Afterwards she went straight to hug her friend Lindsey Vonn, the American who straddled a gate and went out early.

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Hug a friend or even your comfortable acquaintances.

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An old producer friend greeted me with a big hug, we zipped up the stairs of the Sheraton to find a wonderful motley crew of network producers, correspondents and engineers awaiting our arrival.

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