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XV Olympic Winter Games.
The bid for the 1988 Winter Olympics was Canada's seventh attempt at
hosting a winter Games and Calgary's fourth.
Biathlon
Germany's Frank-Peter Roetsch became the first biathlete to win two
gold medals at the same Winter Olympics; winning the 20km race and then following it up
with victory in the 10km race three days later.
Skating
Christa
Luding-Rothenburger, from the former East Germany, is the only person in any sport to
have won medals in both the Winter Olympics and the Summer Olympics - in the same year.
Having won the cycling track silver medal in Seoul 1988 she followed up with a gold here,
in the 1,000m speed skating event and a silver in the 500m speed skating.
She also went on to win gold in that event at Sarajevo 1984 and bronze in Albertville
1992.
Skiing
The Team event was added to Nordic Combined.
Biathlon, Bobsleigh, Curling,
Ice Hockey, Luge,
Skating, Skiing.
Situated at the confluence of the Bow and Elbow rivers, Calgary is
located in the south of the province of Alberta;
in an area of foothills and prairie.
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