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The first Winter Olympic Games Viktor Ahn of Russia, wearing a blue helmet and white racing suit, leads three skaters around a curve in the Short Track Men's 500m Final at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Torah Bright of Australia soars mid-air on a snowboard, one arm raised, against a snowy mountain backdrop during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Christl Cranz Helga Haase Marja-Liisa Hamalainen of Finland cross-country skiing in a white and blue racing suit and bib number 40 during the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, snow falling around her. Opening ceremony at St. Moritz, 1948 Giant slalom medalists Andrea Mead Lawrence Ross Rebagliati of Canada snowboarding around a blue gate marked with the Nagano 1998 Winter Olympics logo during the giant slalom event.
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The first Winter Olympic Games
Spectators surrounding the track at the start of the 10,000-meter speed skating event...
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Viktor Ahn
Speed skater Viktor Ahn competing in the short-track men's 500-meter event at the...
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Catching air
Snowboarder Torah Bright of Australia competing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi,...
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Christl Cranz
German skier Christl Cranz competing in the women's Alpine combined skiing event...
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Helga Haase
German speed skater Helga Haase competing at the 1960 Winter Olympic Games in Squaw...
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Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen at the Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympic Games
Finnish cross-country skier Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen won three gold medals at the 1984...
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Opening ceremony at St. Moritz, 1948
Spectators and athletes at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in St. Moritz,...
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Giant slalom medalists
Italian skier Gustavo Thöni (center), flanked by Swiss skiers Edmund Bruggmann (left)...
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Andrea Mead Lawrence
American Alpine skier Andrea Mead Lawrence competing at the Oslo Winter Olympics,...
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Snowboarder Ross Rebagliati
Canada's Ross Rebagliati, the first competitor to win an Olympic gold medal in the...
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Ice skating at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City
(From left to right) Canadians Jamie Salé and David Pelletier and Russians Yelena...
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Ski jumping
Spectators watching a ski jumper flying through the air during the Cortina d'Ampezzo...
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Alberto Tomba
Italian skier Alberto Tomba competing in the giant slalom at the 1992 Winter Olympics...
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James Craig in action
1980 U.S. Olympic men's hockey team goalie James Craig making a save during the “Miracle...
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Katarina Witt
East German figure skater Katarina Witt performing her long program at the 1988 Winter...
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