Here are some of the most unusual Winter Olympic sports in history, from ski ballet and military patrol to dog sled racing and skijoring.

Corinne Stoddard made history as the first American woman to win an Olympic short track medal since 2010, claiming bronze in the 1500 meters at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

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Day 14 of the Milan Cortina Games included seven more Winter Olympic gold medal winners. American Alex Ferreira won the gold in the freestyle skiing halfpipe competition, capturing his third Olympic medal and his first gold.

In the men's cross-country team spring, Ben Ogden and Gus Schumacher surged to silver to deliver the United States its first-ever Olympic medal in the event. Ogden won his second silver as he previously became the first American man to reach an Olympic cross-country podium since 1976.

Johannes Dale-Skjevdal claimed the biathlon mass start gold to secure Norway’s record 17th gold medal of the Winter Games, setting a new benchmark for the most golds won by a nation at a single Olympi

Olympic speedskater Kamila Sellier suffered a gruesome injury while competing in Italy, nearly losing her eye.

A day after the U.S. women's hockey team bested Canada to take the gold, the U.S. men will find out whether they, too, will face Canada in the gold medal match. Canada faces Finland in the semifinal game, and the U.S. plays Slovakia.

Winter Olympics was a huge day for the United States. Alysa Liu became the first American to win gold in women's singles ice skating since Sarah Hughes in 2002 after an electric free skate vaulted her into the lead.

As he reached his late 20s in a sport where the window does not stay open very long, Alex Ferreira had a career epiphany. He had won a silver medal in his first Olympics, won World Cup and X Games titles,