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Winter Olympics at Torino (sometimes spelled as Turin). The 2006 Olympic Winter
Games were held in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26,
2006. They marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games; the
country had previously hosted the VII Olympic Winter Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo
in 1956. Italy also hosted the Games of the XVII Olympiad in Rome in 1960.
China wins first ever Olympic snow gold
Wang Meng got the first women's gold, see more details: Wang Meng
Guo Xin Xin got silver Guo Xinxin
Li Nina, a 23-year-old Chinese dynamo, seems surprised not only to find that
this kamikaze sport is her full-time job but that she's heading to Torino as the
reigning aerials world champion. At age six, Li had been recruited as the top of
a human pyramid for an acrobatic troupe in China's northeastern rust belt.
Training was tough, but this was the kind of occupation that could lift a
Chinese girl out of poverty. Then, at age 12, Li sprouted. She was too tall for
the top of the pyramid but too slender to support the base. Luckily, the
officials at the sports academy Li attended had other plans. From that day on,
she would strap on a pair of skis, fling herself into the frosty air and twirl
for her bowl of rice. "It was an internal adjustment at the school," says Li of
her abrupt career change. "For me, it didn't matter. I was curious to try
something new." Total Medal Count
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