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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. 
U.S. ski champ Mikaela Shiffrin is out of Olympic giant slalom event after falling
Shiffrin, known as the reigning queen of the slopes, fell in her first run in the giant slalom at the Beijing Olympics. It was the first time she did not finish a giant slalom race in four years.
Vasaloppet ski race celebrates its 50th year in Mora
The Vasaloppet USA cross country ski race in Mora, Minn., celebrates its 50th anniversary this coming weekend, despite the ongoing COVID pandemic and a trend of low-snow winters that a few years ago almost ended the longstanding tradition.