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Germany's Winter Olympic History

Germany's Winter Olympic History
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     challenging words:    specially-made, obsession, purely, modern-day, better, fast-paced, particularly, all-time, excel, political, politician, successful, whichever, nation, concentration, history
     content words:    Winter Olympic, World War II, War II, United States, Soviet Union, East Germany, West Germany, Winter Olympics, German Winter Olympic, Georg Hackl

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Germany's Winter Olympic History
By Ekaterina Zhdanova-Redman 		  
1     Germany has a proud Winter Olympic history, as its athletes are some of the most successful from any country competing at the Games. Its modern-day athletes excel at sports like Alpine skiing, bobsledding and the luge, and some have set records in those sports. Today, Germany competes at the Olympics as one nation, but it wasn't always so. There was a time when the German people were represented by two teams. This was a time when the country was divided in two.
 
2     At the end of World War II, Germany had been defeated. The winners of World War II, particularly France, Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union agreed to collectively rule Germany. But strong political divisions between the Soviet Union and France, Britain and the United States caused a split. For purely political reasons, the country of Germany was divided into two new countries: East Germany and West Germany.
 
3     Until 1968, Germany had competed as one team in all the Olympics. For the next 20 years, Germany sent two teams to the Winter Olympics. East Germany's team did better at the Winter Olympics. It holds seventh place in the all-time medals list. During those 20 years, East Germany won 100 medals. Since the two countries were reunited as one Germany, the German Winter Olympic team has won 150 medals, putting it at fifth on the all-time medals list.

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