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Snow covers the padding surrounding the ski area at Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre during the team Gundersen large hill/4x5km ski jumping competition round at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Riiber-less Norway wins gold in Nordic combined team event

By Larry Lage Feb. 17, 2022 08:36 AM EST

Dancers perform during the pre-show ahead of the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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FILE -Jarl Magnus Riiber of Norway celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the men's Individual Gundersen NH 15km triple competition at the Nordic Combined World Cup in the Austrian province of Tyrol, in Seefeld, Austria, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021. Norway’s Jarl Magnus Riiber has been so dominant in World Cup competitions that other Nordic combined athletes are trying to study how he soars past the competition in ski jumping so much so that he has a huge lead in cross-country skiing. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
Norway’s Riiber dominant soaring, skiing into 2022 Olympics

By Larry Lage Jan. 13, 2022 12:27 PM EST