has the us ever won a gold medal in pairs figure skating and if so who won it last?
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American Golds in Pairs are very hard to come across. The medals won by Americans in the Pairs are:\nBronze: Jill Watson and Peter Oppegard (Calgary 1988)\nSilver: Kitty and Peter Carruthers (Sarajevo 1984)\nBronze: Nancy and Roland Ludington (Squaw Valley 1960)\nSilver: Karol Estelle and Michael Kennedy (Oslo 1952)\nSilver: Beatrix Loughran and Sherwin Badger (Lake Placid 1932)\nSo in simple terms, no, the USA has never won a gold in the Pairs competition
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From www.olympic.org:\n\nEddie Eagan (USA-bobsleigh and boxing) achieved a unique feat by winning gold medals in both summer and winter sports. In 1920, he won the light-heavyweight boxing championship. Twelve years later, he reappeared at the Winter Olympics and won the four-man bobsleigh event.
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Yes. Australia is the Gold medallist of Athens 2004 Summer Olympic.
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Russia is one of my favorite , its obvious that they will be competing for the gold medal at least . I would put Finland on 2 nd place and Belarus on 3rd . Belarus is very strong and potential . So called "dark horse" . You never know what to expect from them , despite recent loss to Sweden . Its because Belarus ruled by dictator like in Soviet Union times . Lukashenko said " You have to get a medal "
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The Gold medallists in Ice Dancing at the 1998 Winter Olympics were Oksana Frishuk and Evgeny Platov of Russia. The pair had earlier won gold at Lillehammer in 1994.
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Chamonix 1924 Winter Olympics hosted by France. France won one bronze in the Pairs Figure Skating competition.\nSt. Moritz 1928 Winter Olympics hosted by Switzerland. Switzerland won one bronze in the Ice Hockey competition.
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Torvill and Dean, and Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto, are both ice dancers, not pairs skaters. \n\nBut I think that Torvill and Dean were the best ice dancers ever. \n\nAs for pairs skaters...I think that the best male pairs skater ever was Artur Dimitriev. He won the Olympic gold with two different partners, and he continues to have an influence on the sport even in retirment. \n\nAs for a complete pairs team - the best ever? In my opinion, it was Gordieva and Grinkov. They were excellent technical skaters, but they also brought real soul to their programs. They were the best combination of technical and artistry I've ever seen in pairs.
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yes they are. i really love plushenko. he's so talented and cool. He's not arogant like some people say. he is just self-confident. i think russian pair Totmianina&Marinin also deserved gold. I hope Russians will win all 4 gold medals at figure skating.
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Figure skating is a sporting event in which individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on ice skates, often to music. There are international competitions for figure skating, such as the World Championships, and figure skating is also an official event in the Winter Olympics. \n\nThe winter Olympic events include:\n\n* singles for both men and women;\n\n* couples skating with a couple consisting of a man and womn; and\n\n* ice dancing with a couple  requiring more choreography.
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There are TWO gold medals (and two silvers and two bronzes) awarded in the pairs skating, but as each pair represents one country, the medal is counted as one more to the country's tally
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If you want an exact answer, you'll probably have to do the grunt work yourself at the official Olympic site:  http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp\n\nA quick check in just men's athletics (track and field) show that the U.S. has done it 28 times in the sprints, hurdles, and pole vault. Eight times in the high hurdles, alone and 6 more times in the 200m.\n\nThe Soviet Union did it 3 times in the hammer, the Finns, Swedes, and Kenyans once each in the steeplechase.\n\nThere are probably a lot of other sports where one country dominates the competition, like US and East German women swimmers.
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Larissa Latynina has won the most and is tied for the gold - 18 Medals, 9 Gold\n\nMark Spitz - 11 Medals, 9 Gold\n\nPaavo Nurmi - 12 Medals, 9 Gold
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Michelle Kwan\n\nBorn: July 7, 1980\nFigure Skater\n\nFigure skater Michelle Kwan is a nine-time U.S. national champion and one of three Americans in the sport's history to have won five world figure skating championships. Kwan began competing at the national level in the early 1990s. She was the gold medalist at the U.S. National Championships in 1996 and from 1998-2005. She won the world figure skating championship in 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001 and 2003. Kwan has also competed in the Winter Olympics, winning the silver medal in 1998 and the bronze in 2002. She was named to the U.S. team for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy, but withdrew at the games due to a groin injury.\n\n\nSee the websites:\nhttp://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_681500372/Michelle_Kwan.html
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Germany, with 18 medals  (7 gold, 7 silver, 4 bronze)\nNorway, with 16 medals   (2 gold, 7 silver, 7 bronze)\nUnited States, with 14 medals  (7 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronze)\n\nThis is as of Monday 2-20-06 at approximately 3:30pm Eastern Time.
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As of 2303 GMT on Day 6 (Feb 16th 2006), Team USA have 6 gold medals out of the 34 awarded.
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You can't actually count how many ice skating injures has occured. But one of the most serious injuries I can think of is in pair skating between Tatiana Totmianina and her skating partner Maxim Marinin. In November 2004, during the free skate of Skate America in Pittsburgh, Marinin lost his balance while attempting a difficult lasso lift and Tatiana slammed to the ice head first. She suffered a severe concussion and spent the night in a local hospital. Totmianina recovered from her injuries rapidly and was able to return to the ice within days. She often stated that she has no memory of the incident and this made it easy for her to return to the ice. Marinin, however, had to start seeing a sport psychologist to overcome his fears. Both admitted that Marinin's fears were so great that it was nearly impossible for them to continue skating.
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With only the snowboard slalom events still to be completed, you have to admit that if it's riding on a snowboard the chances are that it's an American.\n\nThe USA won both halfpipe events (and also took the silver medal as well) and would have also had a clean sweep in the new snowboard cross event if the women's leader in the final hadn't attempted a trick over the last ramp and crashed. Still generally speaking it's been the US's Olympics on snowboards.\n\nMedal Table (Snowboarding)\nUnited States: 3 golds, 3 silvers, 0 bronze\nSwitzerland: 1 gold\nSlovakia: 1 silver\nFinland: 1 bronze\nFrance: 1 bronze\nNorway: 1 bronze\nCanada: 1 bronze