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Chloe Kim burst onto the snowboarding scene at age 13, winning silver at the prestigious Aspen, Colorado, X Games just a few months before her 14th birthday. She went on to win the halfpipe event at Aspen the following year and then went on to claim another seven victories at X Games.

A record number of out athletes will compete in this year's Winter Games. And as Team LGBTQ heads to Milan, dozens of competitors are bringing us to tears with heartfelt posts on social media. For today, we will focus on some handsome figure skaters, who glide across the ice with grace... and make our collective hearts melt! Of the 44 members of Team LGBTQ, per Outsports, 11 are figure or speed skaters.

President Trump kicked off his Board of Peace proceedings by of course threatening to start a war, saying that he might go to war with Iran within 10-15 days, or maybe as soon as this weekend. [CNN] The monarch formerly known as Prince Andrew, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, was released from police custody after being held for 11 hours, though he was arrested for sharing confidential national security information with Jeffrey Epstein rather than alleged sex crimes. [NY Times]

The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics may be winding down, but the memories will linger for years to come. The competition began on Wednesday, February 4, with the official opening ceremony on Friday, February 6. A little more than two weeks later, the Games will conclude with an epic closing ceremony on Sunday, February 22. So much action was packed into the event that it was a full-time job keeping up.