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The Latest: Official dyes beard pink to settle Olympic bet

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on the Pyeongchang Olympics (all times local):

8:10 p.m.

An official with the U.S. Ski and Snowboarding team made good on a 12-year-old promise by dyeing his gray beard pink when Kikkan Randall won America's first gold medal in cross-country skiing.

Vice President of Communications Tom Kelly had told the 35-year-old Randall that he would dye his beard pink if she ever won a medal.

Randall didn't just win a medal Wednesday. She and Jessica Diggins took gold in the women's sprint free relay.

That meant Kelly found himself in a hair salon in the Olympic village on Saturday morning.