Picabo Street, the winner of Alpine skiing's Super G at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, has a ski run named after her at the Sun Valley Resort in Idaho it's called Picabo's Street.Ĥ2. With four gold medals and one bronze, Natalie Geisenberger of Germany is the most decorated female Olympic luge athlete in history.Ĥ1. Initially ridiculed, by 1992 everyone was using this style.Ĥ0. In 1985, Swedish ski jumper Jan Boklov was the first athlete to spread the tips of skis into a 'V' shape. Milano Cortina is set to host the 2026 Olympic Winter Games, the fourth time Italy has hosted a Games, and will mark the 70th anniversary of the 1956 edition. The ‘lightest’ torch ever for an Olympic Winter Games was the one used for Sapporo 1972. Norway has won more medals at the Olympic Winter Games than any other country: 405 (142 golds, 141 silver and 122 bronze).ģ7. The 1968 Grenoble Games were the first to be broadcast in colour.ģ6. Cecilia Colledge of Great Britain was the youngest ever competitor in the Olympic Winter Games at just 11 years old in Lake Placid 1932, a few days younger than fellow British skater Megan Taylor.ģ5.
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