Winter Olympics
- 2002 Winter Olympics takes place in Salt Lake City, United States
- Norway wins the most medals (25) and the most gold medals (13)
- Top performers include Janica Kostelić, Ole Einar Bjørndalen and Simon Ammann
- A scandal in figure skating dominates the news.
- Yang Yang (A) becomes China's first Winter Olympic gold medalist, winning two golds in short track speed skating.
- Also on the short track, Steven Bradbury of Australia becomes the first Winter Olympic gold medalist from the Southern Hemisphere when a crash on the final corner of the men's 1000 m final leaves him the "last man standing".
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“Yet seemed it winter still, and, you away,
As with your shadow I with these did play.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)