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Good Morning Columbia discussion: North and South Korean relations at Winter Olympics

Grace Joyal,

PYEONGCHANG, SOUTH KOREA (WOLO) – The first weekend of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea brought much discussion about the friendly interaction between the North and South Korean delegations. Leading up to the games, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence made it clear – he would not be interacting with anyone from North Korea. Regime leader Kim Jong…
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Former Gamecock Natasha Hastings Earns Gold Medal With 4x400m Relay

Sports Department

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Natasha Hastings capped an incredible week of competition at the 2016 Olympics games just how she started her Olympic career back in 2008 – wearing gold around her neck. The former Gamecock ran the second leg on Team USA’s 4×400-meter relay Saturday night, and helped the quartet cruise to a convincing win. With her performance, Hastings becomes…
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Former Gamecock Scheper Competes in Olympic High Jump Qualifiers

Sports Department

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL. (USC SID) – 2015 South Carolina graduate Jeannelle Scheper made her Olympic debut Thursday morning, competing in the qualifying round of the women’s high jump. Scheper, who was competing for her home country of Saint Lucia, finished 25th overall and went out at 1.89 meters (6-2 ¼). She will not advance to the Saturday final. Scheper opened with a miss…
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Two Lochte teammates in robbery probe pulled off plane

ABC Columbia Staff

FILE – In this Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, file photo, United States’ Ryan Lochte checks his time in a men’s 4×200-meter freestyle heat during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Lochte and three other American swimmers were robbed at gunpoint early Sunday, Aug. 14, by thieves posing as police officers who stopped their…