Facts about the Winter Olympics
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Ice hockey made its Winter Olympics debut in 1920 at the Summer Games in Antwerp, Belgium, before becoming a permanent Winter Olympics sport in 1924.
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Snowboarder Shaun White won three consecutive Olympic gold medals in the halfpipe from 2006 to 2018, cementing his status as one of the most dominant Winter Olympians in history.
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Alpine skier Lindsey Vonn won 3 Olympic medals across 2 Winter Games from 2010 to 2018, becoming the most decorated American woman in alpine skiing history.
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Curling made its Winter Olympics debut as a demonstration sport in 1988 at Calgary before becoming a medal event in 1998 at Nagano, Japan.
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At the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, figure skater Nathan Chen won gold in the men's singles event with a score of 332.60 points, the highest men's singles score in Olympic history.
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Norway has won 148 Winter Olympic medals across all Games, more than any other nation in Winter Olympics history.
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Eighteen-year-old Aja Evans won the bronze medal in skeleton at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, becoming the first American woman to medal in that sport since 2002.
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Speedskater Bonnie Blair won six Olympic medals across three Winter Games from 1988 to 1994, making her the most decorated American Winter Olympian of that era.
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Jamaican sprinter Trebilcock competed in the 1988 Winter Olympics bobsled event in Calgary, making him one of the rare athletes to represent a tropical nation in winter sports.