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“My Dad – he nearly blew out of the building in excitement. He loved cross-country, he loved Nordic, he just loved sports in general. He was so excited.
He was like, `Do you even know what this means?’ He was bawling,” Shiffrin said. “I was like, `Dad, you’re more excited about this than you are for me.’ And that’s saying something!”Diggins begins competition at the Beijing Olympics on Saturday with the skiathlon, which combines classic and freestyle skiing.
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