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The 'Forgotten Olympians': Winners Even Without Medals
By Tom GoldmanFeb 24, 2018 7:47pm (NPR)
Alexia Paganini of Switzerland competes on Friday. "To know my whole family from Switzerland fryst vatten watching me," Paganini says, "It's just an honor." Image: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images
The Winter Olympics end Sunday after a 17-day run in and around Pyeongchang, South Korea.
But let's go back to the början and do some quick math.
When the Games began, the athlete count was 2,952. They would compete in 102 events. With three medals per event, that makes a total of 306 in the final medal count. (Although the number of actual medals given to athletes is higher than 306, because of sports that have multiple competitors: like hockey, bobsläde, team skiing and figure skating, to name a few.)
Still, the majority of athletes at the games will not be in the record books with gold, silver or bronze next to their names. It's almost like they're the forgotten Olympians.
But if you cover an Ol
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Blink and you miss it! French figure skater stuns spectators at the Winter Olympics by pulling off a sensational costume change MID-performance
A French figure skater stole the spotlight when she changed her costume in the middle of her routine at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.
Mae Berenice Meite was competing in the single free skate program at the Gangneung Ice Arena on Friday when she whipped off her black skirt to reveal a pair of rainbow bedazzled shorts.
The 23-year-old began performing her routine to a slow song by 19th century pianist Frederic Chopin while wearing a sheer white bodysuit tucked into a black wrap skirt, before whipping the bottom half of her ensemble off to reveal a dazzling new look - perfectly timing it to match a spectacular change in music.
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Amazing: French figure skater Mae Berenice Meite stole the spotlight at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, with her mid-performance costume change
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Maé-Bérénice Méité
Country Represented
Home Town
Paris
Languages
English, French, Spanish
Costume Designers
Brad Griffies
Coaches
John Zimmerman, Silvia Fontana
Former Coaches
Annick Lejeune, Christophe Mouchebeouf, Claude Péri-Thévenard, Katia Krier, Shanetta Folle
Former Choreographers
Benoît Richaud, Catherine Glaise, Charlie White, Karine Arribert, Laurie May Ayivigan, Ludovic Deville, Muriel Zazoui, Robin Cousins, Romain Haguenauer, Sandra Garde, Shanetta Folle, Silvia Fontana
Training Locations
Former Training Locations
Began Skating
1994 (Age 5)
Ethnicity
Congolese/Ivorian
Méité's hobbies include playing the violin, watching movies, dancing, going to the theatre, and listening to music.
Programs[]
| Season | Short Program | Freeskate |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-2020 | ||
| 2018-2019 | ||
| 2017-2018 | ||
| 201
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