The Winter Olympics. (Top News of 2002: February).It took 17 days, 77 nations, and 2,399 athletes to complete the 2002 Winter Games
Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake, or its initials, S.L.C. . For the U.S., the most memorable number in the Games was 34. That's the number of medals Team USA
Team USA (also known as Team NWA or Team TNA) is a wrestling faction brought together as part of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's X-Cup Tournaments, which captured, shattering its previous Winter Games record of 13. Figure skater Sarah Hughes For the US District Court judge, see . Sarah Elizabeth Hughes (born May 2, 1985 in Great Neck, New York) is an American figure skater and the 2002 Olympic gold medalist. led the way for the U.S. The 16-year-old skated the performance of a lifetime to upset Michelle Kwan and win the gold. Bobsledder Vonetta Flowers, with help from teammate Jill Bakken, became the first African-American ever to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics. |
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