The Games opened on Jan. 25, with a parade of competing nations. The next day, U.S. skater Charles Jewtraw claimed the first ever Winter Olympic gold medal, winning the 500-meter speed skating event.

Dame Lisa Carrington will be 39 if she attempts to add to her nine Olympic medals in Los Angeles. But after working alongside Carrington at Canoe Racing New Zealand (CRNZ), Nathan Luce knows one ...