Iconic moments from Winter Olympics history

In 1980, a US hockey team made up of college players and amateurs upset the powerhouse Soviet team that was heavily favored to win the country's sixth gold medal in seven Olympics. The Americans' 4-3 win, which came in front of a home crowd in Lake Placid, New York, was dubbed the "Miracle on Ice," and Sports Illustrated later recognized it as the No. 1 sports moment of the 20th century. The Americans went on to defeat Finland two days later to win the gold medal.

Just six weeks before the 1994 Winter Olympics, US figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was attacked by a man who had been hired by the ex-husband of her American rival, Tonya Harding. It sparked one of the biggest scandals in sports history and made for some awkward practice sessions in the days leading up to the Games. Kerrigan, seen here at right, recovered from her knee injury to win a silver medal, while Harding, left, placed eighth and was later banned for life from the sport. Harding denied having anything to do with the attack, but she did plead guilty to conspiring to hinder prosecution. She was given three years' probation, 500 hours of community service and a $160,000 fine.

While competing in the downhill at the 1998 Games, Austrian Hermann Maier survived one of the most dramatic crashes ever witnessed in skiing history. He flew 30 feet off course, crashing through two fences and landing on his helmet at over 70 mph. But the "Herminator" suffered only minor injuries, and he came back days later to win gold in both the giant slalom and the super-G.

Snowboarding made its Olympic debut in 1998, but Shaun White took it to another level in 2010. The redheaded American known as "The Flying Tomato" dazzled on the halfpipe, showing off new tricks on his way to defending his Olympic crown. He already had the gold wrapped up by his second run, where he landed a double McTwist 1260 he called the "Tomahawk." White finished fourth on the halfpipe in 2014, but he came back in 2018 and won gold again.

Steven Bradbury, a short-track speedskater from Australia, was in last place as the 1,000-meter final was about to end in 2002. Then all four of his competitors crashed on the final turn, allowing him to breeze to the finish line and win the gold medal — the first for any Winter Olympian from Australia.

Canadian figure skaters Jamie Salé and David Pelletier were at the center of an infamous Olympic scoring scandal in 2002. Many thought they had done enough to win the gold medal after a tremendous performance, but the gold instead went to the Russian pair of Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze. An investigation later looked into whether French judge Marie-Reine Le Gougne had been pressured to give the gold to the Russians. Her score was thrown out, and the International Olympic Committee also gave golds to Salé and Pelletier. The scandal eventually led to a new scoring system in figure skating.

Athletes from North and South Korea marched together and waved flags of a unified Korea during the opening ceremony that took place in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in 2018. The two countries had marched together only three other times in Olympic history. During the Pyeongchang Games, athletes from both countries also teamed up to play for a unified women's hockey team.

Michael "Eddie" Edwards became of the biggest underdog stories in Olympic history when he qualified for the ski jumping competition in 1988. The Briton finished in last place in both events he competed in, but his commitment and spirit made him global celebrity known as "Eddie the Eagle." His story was made into a movie in 2016.

Canada is a proud hockey nation, and there was a lot of pressure on the men's team to win gold when the 2010 Games were held on home ice in Vancouver. That pressure built up even more when the gold-medal game between Canada and the United States went to sudden-death overtime. But Sidney Crosby came through in the clutch, scoring the "golden goal" to give the Canadians a dramatic 3-2 victory.

US speedskater Eric Heiden dominated at the Lake Placid Games in 1980, winning all five races from the 500-meter sprint to the 10,000-meter distance event. He set a world record in the latter and set Olympic records in the other races. To this day, he remains the only Winter Olympian to win five individual gold medals at a single Games.

Ester Ledecká made history in 2018 when she became the first athlete to compete in both snowboarding and alpine skiing in the same Olympics. Then she won golds in both sports. The Czech athlete started with a victory in the super-G skiing event before winning gold in the parallel giant slalom.

American figure skater Peggy Fleming won gold at the 1968 Olympics in France, and it was the only gold won by the United States that year. It was also the first gold medal won by an American figure skater since the 1961 plane crash that killed all 18 members of the US figure skating team.

Vonetta Flowers, an American bobsledder, became the first Black athlete to win a Winter Olympics gold medal when she teamed up with Jill Bakken to win the first-ever women's bobsled event in 2002. Flowers was formerly a sprinter and long jumper who wanted to make the Olympics in track and field.

Dan Jansen's story is one of the most emotional in the history of the Winter Olympics. The American speedskater was the favorite to win the 500 meters at the 1988 Games, but on the day of the race he learned that his sister had died of leukemia. He fell on the first turn and didn't medal. A few days later, he fell again in the 1,000 meters. Medals eluded Jansen at the 1992 Games as well, but he finally broke through to win the 1,000 meters in 1994. He celebrated in front of a roaring crowd and then lifted up his baby daughter Jane, who was named after his late sister.

At the 1984 Games, British ice dancers Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean set the highest figure skating score in the history of the Winter Olympics. Dancing to Maurice Ravel's "Boléro," they received 12 perfect scores of 6.0 and six scores of 5.9. Every single judge gave them a 6.0 on artistic impression. The crowd went wild, throwing roses onto the ice. Even Queen Elizabeth II sent the duo a message of congratulations. They won the gold medal, of course.

Cross-country skier Marit Bjørgen became the most decorated Winter Olympian in history four years ago. The Norwegian won five medals in South Korea, pushing her total medal count to 15. Her 15th and final medal was gold, and it came in the 30-kilometer race that ended the 2018 Games.