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10 February 2006, Opening Ceremony of the XXth Olympic Winter Games. Stefania Belmondo prepares to light the Olympic cauldron.

Official opening of the Games by: The President of the Italian Republic Carlo Azaglio CIAMPI

Lighting the Olympic Flame by: Stefania BELMONDO (Cross country Skiing)

Olympic Oath by: Giorgio ROCCA (Alpine Skiing)

Official Oath by: Fabio BIANCHETTI (Skating)

Half an hour after Kjetil Andre Aamodt became the first Alpine skier to win four gold medals, Janica Kostelic won the Alpine combined to become the first woman to achieve the same feat. She also gained a silver medal in the Super-G and placed fourth in the slalom. At the Turin Games, Janica's brother, Ivica, won a silver medal in the Alpine combined event. [Full story]

Duff Gibson of Calgary, Canada, switched from bobsleigh to skeleton in 1998 and qualified for the Canadian team in 2002, finishing tenth in Salt Lake City. At the Turin Games he beat everyone, and became the oldest athlete in the history of the Winter Games to win a gold medal in an individual event. On the day he won, he was 39 years and 150 days' old. [Full story]