Olympic champion battling breast cancer

Olympic gold medallist Kikkan Randall announced Wednesday that she’s been diagnosed with early stage breast cancer. The 35-year-old cross-country skier known for pink-highlighted hair said on social media that “the colour pink has taken on a new chapter” in her life. She says the prognosis is good, but she expects life to change significantly in the months ahead. Randall said she had her first round of chemo Monday in her hometown Anchorage, Alaska before she moved earlier this year to Penticton, B.C., with her twoyear-old son, Breck, and husband Jeff Ellis.