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A photo taken by a drone Saturday shows a traditional farewell to winter — the burning of a 100-foot structure of twigs and debris — during the celebration of Maslenitsa in the Russian village of Nikola-Lenivets. Artist Nikolay Polissky designed the installation.

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Fast-food chain KFC was forced to close most of its 900 outlets in Britain and Ireland in recent days because of a shortage of chicken. The company blamed “teething problems” with its new delivery partner, DHL. The fried-chicken giant apologized for the problem Saturday and by Monday had almost 300 stores open. DHL conceded that “operational issues” had delayed deliveries. (AP)

Chinese railway station officials are asking passengers not to crawl into X-ray machines after a woman who wouldn’t part with her purse did just that, UPI reported. During the recent Lunar New Year rush, a woman in Dongguan was told that her purse had to go through the X-ray machine with her carry-on bags. So she put the purse on the conveyor belt and crawled into the machine behind it. A guard laughed but didn’t stop her. (EXPRESS)

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TRANSPORTATION Work began yesterday on a $1 billion revitalization project at Reagan National Airport that officials say will deliver a new concourse for short-hop flights and new security screening areas in 2021. But it will be a painful process getting there, with lane closures and traffic disruptions around the area as construction starts. Construction activity kicked off Monday, closing travel lanes overnight in the arrivals area of terminals B and C. By spring, the stretch of the lower-level roadway that provides access to the airport will be a round-the-clock work zone with more widespread lane shutdowns, the kind that will probably create traffic backups. The work will not affect the upper-level access road used for departure drop-offs. If you travel frequently, or at all, from National, now is the time to start paying attention to what’s coming. “In the first year of construction, some of the impacts on the roadways will be such that

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considering alternates is going to be strongly advised,” said Rob Yingling, a spokesman with the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, which operates National. The authority says that despite traffic-control measures, there’s

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no way around the construction. Drivers should prepare for backups and heavier traffic near the terminals. Travelers should also anticipate changes to traffic patterns. Ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft could be diverted to pick up customers

on the departures level instead of arrivals. In the coming weeks, some travel lanes will close to give workers — and equipment — room to begin laying the groundwork for heavy construction, expected as early as the spring. A new concourse will replace the infamous Gate 35X, a chokepoint where flyers are required to board buses to get to their planes. The concourse will be next to terminals B and C on the airport’s northern end. The project will also bring changes to National Hall, the glass-enclosed main walkway on the concourse level. Security screening will be moved upstairs to the airport’s arrival level, closing the hall off to the general public. Metro might be the best bet for avoiding the construction zone. But two major maintenance projects will affect the airport’s Metro station later this year. Airport police will manage traffic flow, officials say, and they anticipate more significant backups when heavy construction takes place this spring and into the summer, as well as during peak travel periods around the holidays. LUZ LAZO (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Peggy Cooper Cafritz, education activist, dies Peggy Cooper Cafritz, a doyenne of Washington arts and education, died Sunday at a hospital in Washington. She was 70. Cooper Cafritz tried to mend many of the city’s social and racial wounds and created one of the nation’s leading arts-intensive high schools. She also capped her civic involvement with a divisive six-year tenure as D.C. school board president. As both a socialite and a social activist, she was a fixture in Washington’s educational, cultural and charitable scenes. (TWP) DINING

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A new report details anonymous accounts of sexual harassment by state lawmakers and lobbyists working in Maryland’s State House. The Baltimore Sun reported Friday that the Maryland Women’s Caucus had compiled the list of incidents. It offers a glimpse into what female lawmakers, lobbyists and staffers say privately is a culture of disrespect in Annapolis. For example, one lawmaker described a colleague grabbing her breasts and sticking his tongue in her ear. The report also includes previously issued recommendations for the prevention of sexual harassment. (AP)

