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1998
Ross Rebagliati
North Vancouver’s Ross Rebagliati won the world’s first Olympic gold medal in slalom snowboarding, then nearly lost it when a drug test found THC in his circulatory system. The decision was eventually overturned and Rebagliati returned to Whistler a winner.
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