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The Winter Olympic Games
Published or Updated February 24, 2014
Location: Korea, Republic of
Sport: Winter Olympic Sport
Level: Professional
Sport: Winter Olympic Sport
Level: Professional
Event Type: Individual/Team Championship
First Held: 1924
Next Up: 2/9/2018-2/25/2018
First Held: 1924
Next Up: 2/9/2018-2/25/2018
When and Where: every four years at rotating sites throughout the world
First held in Chamonix, France, the birthplace of alpine sports in 1924, the Winter Olympic Games are at times a competition of delicate grace, and at other times a test of speed, agility and will.
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In 2002, underdog Sarah Hughes capped an improbable defeat of Michelle Kwan in women's figure skating.
In 1994, after the infamous Harding-Kerrigan scandal in which Harding's boyfriend beat Kerrigan with a metal pipe, Kerrigan rallied to take the silver medeal in figure skating.
In 1998, the famed Jamaican bobsled team competed, crashed, then walked with the sled in their hands to cross the finish line.
In 1980, the United States improbably defeated the Soviet Union, then Finland to win the men's hockey gold medal.
Prior to the first winter Olympics in 1924, ice hockey and figure skating were events at the summer Olympics.
In 1968, the first athlete to be caught for doping in the Winter Olympics was West German hockey player Alois Schloder, who had ephedrine in his system.