A passenger in a vehicle that was fired on outside the National Security Agency campus said the unlicensed teen driver made a wrong turn, panicked and hit the gas. Passenger Javonte Alhajie Brown said Friday the 17-year-old driver was following GPS directions to reach a friend’s house in a Maryland suburb, but he turned onto a restricted-access road that leads to the top-secret installation. Brown, 24, said he had been too tired to drive Wednesday and handed the keys of the rented black SUV to his teenage friend. They were heading to Brown’s brother’s house from D.C. Another passenger was also in the car. (AP/THE WASHINGTON POST)

Family members of a Maryland woman who was fatally shot by police two years ago may never receive the entire $37 million they were awarded in a lawsuit this week. Maryland has a cap on local governments’ liabilities in such cases, and judges tend to lower large awards on appeal, The Baltimore Sun reported. Legal experts said it’s unlikely the young son and other relatives of Korryn Gaines will see all the money awarded Friday. Gaines, 23, was shot and killed in her home in 2016 after a standoff with Baltimore County police. Her son Kodi, who was 5 at the time, was struck by gunfire in the face and the elbow. (AP)

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VIRGINIA Efforts to expand Medicaid to about 300,000 low-income adults in Virginia continue to gain momentum, as Republican House leaders Sunday publicly embraced a form of expansion that includes work requirements and copays. The House’s budget panel included Medicaid expansion in its $100 billion two-year spending plan, which also includes a 2 percent raise for state workers and teachers and a $50 million cybersecurity training initiative. The proposed budget of the Republican-controlled Senate Finance Committee did not expand Medicaid or tax hospitals to help pay the state’s share of expansion costs like the House version. That left the Senate with less money to spend in areas like education and its budget makes pay raises

for state workers subject to available funding. The support for Medicaid expansion in the House is a dramatic departure for Republican House leaders, who had consistently blocked such efforts in the past, saying Medicaid’s long-term costs were unsustainable. The change of heart comes after several new Democratic House lawmakers won election last year on a proexpansion platform and the House GOP majority went from 66-34 to 51-49. New Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam has also made it a top priority. “There’s no question that the political dynamics have changed,” said House Speaker Kirk Cox. Medicaid expansion in Virginia is still far from a done deal, and plenty of Republican lawmakers remain steadfastly opposed. The House and Senate will have to negotiate a compromise budget before the legislative session ends next month. ALAN SUDERMAN (AP)

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BAGHDAD In Iraq, owning a cellphone SIM card can grease the skids in business, get a politician to stand at attention and even inspire affection. But not just any SIM card. It must be “distinguished,” associated with a phone number considered prestigious because it has a distinctive or beautiful series of digits. Say, for instance, a string of sevens or zeros, or a repeating pattern of numerals. The marketplace for these cards, which connect phones to a network, can rival that of gold — with trades in the thousands and tens of thousands of dollars. And while this market emerged about a decade ago, a newfound optimism in Iraq’s future after the recent defeat of the Islamic State has increased demand for the prestigious SIMs among aspiring business executives, political neophytes and young people looking to treat themselves. They’ve become so popular that Iraq’s largest telecom companies are formalizing the trade, introducing offers for tiered SIM cards from “Silver” to “Diamond Plus.” A regular SIM card runs about $3, while a Silver card carrying a number with some combination of consecutive pairs, such as 4455, costs about $30. A Diamond Plus card — which

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Customers this month seek the latest in prestigious numbers at King of Distinguished Numbers, a cellphone shop in Baghdad.

features a number whose last five digits are the same — will set a seeker back $1,300 to $1,500. So what does a phone number with the right combination of consecutive zeros and ones say? “It says he has taste. It also says he’s loaded,” said cellphone dealer Haider Mohamed, 45. The trend began in 2007 — a result of Saddam Hussein’s ouster in 2003 during the Iraq War. Iraq, long cut off from the world by sanctions, began to open up; new technology and products started to pour in. Cellphones were the most coveted items. The toppling of Hussein also shattered

his political and business class, creating opportunities for entrepreneurs. To project status, impressive phone numbers helped. Contractor Essa Sultan, 47, said he paid $1,200 in 2009 for a phone number that ends with six sevens. He has been offered $10,000 for the number, but he refuses to sell it. “If I call [ministry officials] from a regular number, they wouldn’t answer my call,” he said, “but when they see this number, they can’t ignore it because they know a VIP is calling them.”

