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Jan. 31, 2022: This Olympian can fly; What’s in Broomfield’s name?

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Freeskier Birk Irving
Mark Claving@usfreeskiteam
Freeskier Birk Irving is headed to the 2022 Olympics in Beijing. He’s one of 23 Colorado athletes who will compete.

Colorado freeskier Birk Irving heads to the Olympics. Then, Colorado’s housing crisis gets attention from lawmakers – and from CPR’s political podcast, Purplish. Also, Colorado doctors want to know more about the state’s medical aid-in-dying law. Then, America’s newest national park could be in Weld County. And, how did the city of Broomfield get its name?