1998 winter olympics

the 1998 winter games were in Nagano Japan and were held from February 7 - 22.  72 nations went to these games.  highlights include:  1. curling makes a return, while womens curling makes it's first appearance.  Sandra Schmirler of Canada wins the first womens curling gold, beating Denmark.  the silver for Denmark is its first winter games medal.  2.  women's hockey is contested for the first time.  the U.S. beats Canada 3-1 for gold.  3.  NHL players were able to compete for the first time.  the Czech Republic beat Russia for gold and Finland beat Canada for bronze.  4. snowboarding debuts at these games.  Ross Rebagliati wins gold, gets disqualified for testing positive for marijuana, then has  that disqualification overturned.  5.  Surya Bonaly of France does a back flip and lands on one blade.  she is the only figure skater to do so.  6.  Australia wins its first individual winter games medal when Zali Steggall wins bronze in womens slalom.  7. Azerbaijan, Kenya, the Republic of Macedonia, Uruguay, and Venezuela makes their debuts here.  Canada won 15 medals (6g, 5s, 4b) at these games.  tomorrow - 2002.  here is the logo for these games.