During the Civil War, it was hidden behind wallpaper in a Virginia home. Then it sat in a broken frame in a Kentucky closet, and then in the office of an energy executive outside Houston. It is a rare parchment copy of the Declaration of Independence, made in the 1820s for founding father James Madison. Now, the copy — one of 51 that scholars are aware of — has resurfaced after its purchase last month by philanthropist David M. Rubenstein. It is clearer than the original version, signed in 1776, which has faded. The copy will be on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. (TWP)

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White House announces new policy on clearances White House chief of staff John Kelly announced Friday that beginning this week, the White House will no longer allow some employees with interim security clearances access to top-secret information. The move could threaten Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, who has been able to see top secrets through an interim clearance. The changes follow domestic abuse allegations against Rob Porter, the president’s former staff secretary, who was also working under an interim top-secret clearance. (AP) MEXICO

Copter on quake mission flips, killing 13 on ground A magnitude 7.2 earthquake shook south and central Mexico Friday, causing people to flee swaying buildings and office towers in the capital, Mexico City. The only known fatalities related to the quake came Saturday, when a military helicopter carrying officials who were assessing damage flipped as it was attempting to land in Oaxaca state and crashed on top of people who had fled their homes and were spending the night outside. Thirteen people were killed and 16 injured. (AP) POLITICS

Pruitt cancels Israel trip after criticism of travel Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has canceled a nearly week-long trip to Israel, agency officials confirmed Sunday. Pruitt, who had been scheduled to leave over the weekend for an extensive tour of the Mideast ally, had come under fire over the past week for the cost of his domestic and international travel. (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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SUMATRA, INDONESIA | Schoolchildren walk as Mount Sinabung erupts in the distance Monday, shooting columns of ash more than 16,000 feet in the air. No injuries were reported as a result of the volcano, one of three currently erupting in Indonesia.

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An ambush by ISIS troops kills at least 27 Iraqi fighters

Turkey issues warning as Syria looks to enter Afrin

Iranian search and rescue teams on Monday reached the site of a plane crash in southern Iran that authorities said killed all 65 people on board, Iran’s Press TV reported. The Aseman Airlines ATR-72, a twin-engine turboprop used for short-distance regional flying, went down Sunday in bad weather. Dense fog, high winds and heavy snow in the Zagros Mountains made it impossible for rescue crews in helicopters to reach the site in the immediate aftermath, state TV reported. The cause of the crash is unknown. For years, Iran was barred from buying necessary airplane parts due to Western sanctions on its nuclear program. (AP)

Islamic State militants ambushed a group of Iraq’s Shiite-led paramilitary fighters, killing at least 27, two months after Baghdad declared victory over the extremist group, officials said Monday. The Popular Mobilization Forces said in a statement that the attack took place southwest of the city of Kirkuk, where the attackers were disguised in army uniforms and manned a fake checkpoint. Some militants were killed in the ensuing clashes. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s office said it had issued orders to hunt down those responsible. Iraq declared victory over ISIS in December, after three years of heavy fighting. (AP)

Turkey warned Syria on Monday against entering Afrin, the Kurdishcontrolled enclave in northern Syria where a major Turkish military offensive is underway, saying it would hit back if the goal is to protect Kurdish fighters. The warning sets up a potential clash between Turkish troops and Syrian government forces backed by Russia and Iran. It followed Syrian state media saying pro-government forces would enter Afrin “within hours” to confront Turkey’s “aggression” after Syria reached an agreement with the Kurdish militia known as the People’s Protection Units, which controls Afrin. (AP)

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Russian workers say they were paid to plant social media posts

POLITICS While Russian officials scoff at a U.S. indictment charging 13 Russians with meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, several people who worked at the same St. Petersburg “troll factory” say they think the criminal charges are well-founded.

