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Winter Sports

Question: In which country would you find the Cresta Run?

Answer: Switzerland 

Question:  Who was the iconic, former champion alpine ski racer from Austria who overwhelmingly dominated downhill racing from 1975 to 1978 and who was the gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck?

Answer: Franz Klammer 

Question: What is the name of the sport where, normally, one person races downhill on a sled feet-first lying on their back?

Answer: The Luge

Question:  Who became the first British athlete to win back to back gold medals at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang (South Korea) following success in Sochi (Russia) in 2014?

Answer: Lizzy Yarnold  She won gold in the women’s skeleton at both Winter Olympics 

Question: which amongst the winter sports is where a person rides a small sled down a frozen track while lying face-down and facing forwards?

Answer: The Skeleton

Question: Name the British alpine ski racer who produced the best result ever by a British ski racer on the Alpine Skiing World Cup circuit when he came second in a downhill race and within 0.11 seconds of winning at Val Gardena in 1981?

Answer: Konrad Bartelski