1994 winter Olympics

the 1994 winter Olympics were in Lillehammer, Norway and were held from February 12 - 27.  67 nations were at these games.  this was the first games to be held in a different year from the summer games and the first and only one to be held two years after the previous games.  Lillehammer is the northernmost city to host a winter games.  highlights include:  1.  Italy beat Norway by 0.4s to win gold in the mens 4 X 10 relay in cross country skiing.  2. Kim Yoon-Mi became the youngest gold medalist at 13. she was part of the 3000m short track speed skating relay team South Korean team.  3.  Vreni Schneider won the complete set of medals (g, s, b) in Alpine skiing. 4.  Manuela Di Centa (5 medals) and Lyubov Yegorova (4 medals) dominated womens cross country skiing.  5.  Sweden beats Canada in a shootout to win hockey gold (i remember watching this game).  6.  new distances to short track speed skating and aerials were added, and long track speed skating was moved indoors.  Canada had 13 medals (3g, 6s, 4b) at these games.  tomorrow - the 1998 games.  here is the logo for these games.

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