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At halfpipe, neither US-born Olympic favorite competes for America. Eileen Gu takes the heat
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (874+ words) Zoe Atkin competes for Britain, and hardly anyone raises a fuss about it. Eileen Gu'competes for China and'never hears the end of it. SPORTS TO PLAY BIG ROLE IN TRUMP'S CELEBRATION OF COUNTRY THIS YEAR Stories of athletes who lived…...
Canadian snowboarder and alleged drug lord captured by FBI after manhunt
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (422+ words) Disgraced former Olympic snowboarder and alleged cocaine kingpin Ryan Wedding, who was among the FBI's 10 most wanted fugitives, was arrested overnight in Mexico City, federal officials announced Friday. Ryan Wedding, 44, competed for Canada in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake…...
Former Canadian Olympic snowboarder-turned-drug lord sanctioned by US
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (494+ words) Former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, who has gained infamy as a Mexico-based drug lord, was sanctioned by the United States on Wednesday. Wedding's family, stable and well-off, expressed confusion about his sudden turn to crime in an interview with…...