Marat Mindiyarov, a former commenter at the innocuously named Internet Research Agency, says the group hired people with excellent English skills to sway U.S. public opinion through an elaborate social media campaign. His own experience at the agency makes him trust the U.S. indictment, Mindiyarov told The Associated Press. “I believe that that’s how it was and that it was them,” he said. The federal indictment issued

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Teens demand stricter gun laws, as Trump supports improving background checks Official: Tragedy was a ‘reprieve’ from scandals

Trump discussed with Cornyn would help to enforce existing rules but would not close loopholes permitting loose private sales on the internet and at gun shows. She’s pressing for a ban on assault-type weapons and for laws enabling family members, guardians or police to ask judges to strip gun rights temporarily from people who show warning signs of violence. “We need a comprehensive system,” Brown said. “One of these isn’t enough.” Trump, who visited first responders and some victims Friday, has focused his comments on mental health, rather than guns. The White House says the president will host a “listening session” with students and teachers this week and will discuss school safety with state and local officials. But officials have offered no further details on who will attend those sessions.

POLITICS The White House was under siege. Domestic abuse allegations against a senior aide were ignored by his bosses. Two Cabinet secretaries were caught charging taxpayers for luxury travel. A Playboy centerfold alleged an extramarital affair with the president. While the White House mourned the loss of life in the Parkland, Fla., school shooting last Wednesday, some aides privately acknowledged that the tragedy offered a breather from the political storm. Press staffers cited the tragedy as a reason to cancel on-camera briefings for the remainder of the week, allowing them to avoid questions about the swirling controversies. “For everyone, it was a distraction or a reprieve,” said one White House official, speaking anonymously to reflect internal conversations. “A lot of people here felt like it was a reprieve from seven or eight days of just getting pummeled.” The three-day Presidents Day weekend added to the hiatus, with Trump visiting his Florida estate with only a few aides. “From an awful, cynical, purely political point of view, the tragic events in Florida probably helped the White House this week by distracting from the awful wave of scandal and bad news they have faced,” said Republican strategist Michael Steele. ASHLEY PARKER AND PHILIP

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POLITICS From the confines of his golf club, President Trump offered support Monday for a limited strengthening of federal background checks on gun purchases, while staying largely mum over the last few days about the victims of the Florida school massacre and the escalating debate about controls on weapons. One side of that debate was represented outside the White House, as dozens of teens spread their bodies across the pavement to symbolize the dead and call for stronger gun controls, a precursor to a march in Washington planned next month by survivors of the Parkland school shooting and supporters of their cause. At his Florida club just 40 miles from a community ravaged by the shooting that left 17 dead last week, Trump gave a nod toward a specific policy action, with the White House saying he had spoken Friday to Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, about a bipartisan bill designed to strengthen the FBI database of prohibited gun buyers. Spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders qualified the support, stressing that talks continue and “revisions are being considered,” but said “the president is supportive of efforts to improve the federal background check system.” The main action Trump has taken on guns in office has been to sign a resolution blocking an Obama-era rule designed to keep guns out of the hands of certain mentally disabled people. The president has voiced strong support for gun rights and the National Rifle Association. The bipartisan background check legislation would be aimed at ensuring that federal agencies and states accurately report relevant criminal information to

Demonstrators participate in a “lie-in” protest in favor of gun control reform in front of the White House on Monday.

the FBI. It was introduced after the Air Force failed to report the criminal history of the gunman who slaughtered more than two dozen people at a Texas church. The White House statement comes as shooting survivors and other young people press for more gun control in a rising chorus of grief and activism. Their “March for Our Lives” is planned March 24 in Washington. Ella Fesler, 16-year-old high school student in Alexandria, was among the students at the “lie-in” in front of the White House. She said it was time for change, adding: “Every day when I say ‘bye’ to my parents, I do acknowledge the fact that I could never see my parents again.” But previous gun tragedies have not produced action in Congress. After the Las Vegas massacre in the fall, Republicans and Democrats in Congress talked about taking a rare step to tighten the nation’s gun laws.

