# Steven Bradbury ## 2002 Winter Olympics Short track skater Steven Bradbury survived a late wipe-out to win the men's 1,000m and Australia's first Winter Olympics gold medal \[1] In the final, Bradbury was again well off the pace when all four of his competitors (Ohno, Ahn Hyun-Soo, Li and Turcotte) crashed out at the final corner while jostling for the gold medal. This allowed Bradbury, who was around 15 m behind with only 50 m to go, to avoid the pile-up and take the victory. Bradbury became the first person from the southern hemisphere country to win a Winter Olympic event. After a period of delay, the judges upheld the result and did not order a re-race, confirming Bradbury's victory.\[2] ## References 1. [Australia win first ever gold](http://news.bbc.co.uk/winterolympics2002/hi/english/skating/newsid_1825000/1825339.stm), (February 17, 2002) *BBC News* 2. [Steven Bradbury](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Bradbury), (December 29, 2020) *Wikipedia* --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://www.paulkane.com/sport/steven-bradbury.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.