New York and New Jersey athletes to watch during the Winter Olympics

WNYC News | Feb 7

Excitement has been building over the past few weeks and the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics officially got underway with the opening ceremonies on Friday. Sports journalist Priya Desai joins Weekend Edition host David Furst to let us know about some of the athletes from New York and New Jersey we can root for during the icy competition.

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