Will there be an Olympics in 1998?

The 18th Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan in 1998 was the first time the Winter Olympics came to Japan after 26 years. At this Olympic Games, snowboarding became an Olympic event for the first time, and curling also became an official Olympic event again. At this Olympic Games, ice hockey competitions were opened to professional athletes for the first time, and women's ice hockey also became an official event of the Olympic Games. The Czech team won the first women's ice hockey gold medal. Norwegian athlete Bjorn Dahlie won three skiing gold medals at this Olympics, becoming the first athlete to win eight gold medals in the Winter Olympics, bringing his total to 12 Winter Olympics medals. 15-year-old Tara Lipinski of the United States won the gold medal in women's individual figure skating, becoming the youngest individual gold medalist at the Winter Olympics. In an alpine skiing competition, Austrian athlete Hermann Maier accidentally slipped and fell midway through the downhill competition, but he did not give up. Three days later, he competed in the super-G and giant slalom and won gold medals respectively. The 18th Winter Olympic Games organized by the International Olympic Committee has 14 major events and 68 minor events. Uruguay, Azerbaijan, and Macedonia participated for the first time. In the end, the German team won 12 gold medals, ranking first in the gold medal list. The host Japan won 5 gold medals, ranking seventh. The newly added events of this Winter Olympics include women's Hockey, snowboarding, curling. The Netherlands is the country that made the most progress in this Winter Olympics. It won 5 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 2 bronze medals, jumping to sixth place. It is known as the "Flying Dutchman". China won 6 silver medals and 2 bronze medals at this Winter Olympics, the most medals it has ever won. Li Jiajun won the 1,000-meter silver medal, the first men's medal in the history of China's Winter Olympics. Yang Yang broke the world record in the women's short track speed skating 1,000 meters. The logo of this Olympic Games is named "Colorful Snowflakes", which symbolizes the competition in ice and snow events. The mascots are four strange-looking owls. The organizing committee named these four mascots Cunxi, Nengcheng, Jiaxi and Dumu respectively. The Winter Olympics, like the Summer Olympics, are held every four years. This one was held in Nagano, the northern prefecture in Japan. It’s the beginning of winter, and men and women carrying long snowboards on their backs can be seen everywhere. They look so majestic. They all take advantage of the school’s winter vacation and flock to the northern areas such as Sapporo (Sapporo) and Hokkaido (Hokkaido) to prepare for the winter vacation. Have fun in the ice and snow. Some are actively carrying out the final stage of intensive training in preparation for the two-week-long Winter Olympics in Nagano. "Raising troops for a thousand days" depends on tomorrow. As early as the previous year, or even the previous two years, Japanese people had already started to get excited. Flags and posters of the Nagano Winter Olympics, sponsors' advertisements, products, labels, and the five-color circle logo could be seen everywhere. On TV and radio stations, The advertisements are endless and eye-catching. TV videos have titles like "Will the lucky wind blow?" because in competitions such as skiing, athletes must use the wind to jump higher and farther. To break records, they must rely on the assistance of the wind. . For the people of Nagano City, the Winter Olympics is a dream they have been looking forward to for decades. Naganohara was awarded the right to host the event in 1940, but due to the suspension of the Winter Olympics due to World War II, it was unable to host this event (the Winter Olympics was suspended twice due to the war (1940 and 1944), and was only resumed in 1948). The first time Japan participated in the Winter Olympics was the second Winter Olympics held in Saint-Moritz, Switzerland, in 1928. The Japanese team at that time had only 6 players and one official (head). At the seventh Winter Olympics held in Italy in 1956, Chiharu Igaya, a Japanese student studying at Dartmouth in the United States, won the silver medal in the slalom event and won Japan's first-ever victory. A Winter Olympics medal.

The last time Japan hosted the Winter Olympics was the 11th Winter Olympics held in Sapporo in 1972. Japanese skiers Yukio Kasaya, Akitsugu Konno and Kiyoji Aochi respectively skied in the 70-meter Won the top three in the jumping event. The two-week Nagano Winter Olympics ended successfully on the 22nd. International Olympic Committee President Samaranch highly praised the success of this Games and described it as "the best Winter Olympics in history." Both the number of participating countries and the number of participating athletes are the largest Winter Olympics in history. Samaranch publicly praised the efforts of the hosting authorities at the closing ceremony: "Congratulations to Nagano, congratulations to Japan. You have presented to the world the best Olympic Games ever." Germany is the biggest winner of this tournament, with the overall number** *Won 12 gold medals, 9 silver medals and 8 bronze medals. Norway ranks second, with 10, 10 and 5 gold, silver and bronze medals respectively. Russia ranked third with 9 gold medals, 6 silver medals and 3 bronze medals. Japanese newspapers also praised the organizing committee, claiming that their excellent performance helped lift the country's spirit, especially at a time of slowing economic growth and frequent financial scandals. The United States won 6 gold medals, 3 silver medals, and 4 bronze medals overall in this tournament, ranking sixth overall. At the closing ceremony, Nagano Mayor Tsukada Tsukada handed the Winter Olympics flag to Corradini, the female mayor of Salt Lake City in the United States. Salt Lake City in the United States will host the next Winter Olympics in 2002. China won 6 silver medals and 2 bronze medals at this competition, the most medals it has ever won. Unfortunately, it still missed the gold medal. Chinese athlete Yang Yang broke the world record in the women's 1,000-meter short track speed skating event. The total number of athletes at this Winter Olympics was 7 world records and 20 Olympic records.

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