Winter Olympics 1994 through 2002
1994 Lillehammer, Norway
To initiate the new alternating schedule, these Games were held only two years after the previous Winter Games. Despite an injury, U.S. figure skater Nancy Kerrigan won the silver. A highlight for Norwegian fans -- speed skater Johan Olav Koss garnered an impressive three gold medals. Even more amazing -- he broke the world record each time.
1998 Nagano, Japan
Curling and snowboarding were added as official disciplines and a new women's event -- ice hockey -- was placed on the program of events. U.S. figure skater Tara Lipinski became the youngest individual to achieve a gold medal in the history of the Winter Games. She was only 15 years old at the time! Japanese ski jumper Kazuyoshi Funaki won three medals.
2002 Salt Lake City, Utah
Women's bobsleigh made its debut and the sliding sport skeleton returned after more than five decades. Many records were broken -- in fact, an unprecedented 18 nations garnered gold at Salt Lake. Slider Georg Hackl became the first Olympic athlete to medal in the same individual event five times running when he earned the silver medal in the men's singles luge competition.
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