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1981 Jan 8
Resorts around Lake Tahoe offered limited skiing and businesses suffered from a late start in the skiing season. It was the latest start since the 1976-77 drought.
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1992 Feb 13
Donna Weinbrecht of the United States won the gold medal in women's freestyle skiing moguls at the Olympic games in Albertville, France.
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1998 Jan 5
Sonny Bono (62), former 1960's pop singer and later Republican congressman, died when he struck a tree while skiing in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. Mary Bono later revealed that he was a heavy user of pain pills. His gravestone contained the epithet: "And the beat goes on."
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1998 Feb 8
Olga Danilova of Russia won the first gold medal of the Nagano Winter Games in 15-kilometer classical cross-country skiing.
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1998 Feb 11
Skier Jonny Moseley won the first U.S. gold medal at Nagano, in men's moguls freestyle; Picabo Street won the women's super-G. Canadian snowboarder Ross Rebagliati was stripped of his gold medal after testing positive for marijuana. His medal was later reinstated.
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2004 Jan 10
Fiona Thornewill (37), a British woman, completed her unaided solo hike to the South Pole in record time. She walked 700 miles in 42 days broking the previous record of 44 days for an unaided individual or team for walking or skiing.
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2005 Mar 12
In Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Bode Miller became the first American in 22 years to win skiing's overall World Cup title.
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