Fla. gun laws debated The deadly shooting at a Florida high school has put pressure on the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature to consider a sweeping package of gun control laws in a state that has resisted restrictions on firearms for decades, lawmakers said Monday. The legislative effort coalesced as 100 students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School prepared to ride buses more than 400 miles to the state capital today. However, there is still strong resistance by many Republicans to any gun control measures, leaving the fate of new restrictions unclear. (AP)

Four months later, the only gun legislation that has moved in the House or Senate instead eases restrictions for gun owners. Kristin Brown, co-president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, said the measure

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Bryce Harper told reporters Monday that he’ll walk “right out the door” if he’s asked about 2019.

Free agency? Don’t ask. Harper says he won’t discuss what he plans to do when his deal runs out this year NATIONALS The interview room at the Ballpark of the Palm Beaches was at capacity with media members when Bryce Harper appeared at noon Monday. Harper knew what was coming in his first press session. He arrived ready to beat the assembled pack to the punch. Using prepared bullet points on his phone as reference, the franchise cornerstone delivered a two-minute monologue that began with his excitement about the upcoming season and ended with a direct address about the $400 million elephant that will accompany him throughout 2018, his final season before he’s slated to become one of the most soughtafter free agents in professional sports history.

“Just want to let you guys know I will not be discussing anything relative to 2019, at all,” Harper said. “I’m focused on this year. I’m focused on winning and playing hard, like every single year.” Harper said that his agent, Scott Boras, could speak about free agency, but that Harper would greet any questions on it by “walking right out the door.” With that warning, the 25-yearold who will make $21.625 million this season swatted away one of baseball’s biggest storylines, at least for a day. So instead of addressing free agency, he answered questions about less exciting topics. Harper said the bone bruise in his left knee he sustained last August, which put him on the

Support for Martinez After playing under Davey Johnson, Matt Williams and Dusty Baker, Bryce Harper said he’s looking forward to benefiting from the modern approach of new manager Dave Martinez. “I think he’s going to bring an analytic side of the game that we haven’t seen before,” Harper said. “… I think baseball’s turning to that side a lot more.” J.C.

disabled list until the final week of the regular season, didn’t hinder his offseason training. He admitted not having Jayson Werth, a mentor for his first six seasons, will be strange. He doesn’t know if he’s considered a veteran in his seventh season.

He strongly opined on the slowmoving free agent market that has left a record number of players, including some prominent names, unemployed this late. “There’s a guy like Jake Arrieta out there right now. I’d put him on my staff any day of the week,” Harper said, also mentioning J.D. Martinez — who later agreed with Boston — and Adam Lind. Harper lamented teams tanking for the No. 1 overall pick, butt he is on the Nationals because e they were that bad at the rightt time to nab him with it. His arrivall helped launch a run of four playofff appearances over six seasons. The e goal this season is to finally break k through. Beyond that is a mystery, y, and he doesn’t want to talk aboutt it. JORGE CASTILLO (THE WASHINGTON POST))

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Caps trade draft pick for Kempny Washington acquired defenseman Michal Kempny from Chicago on Monday for a 2018 third-round draft pick. As part of a deal that sent forward Marcus Johansson to the Devils in the offseason, the Capitals own Toronto’s third-round pick as well as their own selection. The Hawks will get whichever pick is higher. Kempny, 27, may make his debut against the Lightning tonight at Capital One Arena (7, NBCSWA). Kempny, in his second NHL season, is a pending unrestricted free agent with a $900,000 salary cap hit. The Caps won 3-2 at Buffalo on Monday to retake first in the Metropolitan division over the Penguins. Alex Ovechkin scored his NHL-best 35th goal. (TWP)

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Cousins will file grievance if tagged Quarterback would go through players’ union to fight potential move REDSKINS Washington can officially apply the franchise tag to Kirk Cousins today. If they do, expect the quarterback to go on the offensive. Cousins will file a grievance through the NFL players’ union if the Redskins stick the franchise tag on him, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. Starting today, NFL teams have a two-week window to place the

franchise tag on players. The tag would prevent Cousins from entering unrestricted free agency, where he is expected to command an enormous contract from another team — possibly the most expensive in league history. The basis for the complaint is simple: Cousins could argue that the organization is violating the terms of the collective bargaining agreement because the team has no intention of engaging in good-faith negotiations on a longterm deal, or having him play under the franchise tag amount of $34.5 million guaranteed in 2018.

