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Simply the best
It's not just about the medals, and not all the good stuff at the Winter Olympics makes it onto NBC. Here are our favorite photos from a wild and dramatic two weeks in South Korea -- from jaw-dropping performances to brutal crashes to raw excitement captured with the click of a shutter. We hope you enjoy.
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All the White moves
Shaun White cries tears of joy as he celebrates winning a third Olympic gold in the halfpipe after putting down the run of his life to edge out Japan's Ayumu Hirano.
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Face time
Slovakia defenseman Juraj Valach takes down United States forward Garrett Roe in a first-round game that Team USA went on to win, 2-1.
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Flight night
Andreas Stjernen of Norway jumps in the men's large hill individual qualifying round. Norway won gold in the men's large hill team competition.
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Feel the rhythm
Jamaica's Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian and Carrie Russell compete in the second heat of the two-man bobsled competition. The duo made history as Jamaica's first women's team to compete at the Olympics.
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I won what?
Team USA's John-Henry Krueger celebrates winning silver in the short track speed skating men's 1,000m final after skating through a huge crash that knocked out nearly the entire field.
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Kiss my elbow
Sjinkie Knegt of the Netherlands takes out Canada's Samuel Girard in a men's short track speed skating 5000-meter relay heat.
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Whirlwind
Germany's Aljona Savchenko soars above partner Bruno Massot in the pairs short program.
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Driven to glory
Team USA's Elana Meyers-Taylor and Lauren Gibbs celebrate after placing second in the women's two-man bobsled.
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You're kidding, right?
Chloe Kim looks on in disbelief after flying into first place with her first run in the women's halfpipe final. Kim went on to beat her own score as she cruised to a gold medal.
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One giant leap
Team USA's Mikaela Shiffrin rounds a turn during the first run of the alpine giant slalom. Shiffrin went on to win gold, matching her slalom gold from the Sochi Olympics.
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Finally, hockey gold
Team USA's Gigi Marvin (19) celebrates after defeating Canada in a shootout in the women's ice hockey gold medal game.
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Drums, please
South Korean drummers perform in the Opening Ceremony.
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Who says curling isn't sexy?
Russia's Anastasia Bryzgalova throws a rock during the curling mixed team semifinal. Bryzgalova and her husband, Alexander Krushelnitsky, went on to win bronze, but then were forced to give up the medal after Krushelnitsky failed a doping test.
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Flying Donato
United States forward Ryan Donato gets a shot off between Slovakia goaltender Jan Laco (50) and defenseman Dominik Granak in the first period of their elimination game. Team USA went on to win, 5-1.
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Hip Hip Hooray!
Veronika Vitkova of the Czech Republic celebrates with her team after winning the bronze medal in the women's 7.5 kilometer sprint biathlon.
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For those about to rock
Ivett Toth of Hungary didn't win a medal, but she won a ton of fans when she performed to an AC/DC medley for her short program routine.
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Pitch perfect
Lindsey Vonn attacks the fall line in the women's downhill. Vonn finished third in her best event, then spread her late grandfather's ashes along the course a few days later to pay tribute to his service in the Korean War.
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Let's get dizzy
Larkyn Austman of Canada performs in the ladies figure skating short program. Austman didn't qualify out of the short program for the long program.
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That's the way to finish
Germany's Nico Walther and Christian Poser crash at the finish in their second run of the men's 2-man bobsled competition. Their run put them in the lead.
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Quite the view
Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov of Russia compete in the pairs free skate.
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Cross that off the list
Team USA's Jessica Diggins and Kikkan Randall celebrate winning their historic gold medal in the cross-country sprint freestyle. The gold was only the second cross-country medal the United States has ever won at an Olympics.
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Come fly with me
A multiple exposure of Italy's Federico Cecon as he jumps in the men's large hill individual training run.
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Tiger style
Performers act as a white tiger in the land of peace segment of the Opening Ceremony.
