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Research Topics Olympic Traditions/History Ancient Olympic Games The Olympic Relay The Olympic Torch The Olympic Flag/Rings The Olympic Theme Song History of Team USA’s uniforms Mascots Sochi (host city) Pyeongchang Controversial/Famous Winter Olympics 1948, St. Moritz, Aftermath of World War II Lebanon, the only Arab nation competing, threatened to boycott if the all-Jewish team representing Palestine competed under a Zionist flag. In the end, the team from Palestine did not come to the Games, claiming they did not have enough time to train properly. Other countries, including Norway and Yugoslavia, protested to the IOC that former Nazis were competing for Austria. Switzerland did refuse to grant a visa to at least one athlete, but in the end the former Nazi soldiers claimed they were drafted into the army and had no say in the matter. The scandal blew over. Unknown vandals tampered with some of the American bobsleds the night Two separate U.S. ice hockey teams showed up at the Games 1964, Innsbruck two Germans were stripped of their medals after it was determined they were professionals. Canada was also denied a medal in ice hockey figure skating finals were filled with accusations of unfair judging 1968, Grenoable ---- French skier Jean-Claude Killy achieved a clean sweep of the then-three alpine skiing medals at Grenoble, but only after what the IOC bills as the "greatest controversy in the history of the Winter Olympics."[55] The slalom run was held in poor visibility and Austrian skier Karl Schranz claimed a mysterious man in black crossed his path during the slalom race, causing him to stop. Schranz was given a restart and posted the fastest time. A Jury of Appeal then reviewed the television footage, declared that Schranz had missed a gate on the upper part of the first run, annulled his repeat run time, and gave the medal to Killy. 1980 Lake Placid --- Between 1952 and 1992 the Soviet ice hockey team enjoyed a near monopoly on Olympic success. The only nation to break its grip on the competition was its then Cold War rival, the USA – which most notably pulled off what came to be known as the Miracle on Ice at the 1980 Lake Placid Games. 1994, Lillehammer ----- Jeff Gillooly, the ex-husband of U.S. figure skater Tonya Harding, arranged for an attack on her closest U.S. rival, Nancy Kerrigan, a month before the start of the Games. Both women competed, with Kerrigan winning the silver and Harding performing poorly. Harding was later banned for life both from competing in USFSA-sanctioned events and from becoming a sanctioned coach. 1998, Nagano --- US Women’s Hockey team wins gold 2002, Salt Lake City----- Dual gold medals were awarded in pairs figure skating, to Canadian pair David Pelletier and Jamie Salé and to Russian pair Yelena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze after allegations of collusion among judges. Further information: 2002 Olympic Winter Games figure skating scandal Athletes that participate in both summer and winter Olympics 1. Lolo Jones - US track and field and bobsledding. 2. Lauryn Williams – US track and field and bobsledding 3. Jana Pittman – Australia – track and field and bobsledding 4. Hanna Mariën – Belgium – track and field and bobsledding 5. Craig Pickering – Britain – track and field and bobsledding 6. Andre Georges Poplimont – Belgium – fencing and ice hockey 7. Jacob Tullin Thams – Norway – ski jumping and sailing 8. Nikolai Panin – Russia – special figures and shooting (military revolver) 9. Clara Hughes- Canada –cycling and speed skating 10. Christa Luding – speed skaking and track cycing 11. Eddie Egan – US – boxing and bobsled Famous Past Winter Olympians www.biography.com has some good information on some of the athletes. You can also look at Sport Illustration and the Smithsonian webpage. Apolo Anton Ohno, Speed Skating Brian Boitano, figure skating Dan Jansen, Speed Skating Oksana Baiul, figure skater Eric Heiden, Speed Skating Sasha Cohen, figure skater Katrina Witt, figure skating Cammi Granato, hockey player Dorothy Hamill, figure skating, Brett Hull, hockey player Michelle Kwan, figure skating Nancy Kerrigan, figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi, figure skating Jean-Claude Killy, alpine skier Simon Ammann, ski jumping Michell Kwan, figure skater Maria Reisch, Nordic combined Tara Lipinski, figure skater Bode Miller, alpine skiing Phil Mahre, alpine skier Evan Lysacek, figure skating Hanah Teter, snowboarding Bonnie Blair, Speed Skating Sidney Crosby, hockey Picabo Street, alpine skiing Jimmy Shea, skeleton Dick Button, figure skating Jim Craig, hockey Peggy Fleming, figure skating Bjorn Daehlie, cross country Scott Hamilton, figure skating Top Contenders in 2014 Olympics Shaun White, snowboarding Shani Davis, speed skating Figure skating Yuna Kim (South Korea) : J.R. Celski, speed skating Meryl Davis & Charlie White, ice dancing Ice hockey Alex Ovechkin (Russia) : Alpine Skiing Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) : Luge Felix Loch (Germany) : Bobsleigh Kaillie Humphries (Canada) -: Ski jumping Sara Takanashi (Japan) - : Cross-country skiing Marit Bjoergen (Norway) : Snowboarding Lindsey Jacobellis (USA) : New Jersey Olympians Jazmine Fenlator, Bobsled Kyle Tress, Skeleton James van Riemsdyk, Ice Hockey Felicia Zhang, Figure Skating Pennsylvania Olympians Nathan Bartholomay, Figure Skating Summer Britcher, Luge Chris Creveling, Speedskating – Short Track Jayson Terdiman, Luge 5-8 Lauryn Williams, Bobsled Winter Sports http://www.sochi2014.com/en and then click on the “sport” tab for more information Alpine Skiing Cross Country Skiing Freestyle Skiing Nordic Combined Ski Jumping Biathlon Curling Ice Hockey Short Track Snowboard Bobsleigh Figure Skating Luge Skeleton Speed Skating