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Winter Olympics: What to watch for this week
This is the first official week of the Beijing games. Here are a few Olympic events to keep an eye on.
At 15, Kamila Valieva just became the 1st woman to land a quad in Olympic history
The teenage Russian athlete landed one of the hardest jumps in figure skating — one that is so difficult, no other woman ever performed it at an Olympics before — and then she did it a second time.
Towns scores 24 points, Timberwolves beat Pistons 118-105
Karl-Anthony Towns had 24 points and 12 rebounds and the Minnesota Timberwolves got a big boost from their bench in a 118-105 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Sunday.