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Check you later
Japan forward Haruka Toko is checked by Sweden forward Sabina Kuller during women's ice hockey Group B play. Sweden held on to win, 2-1.
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Flipping out
A multiple exposure of Australia's Danielle Scott in the women's freestyle ski aerials finals at Phoenix Snow Park.
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Night light
A multiple exposure of Team USA's Sarah Hendrickson in the women's normal hill at Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre.
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You think he's excited?
France's Pieree Vaultier celebrates winning gold and Austria's Jarryd Hughes celebrates winning silver in the men's snowboard cross final.
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Win one for the Goepper
Team USA's Nick Goepper reacts after his final run during the men's slopestyle final at Phoenix Snow Park. Goepper won the silver.
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Crash and burn
Great Britain's Elise Christie and China's Jinyu Li crash in the short track speed skating 1,500-meter semifinals.
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Fly like an eagle
Katie Uhlaender of Team USA competes in the skeleton ladies individual run 1 at the Olympic Sliding Centre.
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Look out!
A puck flies through the air behind United States goaltender Ryan Zapolski (30) in the second period of Team USA's quarterfinal loss to the Czech Republic.
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This is not going to end well
France's Terence Tchiknavorian sails awkwardly off a jump during the men's ski cross final at Phoenix Snow Park.
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Triple the excitement
Mirai Nagasu of Team USA reacts after landing a triple axel in the ladies portion of the team figure skating event. Nagasu's triple made her the first U.S. woman to land one in Olympic competition.
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Gnarly, Italy
Italy's Michela Moiolo leads the field in the women's snowboard cross final en route to winning gold. American Lindsey Jacobellis wound up a disappointing fourth.
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Ring pop
Teah USA's Erik Bjornsen and Italy's Dietmar Noeckler come into view in the Olympic rings as they compete in the cross-country skiing team sprint freestyle final at Alpensia Cross-Country Centre.
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Ice sweeper
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Gigi does it
Team USA forward Gigi Marvin celebrates after scoring a goal in a shootout with Canada. Team USA went on to win gold.
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From Russia, with love
Russia's Alina Zagitova mesmerizes in the ladies figure skating short program.
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Flying Finn
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Sunnyside up
Team USA's Taylor Fletcher competes in the ski jumping portion of men's nordic combined at Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre.
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The iceman cometh
Switzerland's Benjamin Weger competes in the men's biathlon 12.5-kilometer pursuit at Alpensia Biathlon Centre.
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Wise guy
David Wise takes flight in the men's ski halfpipe final at Phoenix Snow Park. Wise went on to win a repeat gold medal with an epic final run after taking a screwdriver to his binding to keep his ski from falling off.
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Letting it rip
Adam Rippon electrifies the crowd during his short program at Gangneung Ice Arena.
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Extreme close-up
A referee climbs on the net looking for the puck in a hockey game between the United Sates and Slovakia.
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Totally spent
Jessica Diggins of Team USA collapses after competing in the cross country skiing 2x7.5 kilometer double pursuit at Alpensia Cross-Country Centre.
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Perfection on ice
Alina Zagitova takes a spin during her skate in the team figure skating competition
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For the win
France's Martin Fourcade, right, beats Germany's Simon Schempp (GER) to the finish to win the men's 15-kilometer biathlon mass start at Alpensia Biathlon Centre.
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Make the Olympics Great Again
A Kim Jon-un impersonator and a Donald Trump impersonator crash the Opening Ceremony before being escorted out by security.
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Woe, Canada
Canada's Rebecca Johnston, Laura Stacey and Laura Fortino react after losing to the United States in the women's ice hockey gold medal game.
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Rare air
Chloe Kim soars in the women's halfpipe final at Phoenix Snow Park. Kim, of course, went on to win gold.
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Double the fun
Austria's Peter Penz and Georg Fischler react after run two of luge doubles at Olympic Sliding Centre.
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That's gonna leave a mark
China's Mengtao Xu crashes in the women's freestyle ski aerials finals at Phoenix Snow Park.
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