Andrew Dampf (AP)

@AP_Sports reporter in Italy dal 2002 | @AP since 1998 via NY & @UWMadison | 10 Olympics, 5 World Cups | #TasteoftheTour

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'She will be the first to reach 100 victories.'

Ingemar Stenmark had an inkling that @MikaelaShiffrin would get to 💯

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Ingemar Stenmark shares what impresses him about American skier Mikaela Shiffrin, who is on the cusp of breaking his record of 86 World Cup wins.

More from @AndrewDampf: https://t.co/666qGfI20Z

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Could this be the year?

@AdrianoPanatta has been waiting 50 years for an Italian 🇮🇹 man to match him with a French Open title 🏆

Read more ⬇️

https://t.co/qua3G1G4ow

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Discussed Pope Leo's tennis 🎾 game with one of his fellow Augustianians at @VillanovaU, his alma mater ⬇️

[The Associated Press @AP]

Pope Leo loves tennis and tries to play every week. Some say the sport’s focus on discipline, mental toughness and endurance reflects the Augustinian values that shape his approach to life and leadership.

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Pope Leo plays tennis religiously as part of an Augustinian devotion to sports and spirituality
https://t.co/ncMILHI26t

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'Unfortunately, sometimes it does take horrific accidents to shine even more of a light on what can be done.'

@lindseyvonn's skis didn't pop off during Olympic crash and a new 'smart' binding system is still years away from being implemented

https://t.co/eAerd6Nuf6

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It was “as if Mussolini wrote the medal table himself.”

The 1941 world championships in Cortina were a propaganda showcase for fascist Italy and Nazi Germany.

Of the 18 Alpine medals, Germany claimed 11 and Italy took the other 7.

https://t.co/aSHjx4J83Y

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2 Washington Post writers at the Olympics despite being laid off, say it was important to be there

⁦@barrysvrluga⁩:

“They can take away our section, but in a way, they can’t take away our spirit.”

https://t.co/SM9lu429YG

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Before the Olympics, I interviewed the rescue specialist who was hanging from the 🚁 with ⁦@lindseyvonn⁩ during her evacuation op

Ski races can't be held without these essential & highly trained emergency crews

⛷️ ⛑️ 🏥

FULL ARTICLE ⬇️

https://t.co/pPKyqGywS6

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'She’s 41 years old and this is the end of her career. There will be no more ski races for @lindseyvonn, as long as I have anything to say about it.'

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Lindsey Vonn's father tells AP that he hopes his daughter is done with ski racing after her fall in the Winter Olympics downhill. https://t.co/BSAL0OY4wC

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Nicola Pietrangeli, Italy's most accomplished tennis player before Jannik Sinner _ and still the winningest Davis Cup player of all time _ dies at 92

🎾

https://t.co/Bp2SNoFDyy

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Behind the scenes of Cortina’s trailer-park Olympic Village:

400 mobile homes in an Alpine valley

'Hear the sound of the mountains, isolate yourself if you wish'

❄️ 🏔️

https://t.co/JdeinloVjg

[Derek Gatopoulos @dgatopoulos]

Apollo called in sick: Olympic flame ceremony for Winter Games scaled back by bad weather.

https://t.co/fxMYgMYCzO

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Cortina is preparing to host heads of state & royal family members during the Winter Olympics.

Mayor Gianluca Lorenzi provides the details in an ⁦@AP⁩ interview

Story with ⁦@CollBarry⁩

https://t.co/4moBqhTEyO

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BREAKING:

+++The ⁦@milanocortina26⁩ Olympic flame may have already been lit+++

(2 days before the planned ceremony)

Via ⁦@AP's intrepid reporting team in Greece 🇬🇷
@dgatopoulos & ⁦⁦⁦@TStavrak⁩

https://t.co/lhidGdKxAt

[Neil Barker @Mockneyrebel]

🇮🇹Last week I visited Cortina to film @sntvstory previews for the Winter Olympics

⛷️I saw the first snowfall of the season across this stunning setting for the women’s downhill, sliding and curling events at @milanocortina26

🚧 Sliding centre still a large construction site

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@Kohlerderien @cortinadolomiti Closed in November unfortunately 😢

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Lights on in @cortinadolomiti

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Milan Cortina Olympic mountains are wintry white after 1st big snowstorm of the season

❄️ ⛷️🌨️

76 days to ⁦@milanocortina26⁩

https://t.co/qiUTVv8Vp5

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@CarinthianKid @lindseyvonn @BobsledKaillie Yes! Snowboarding in Livigno

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Not just ⁦@lindseyvonn⁩

2 more 40-and-over US women are aiming for Olympic medals in Cortina:

⁦@BobsledKaillie⁩ & Meyers Taylor in bobsled

https://t.co/dtiRERdWa6

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All aboard the bobsled truck.

With Johannes Lochner nursing his espresso in the corner

☕️ 🚛

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