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US skater Rippon puts spat with Pence to one side to focus on Winter Games

ADAM RIPPON doesn’t want his month-long dispute with Mike Pence over the vice president’s record on gay rights to overshadow his long-awaited Olympic performance.

Or those of the rest of the US team.

One of two openly gay US athletes at the Pyeongchang Games, Rippon criticised the White House last month for choosing Pence to lead its official delegation for today’s opening ceremony.

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