Australia has only won nine Winter Olympic medals.
It makes sense — there's no snow there and the winter games take place in Aussie summer.
But Australian athletes are starting to figure out ways of getting around those inherent disadvantages.
During October and November Aussie athletes worked out on the beach, snowboarded on sand dunes, and put wheels on their bobsleds in preparation for the upcoming Sochi Olympics.
It's pretty impressive.
Alpine skier Katya Crema set up a starting gate in her backyard, and her friend tried it out.
The aerial skiing team trains by jumping into a lake at a facility in Lilydale.
The ramp.
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