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Sports of the Winter Olympics

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U.S.A. in the Winter Olympics

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 ** Interesting Olympic Facts **
 * By Kayla Altice **
 * Winter Olympic Sports **


 * Alpine Skiing ||  || Curling ||   || Luge ||   || Ski Jumping ||
 * Biathlon ||  || Figure Skating ||   || Nordic Combined ||   || Snowboarding ||
 * Bobsled ||  || Freestyle Skiing ||   || Short Track ||   || Speed Skating ||
 * Cross Country ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14pt;">Hockey ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14pt;">Skeleton ||   ||   ||

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;"> In all winter Olympic games, from 1924-2006, we scored third place with the number of medals received In 2002, the U.S. won 34 medals, the most in the history for our country.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">**Top 5 All-Time U.S. Olympic Winter Games Medal Winners** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">//Name// || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">//Appeared// || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">//Sport// || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">//Gold// || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">//Silver// || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">//Bronze// || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">//Total// ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">**Bonnie Blair** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">1984-94 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Speed skating || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">5 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">0 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">1 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">6 ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">**Eric Heiden** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">1976-80 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Speed skating || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">5 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">0 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">0 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">5 ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">**Apolo Ohno** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">2002-06 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Short track || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">2 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">1 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">2 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">5 ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">**Cathy Turner** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">1992-98 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Short track || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">2 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">1 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">1 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">4 ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">**Dianne Holum** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">1968-72 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Speed skating || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">1 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">2 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">1 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">4 ||

** All Time Winter Standings for the U.S. ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">Reference: http://www.nbcolympics.com/medals/funfacts/index.html
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">** Gold ** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">** Silver ** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">** Bronze ** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">** Total ** ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">58 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">78 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">80 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">216 ||

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