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A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Jan. 30, 1924, Gillis Grafström of Sweden won the men’s figure skating gold medal at the Chamonix Winter Olympics. The Chamonix Olympics is considered I Winter Olympics,
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What is a curling power play? What is the hammer? How many ends? Who's on the U.S. team, and will their stone-cold strategy end the medal drought?
Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK. It's the opening day of the Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina in Italy, the most geographically spread‑out Games in Winter Olympic history.