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the franchise tag and the ongoing saga involving both camps. The tag is typically used to buy teams more time so that they can continue contract talks on a possible long-term deal. By tagging Cousins for a third time, the Redskins could try to determine his landing spot with a trade. Washington has agreed to trade for Alex Smith, formerly of the Chiefs, and agreed with Smith to a long-term extension that would keep him under contract for five years. Free agency opens March 14. KIMBERLEY A. MARTIN (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Small haul so far: USA falling short of lofty standards Ted Ligety is an American skiing legend, winner of a pair of gold medals. On Sunday, after the first of his two runs in the giant slalom — a disastrous trip down the hill as the defending Olympic champion — he said the following: “No explanation for that.” As we stare down the final week of the PyeongChang Games, drape those words over the entire U.S. contingent. The gold medals from Jamie Ger Anderson and Red Gerard and

Chloe Kim and Shaun White in snowboarding seem ages ago. The gold from Mikaela Shiffrin in giant slalom was tempered by her miss of the medal stand in slalom, which was supposed to be her best event. Beyond that, we’ve waited. This is not a full-on American medal drought, but the crops need some coaxing. Entering Monday night’s events, Team USA had won 10 medals. The Netherlands (population: 17 million) had more. Canada, which would have to spawn a few million people to match California, had

many more. Russia’s athletes — depleted by past doping violations — had 11. Germany had 10 golds alone. Norway led with 28 total medals. The U.S. was tied for sixth in medals with France, Japan and Austria (which has fewer people than New Jersey). In the history of the Winter Olympics, only Norway has more medals than the U.S. In the past four Winter Olympics, the U.S. finished second, first, second and second in total medals. In each of those, Americans won at least nine golds. Enjoyment of the Olympics shouldn’t be defined by American success, but so many of the athletes we have grown accustomed to seeing draped in the flag instead have been draped in disappointment. Lindsey Vonn skied like the Olympic champion she is, then made one fateful mistake that cost her a medal in super-G. Shani Davis looked like an alsoran in 1,500-meter speedskating, an event in which he owns

two silver medals. Lindsey Jacobellis led for much of the final in snowboard cross but finished fourth. Flag-bearer Erin Hamlin produced the first medal for a U.S. woman in luge four years ago — and finished sixth in her race. Snowboarding has helped, but Americans have struggled in “traditional” winter sports. There have been no medals from long-track speedskating, only Shiffrin’s gold from the ski slopes, a team bronze in figure skating and a silver from luger Chris Mazdzer. There is still hope: This week brings Vonn in the downhill and Shiffrin (and Vonn) in the combined. The women’s hockey team will battle Canada for a gold medal. Elana Meyers Taylor and Jamie Greubel Poser each could contend in women’s bobsled. There are medals still out there, but there’s work to do. Follow Barry Svrluga on Twitter @barrysvrluga

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Mikaela Shiffrin, who has one gold medal and one disappointing fourth-place finish at the PyeongChang Olympics, dropped Wednesday’s downhill from her schedule. A forecast for high winds caused the women’s combined — one run of downhill and one of slalom — to be moved up from Friday to Thursday. Competing Wednesday would put the American star at a disadvantage in the combined, her final event and one in which she’s favored. (TWP)

