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Vaughan Cruickshank, Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania

Milan Cortina Winter Olympics: history, new events and Australian medal chances

This year’s Winter Olympics will be held in northern Italy, starting on Friday.

They will be the most spread out in history: the two main competition sites – Milan and the winter resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo – are more than 400 kilometres apart.

Some 3500 athletes from 93 countries will compete in 16 sports for 245 gold medals.

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