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Sochi 2014: A brief history of the Winter Olympics

By Tom McGowan, CNN

September 19, 2013 -- Updated 1135 GMT (1935 HKT)

Editor's note:Sochi 2014 is less than six months away. To celebrate the launch of CNN's Aiming for Gold series, we take a look back through the history of the Winter Olympics.

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