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Jan Phelan, from Canada, watches the women’s ski halfpipe competition at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Phelan, the mother Sarah Burke, came to Russia to attend the Olympic debut of women’s ski halfpipe. Burke, the Canadian star who died in 2012 at 29, was instrumental in getting the event introduced at the Olympics. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2009 file photo, superpipe skier, Sarah Burke of Canada looks on during a news conference at the Winter X Games, in Aspen, Colo. Burke, who pushed hard to get halfpipe and slopestyle skiing into the Olympics, died in a training accident in 2012, less than a year after the sports were added. Before the 2014 Winter Olympics started, the Canadian freestyle team spread Burke's ashes in the halfpipe and around other areas in the mountains above Sochi. Another tribute they paid to the fallen freeskiing star: All those medals they're bringing home. Canada led the world with nine medals at the freestyle events, including four gold. (AP Photo/Nathan Bilow, File)
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Jan Phelan, from Canada, watches the women’s ski halfpipe competition at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Phelan, the mother Sarah Burke, came to Russia to attend the Olympic debut of women’s ski halfpipe. Burke, the Canadian star who died in 2012 at 29, was instrumental in getting the event introduced at the Olympics. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009, file photo, skier Sarah Burke of Canada looks on during a news conference at the Winter X Games, in Aspen, Colo. Burke will be competing in the Skiers SuperPipe at this weekends competition. Burke died Jan. 19, 2012, nine days after a training accident on a halfpipe in Park City, Utah, and about nine months after the International Olympic Committee said "yes" to her longtime dream. Burke's friends will bring their snowflakes to the Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, wearing necklaces shaped like the snowflake tattoo the late Canadian star had etched on her foot. (AP Photo/Nathan Bilow, File)
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FILE - In a Jan. 28, 2010, file photo, Sarah Burke, of Canada, reacts after failing to place in the top-three finishers in the slopestyle skiing women's final at the Winter X Games at Buttermilk Mountain outside Aspen, Colo. Burke died Jan. 19, 2012, nine days after a training accident on a halfpipe in Park City, Utah, and about nine months after the International Olympic Committee said "yes" to her longtime dream. Burke's friends will bring their snowflakes to the Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, wearing necklaces shaped like the snowflake tattoo the late Canadian star had etched on her foot. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
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FILE - In a Jan. 28, 2010, file photo, Sarah Burke, of Canada, reacts after failing to place in the top-three finishers in the slopestyle skiing women's final at the Winter X Games at Buttermilk Mountain outside Aspen, Colo. Burke died Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, nine days after crashing at the bottom of the superpipe during a training run in Utah. She was 29. Burke was injured Jan. 11 while training at a personal sponsor event at the Park City Mountain resort. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
