Winter+Olympic+History+St.+Peter

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The first Olympic games were held in Chamonix, France. There has been controversy during the past Olympic games. Some of them were politics, steroid use, and the Cold War.The United States participates in all sports.The United States does well in alpine skiing, curling, bobsleigh, figure skating, freestyle sking, ice hockey, short track, speedskating, and snowboarding.The United States' most succesful year was in 2002 at Salt Lake City with 34 medals. The great US athletes are Shaun White in snowboarding, Picabo Street in Alpine skiing, and Gretchen Frazer in skiing. one very successful athlete is Bonnie Blair, she won five gold medals and one bronze medal, in speed skating. Another successful athlete is Eric Heiden, he won five gold medals for speed skating.The previous high points for our country were in 2002 we came in 2nd place, in 1980 3rd place, and in 1960 2nd place.