Every four years, the world's greatest athletes across the winter sport disciplines gather at the Olympic Games to provide a spectacle of sport and sportsmanship. And every four years, we must revisit the lost Olympic art of ski ballet.

They were the gold medalists in ice dancing at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

MILAN (AP) — Kristi Yamaguchi thought she had done enough to win the gold medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. Even the dress she was wearing that night was accented with gold. But it wasn't until Yamaguchi heard her scores while sitting in the kiss-and-cry area just off the ice inside Halle Olympique,

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

In 1968, the U.S. had its third gold medalist in the women's figure skating singles event in the past four Winter Olympics. Peggy Fleming was the champion, and she ended up being the lone American gold medalist at the entire 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.