At the 1928 Winter Olympics, in St Moritz, Switzerland, a most unusual demonstration sport was played for the first and last time. It's so unusual, it didn't even appear in the official record of the Games.
Skijoring: The sport of horse-drawn skiing.
Australians love an Olympic champion. Gold medals turn relative-unknowns into sporting legends and national stars overnight. Most of the time.
When Dale Begg-Smith won gold at the 2006 Winter Olympics, it wasn’t his medal that became the big news.
I can't lie here - most of the time, I watch the figure skating to see the spectacular tumbles and live the awkwardness of defeat. It's the best schadenfreude. But this year, I am all about Mirai Nagasu, just the third woman to land a triple axel in Olympic competition.
Check out this amazing feat of human strength, athleticism and skill.
The Olympics are internationally-renowned for the stories of triumph, overcoming the odds and incredible athletic feats. The story of Eric the Eel is definitely a story of triumph and overcoming the odds - though incredible athletic feat? That's questionable.
Yet, his win at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 remains one of the greatest Olympic stories of all time.
The 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, was the first to feature snowboarding as an Olympic sport, hoping to make the Winter Games a little more a palatable for a younger generation. The first ever snowboarding Gold was awarded to Ross Rebagliati, a Canadian who took out top place in the Giant Slalom. Three days later, a blood test suggested that Rebagliati had marijuana in his system - and he was forced to hand back his gold.
