{"id":167466,"date":"2026-02-07T00:35:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T00:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/167466\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T00:35:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T00:35:16","slug":"students-celebrate-long-beachs-charlie-mcavoy-competing-in-the-winter-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/167466\/","title":{"rendered":"Students celebrate Long Beach&#8217;s Charlie McAvoy competing in the Winter Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"logo Header_logo__X2AKx\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsday.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Newsday\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsday.com\/img\/newsdayLogo.svg\" width=\"140\" height=\"48\"\/><\/a><a class=\"nd-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsday.com\/sports\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sports<\/a><a class=\"nd-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsday.com\/sports\/olympics\" rel=\"nofollow 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