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Canada again stands between USA and gold WOMEN’S HOCKEY The Americans played their way back into the only women’s hockey game that matters: a showdown with Canada for the Olympic gold medal. The United States is back in the title game for a third straight Olympics after blanking Finland 5-0 on Monday in the semifinals. The U.S. will face its archrival on Thursday in PyeongChang (11:10 p.m. ET, Wednesday), and the Americans will be trying to win their first gold since 1998, when women’s hockey made its Olympic debut. “Definitely the rivalry has been there since I think I was born, so everyone’s looking forward to that,” said 22-year-old Dani Cameranesi, who scored two goals and added an assist against Finland. This will be the third shot at gold for six Americans: captain Meghan Duggan, Hilary Knight, Gigi Marvin, Kacey Bellamy and twins Monique LamoureuxMorando and Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson. Canada, which beat the Olympic Athletes from Russia 5-0 in the semis, is the four-time Olympic champ and has beaten the U.S. in five straight meetings, including a 2-1 win in pool play. “We worked four years to put ourselves in position to compete for a gold medal and we’ll enjoy this for a little bit, but we know that this isn’t what we came here for,” Lamoureux-Davidson said. “We’re ready to go to battle in a couple days.” TERESA M. WALKER (AP)

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Peers question whether Russian man charged knowingly took drug MIXED DOUBLES When word broke Monday that a Russian Olympic curler was facing a doping charge, the curling world was floored. Not because of the tired cliche that curling isn’t a real sport, but because doping goes against the very essence of what curling is all about. The charge against Alexander Krushelnitsky, who won mixed doubles bronze last week with partner Anastasia Bryzgalova, stands in stark contrast to the spirit of the sport. The World Curling Federation’s rules literally state that a true curler would prefer to lose than to win unfairly. On Monday, Krushelnitsky’s peers were trying to make sense of the scandal. John Shuster, the captain of the U.S. men’s curling team, said the Russians in question are “good people” and he “can’t imagine” any doping was intentional. Russian Curling Federation president Dmitry Svishchev said it was possible someone spiked Krushelnitsky’s food or drink with meldonium, which was banned in 2016. The idea of a curler using performance-enhancing drugs

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Canada and Germany tie for two-man gold Justin Kripps and Alexander Kopacz were confused when they crossed the finish line. They knew they had just won gold for Canada and were puzzled as to why the rival Germans were running their way to celebrate. Eventually, it made sense. Kripps and Kopacz finished their four runs in the two-man bobsled in the exact time (3:16.86) as Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis. It was the third time a two-man Olympic race ended in a tie (1968, 1998). (AP)

Alexander Krushelnitsky won bronze in mixed doubles curling but tested positive for meldonium.

may seem bizarre, but the sport demands a high level of athleticism at the Olympic level. Curlers need to have serious core and upper body strength in order to manage the often-rigorous sweeping that helps them guide the rock down the ice. Fitness is even more important in mixed doubles. Because there are just two curlers on each team instead of the traditional four, there is little rest between shots. Russia was banned from the PyeongChang Olympics because of a doping scheme in 2014 at Sochi. Athletes who cleared extra tests were allowed to compete as “Olympic Athletes from Russia.”

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The ski school’s 16-by-30-foot adjustable slope is “basically a big treadmill,” says director Katie Brennan. “It’s covered in AstroTurf that we spray with water. When we turn it on, it starts to spin, and the skis will slide on the surface.” Instructors control the speed and pitch, which varies from 10 to 17 degrees. Around 60 half-hour classes are offered a week ($49/group class). First-timers start on a static, carpeted slope.

The Potomac Curling Club offers Curling 101, a four-week class ($100) open to eight four-person teams of newbies. The next one starts March 9. “We’re going to pair them up with a mentor, an experienced member of the club, and the idea is we’ll do some practice, we’ll learn about the game, we’ll learn about the etiquette, we’ll learn how to deliver, how to sweep, basic strategy,” says Joe Rockenbach, president of the club. At the end of the course, players should be able to play a game — and feel stronger. “Core strength is pretty important for stability and balance. Leg strength — that’s where you’re going to be pushing out,” Rockenbach says. “Upper body is essential for sweeping.” Players sweep the ice ahead of a rock to reduce friction between it and the ice, enabling the rock to go faster and straighter as it moves toward the target.

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