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FILE - IOC President Kirsty Coventry speaks during the Olympic opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (Yves Herman/Pool Photo via AP, File)

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FILE -United States' Megan Keller, left, who scored the game winning goal in overtime, takes a selfie with teammates as they celebrate after defeating Canada in the women's ice hockey gold medal game at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, Feb. 19, 2026. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, File)

A joke from Hilary Knight on “Saturday Night Live” and a couple of fist-bumps with Jack and Quinn Hughes on “The Tonight Show” capped a whirlwind victory lap celebrating the twin Olympic golds won by the U.S. men’s and women’s hockey teams. The good humor helped reset the national narrative around the teams that had gone sideways into politics and sexism after a comment by President Donald Trump. Dozens of people at multiple agencies, leagues and networks spent time coordinating a series of television appearances that put the focus back on their accomplishments in Milan.

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FILE - Kristin Kloster Aasen, former first vice president of Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee, left, and Morten Aasen former Norwegian equestrian athlete wave to the Norway team at the Olympic opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (Susana Vera/Pool Photo via AP, ,File)

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FILE - People take photos in front of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics and Paralympics rings, in Cortina D'Ampezzo, on Nov. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

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FILE - United States' Lindsey Vonn crashes into a gate during an alpine skiing women's downhill race, at the Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)