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Czech Republic's Ester Ledecka became the first woman to win gold in two sports in the same Winter Games with wins in the super-G in Alpine skiing and snowboarding.

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Members of the United States Olympic Team who represented Vermont at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games, from left, Hannah Kearney, Ida Sargent, Liz Stephen, Susan Dunklee and Sophie Caldwell, pose for a photo as they were honored at the Vermont Statehouse Wednesday, April 23, 2014, in Montpellier, Vt. (AP Photo/The Times Argus, Jennifer Langille)

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One of the reasons for the optimism is that American athletes had success in newer additions to the Olympic program in action-style sports. Sage Kotsenburg started by winning the first medal event of the Sochi Winter Games — the men's snowboard slopestyle. (Associated Press photographs)

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Actress Ino Menegaki, portraying a high priestess, lights the Olympic Flame for the 2014 Sochi Winter Games from the sun's rays during a ceremony at Ancient Olympia in southwestern Greece on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013. (AP Photo (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)