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10 Facts: Winter Olympics - Sochi 2014

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10 facts about the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
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10.  The Sochi gold medal contains 516 grams of silver and 6 grams of gold.  
9.  15-year-old American figure skater Tara Lipinski is the youngest individual athlete to win a gold medal in Winter Olympics history, bringing home the gold at the 1998 Games in Nagano.
8.  Shaun White, the richest athlete in winter sports, is worth an estimated $20 million and averages $2 million per endorsement deal.
7.  12 new events will debut at the Sochi Games, including the highly anticipated women's ski jump and a new mixed luge relay.
6.  Team USA will be riding a brand new bobsled built and designed by BMW.
5.  American Olympian Eddie Eagan is the only athlete to win gold at the Summer and Winter Olympics. [1920 Antwerp Summer Games and 1932 Lake Placid Winter Games.]
4.  Norway's Bjorn Daehlie currently holds the record for most Winter Olympic medals with 12 [8 golds and 4 silvers].
3.  Temperatures in Sochi rarely dip below freezing, making Sochi the warmest city on record to host the Winter Games.
2.  Russia won the right to host the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi with the "single-minded" help of mysterious Russian businessman, Gafur Rakhimov, who is considered one of the biggest players in the international heroin trade. 
1.  With a more than $50 billion price tag, the Sochi Olympics are the most expensive Games in history, costing more than every other Winter Olympics combined.
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