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Podium sweep (or clean sweep) comes from the word sweep that is used in 'American' sports such as baseball, basketball and ice hockey. One speaks of a sweep when a team wins all matches of a playoff series. This is the case, for example, with a 4-0 victory in a best-of-seven series.
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Overview
The term is used nowadays in a broader sense when a country, team or athlete wins all possible prizes in a certain competition, as when a team wins all available medals in a single discipline during a sporting event. At the highest level, that would be when one nation wins all the medals in the Olympics.
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Lists of podium sweeps
- List of medal sweeps in Olympic athletics
- List of medal sweeps in Olympic speed skating
- List of medal sweeps in Olympic figure skating
- List of medal sweeps in snowboarding
- List of medal sweeps in cross-country skiing
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See also
- Whitewash (sport)
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References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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