Austria Olympic Team

From left, England's players Jill Scott, Chloe Kelly, Lauren Hemp, and and Ellen White cheer during a training session ahead of the Women Euro 2022 quarter final soccer match between England and Spain, at the Lensbury training center in Teddington, London, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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FILE - In this May 22, 2019, file photo, Troy Vincent, NFL executive vice president of football operations, speaks to the media during the owners meetings in Key Biscayne, Fla. Flag football will be played at an international, multi-sport event for the first time next week during the World Games in Birmingham, Alabama. The NFL may be the sport’s biggest cheerleader. “When we talk about the future of the game of football, it is, no question, flag,” NFL executive Troy Vincent told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

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FILE - Germany's Georg Hackl waves to the crowd following his fourth and final run in the Men's Singles Luge at the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games at Cesana Pariol, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2006. Three-time Olympic champion Georg Hackl has left the German luge program to for a job with rival Austria, officially announcing Thursday, April 21, 2022, that he has agreed to a four-year contract that runs through the 2026 Olympics. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

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Artem Pryma of Ukraine, right, tags teammate Dmytro Pidruchnyi during the biathlon 4x6-kilometer mixed relay at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

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Feb. 25 1940 — The first telecast of an American hockey game is transmitted over station W2XBS in New York. The viewing audience watches the New York...

Mikaela Shiffrin of United States races during the mixed team parallel skiing event at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

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Members of the United States team stand in the finish area after the postponement of the mixed team parallel skiing event at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

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A team member consoles Mikaela Shiffrin, of the United States after she skied out in the first run of the women's slalom at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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Ashley Cain-Gribble and Timothy Leduc, of the United States, compete in the pairs short program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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Feb. 18 1924 — Theresa Weld Blanchard wins her sixth and final U.S. figure skating championship. Sherwin Badger captures his fifth straight and final...

Franz-Josef Rehrl, of Austria, celebrates after his jump 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)

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Michelle Gisin of Switzerland celebrates winning the gold medal during the medal ceremony for the women's combined at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

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Miho Takagi of Japan competes during the women's speedskating 1,000-meter finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

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United States' Andy Miele (51) leaves the ice after the United States lost to Slovakia in a men's quarterfinal hockey game at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Beijing. Slovakia won 3-2 in a shoot-out. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

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Dave Ryding, of Britain approaches a gate during the first run of the men's slalom at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

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Mona Brorsson of Sweden, left, Vanessa Hinz of Germany and Dorothea Wierer of Italy ski onto the shooting range during the women's 4x6-kilometer relay at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

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AP Sportlight

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Feb. 15 1932 — Eddie Eagen, as a member of the four-man U.S. bobsled team, wins a gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. He...