A TIE FOR GOLD
A TIE FOR GOLD 2014
7 – 23 February
Timekeeping precise enough to measure the microseconds between first and second place, can of course reveal an entirely different result: two winners. At the Olympic Winter Games Sochi 2014, history was made when an alpine skiing race ended in a tie for the gold medal. Athletes from Slovenia and Switzerland both won gold in the women’s downhill. OMEGA timed both runs at precisely 1 minute and 41.57 seconds.
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