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Teen Kai Owens makes Olympic moguls team, returning to China

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Published 4:17 PM

By PAT GRAHAM
AP Sports Writer

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — American moguls skier Kai Owens has made her first Olympic team, giving the 17-year-old a chance to return to the country where she was born to compete for a gold medal. Owens was abandoned at a town square in a province of China as an infant. Taken to an orphanage, she was adopted at around 16 months old by a couple from Colorado. She blossomed into a moguls standout. The freestyle skiing team headed to the Beijing Games also includes two-time defending Olympic champion David Wise and aerialist Ashley Caldwell as she makes her fourth Olympic team. 

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