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2014 Winter Olympic Games

Shiffrin Wins Gold

KPCW | By Lynn Ware Peek

Published February 21, 2014 at 4:22 PM MST

The U.S. Alpine Team brings home another gold medal, and an historic one, by the youngest female in history to win an Olympic gold medal in slalom. Lynn Ware Peek has more.

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Lynn Ware Peek

Lynn Ware Peek is a long-time contributor to KPCW. She joined the station in 2008 with Tales from the Wasatch Back, was a reporter from 2012 to 2016, and co-hosts and produces two of KPCW’s Public Affairs Hour shows, The Mountain Life, on health and lifestyle, on Wednesdays and Cool Science Radio, tackling science and technology every Thursday.

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