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The Olympians, of course, will remember these Games far differently.

There will be no asterisks in Erin Jackson’s mind when the first Black woman ever to win the women’s 500-meter speed skating event looks at her gold medal.

When Lindsey Jacobellis and Nick Baumgartner, a combined 76 years of age, glance at the proof that the oldest duo competing in the mixed team snowboard cross went home winners, they will have no hang-ups.