighting continues in Gaza.

  • Brian Mann

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