Germany break Olympic

ByReuters

Published 20/02/2002 at 23:42 GMT

Germany broke the record for the number of medals in a single Winter Olympics with their gold and silver in the women's 1,500 metres speedskating on Wednesday. Germany now have 31 medals, the previous record was of 29 medals.

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Germany broke the record for the number of medals in a single Winter Olympics with their gold and silver in the women's 1,500 metres speedskating on Wednesday. Germany now have 31 medals, the previous record was of 29 medals.

The previous record of 29 was set by the Soviet Union in the 1988 Calgary Games and equalled by Germany in Nagano four years ago.

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