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	1998 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1998 in Nagano, Japan.
		Tara Lipinski, 15, narrowly beat Michelle Kwan in women's figure skating to become the youngest champion in an individual event in the history of the Winter Olympics.
		Alpine skier Hermann Maier (Austria) survived a fall in the downhill and went on to gold in the super-g and giant slalom.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1998_Winter_Olympics (482 words)

	Departments - Cross country skiing - equipment, technique - xc ski reports
		Unique to the Paralympics is the classification system that enables athletes to compete on an equal level as all athletes compete with a pre-determined degree of disability.
		The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) established in 1989 in Dusseldorf, Germany, is the international representative organization of elite sports for athletes with disabilities.
		Paralympic athletes ski three 2.5km legs (7.5km in total) in free technique and fire at five targets between each leg.
	www.crosscountryskier.com /paralympic_games_jan_feb_2002.html (1871 words)

	ipedia.com: 1998 Winter Olympics Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		See also: 1998 Winter Paralympics The Games of the XVIII Winter Olympiad were held in 1998 in Nagano, Japan.
		The Games of the XVIII Winter Olympiad were held in 1998 in Nagano, Japan.
		Tara Lipinski, 15, won the women's figure skating title to become the youngest champion in an individual event in the history of the Winter Olympics.
	www.ipedia.com /1998_winter_olympics.html (274 words)

	CBC Sports Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		He competed in the 1994 Paralympics in Lillehammer, finishing first in biathlon, middle distance and long distance, and second in relay and short distance races.
		Two-time Paralympic gold medallist Sten-Oluf Horn of Norway won the short and long distance events in Nagano 1998, as well as a bronze in the relay at Nagano.
		She won three medals at the 1998 Nagano Games, placing first in the 15km, second in the 5km classical and third in the 5km freestyle.
	www.cbc.ca /sports/paralympics/nordic_who.html (1059 words)

	ice hockey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It is the official national winter sport of Canada, where the game enjoys immense popularity (lacrosse is Canada's national summer sport).
		As Canadian winters are long and harsh, new winter sports were always welcomed.
		In 1888, the governor general of Canada, Lord Stanley of Preston (whose sons and daughter were hockey enthusiasts), attended the Carnival and was so impressed with the hockey spectacle that he thought there should be a championship trophy for the best team.
	encyclopedia.vestigatio.com /ice_hockey (4921 words)

	From Misfortune to Glory
		Paralympics sled hockey team, he then sought and qualified for the approval of the United States Olympic Committee.
		Just six weeks ago, he competed as one of 15 members of the USA sled hockey team at the 1998 Winter Paralympics held in Nagano, Japan.
		Other recent Paralympics were held in Albertville, after the 1992 Olympics, and in Lillehammer, after the 1994 Olympics.
	www.antonnews.com /floralparkdispatch/1998/05/08/news (1043 words)

	Winter Paralympics
		Roots of the Winter Paralympics trace back to Austria, where Sepp Zwicknagl, a double-leg amputee, was among the first individuals to use prostheses to ski down a slope.
		The Lillehammer Paralympics marked the first time the Paralympic Winter Games were held in the same location as the Winter Olympics, a tradition that has continued through an agreement of cooperation between the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee.
		The 1998 Nagano Winter Paralympics in Japan were the first to be held outside of Europe, and the following Games in 2002 in Salt Lake City were the first on U.S. soil, hosting 406 athletes.
	www.abilitymagazine.com /past/Natalie_Glebova/Paralympics.html (1617 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Ice hockey
		It is the official national winter sport of Canada, where the game enjoys immense popularity, and also the most popular sport in Finland.
		A European competition was instituted, and in the 1936 Winter Olympics at Garmisch, Germany, Great Britain won the gold medal, imposing the first ever Olympic defeat on the Canadians.
		The 2006 Winter Olympics marks the first world or Olympic championship final that did not involve both countries.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Ice_hockey (5902 words)

	Paralympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Since the modern Paralympics include athletes with a wide variety of disabilities, the prefix para is now interpreted to mean parallel.
		The VIII Paralympic Winter Games of 2002 will be held March 7 -16, in Salt Lake City, Utah, and will feature the world's best disabled athletes.
		Paralympic competition includes the sports of biathlon, ice sledge hockey, alpine skiing, and cross-country skiing.
	2002.uen.org /html/sports/paralympics.html (902 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Winter Olympics 2002 \| Paralympics \| Paralympics in a Winter wonderland
		Germany's Alexander Spitz at the 1998 Winter Paralympics
		The eighth Paralympic Winter Games are set to take place in Salt Lake City, Utah.
		And for the first time ever, there is just one combined organising committee for both the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
	news.bbc.co.uk /winterolympics2002/hi/english/paralympics/newsid_1691000/1691288.stm (524 words)

	British Paralympic Association:: The General Purpose Committee
		He was Chef de Mission of the GB team at the 1998 Winter Paralympics in Nagano, Japan and Head of Delegation at the Salt Lake City Winter Paralympic Games in 2002 and the Athens Summer Paralympic Games in 2004.
		Chris was the Trustee Member of BPA Selectors for the Athens Paralympics in 2004 and also fulfils that role for the Winter Paralympic Games in Turin in 2006.
		Richard was Championship Director of the Disability World Athletic Championships in 1998, of the Gymnastic World Cup in 2004 and is also the Chairman of the World Junior Wheelchair Basketball Championships to be held in August 2005.
	www.paralympics.org.uk /board.asp?profilecode=000100010002000100030001§ion=000100010002000100030001 (514 words)

	Links: - Alabama Council for Developmental Disabilities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Australian Paralympic Committee - The Australian Sports Commission funds the Paralympic Preparation Program, which the APC administers to provide funding for athletes to undertake high level training, compete against the best in the world.
		Canadian Paralympic Committee - History, sporting events, contacts and results for this orgnanization that oversees selection of the paralympic team for Canada.
		Paralympics New Zealand - Administrative structure and sports opportunities for individuals with disabilities in New Zealand.
	www.acdd.org /Links/disability/Sports/Paralympics.htm (302 words)

	Learn more about 2002 Winter Olympics in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The 2002 Winter Olympic Games were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
		Australian skater Steven Bradbury, an honest competitor who had previously won a bronze as part of a relay team but well off the pace of the medal favourites, cruised off the pace in his semifinal only to see his competitors crash into each other, allowing him through to the final.
		The Canadian women's team also defeated their American counterparts 3-2 after losing to them at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano and at all 8 exhibition games prior to the Salt Lake Games.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /2/20/2002_winter_olympics.html (513 words)

	CTV.ca \| McKeever wins second gold at Paralympics
		He took up skiing at three and in 1998 competed at the world junior championships for able-bodied skiers.
		McKeever uses his brother Robin, who is six years older and competed in the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano.
		This is Bourgonje's fourth Winter Paralympics and she said the competition isn't getting any easier.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060316/mckeever_gold_paralympics_060316/20060316?hub=Canada (861 words)

	2002 Winter Olympics - Olympic Venues
		The Ice Hockey Arena at Provo was approved by the IOC Executive Board in February 1998 as a secondary Ice Hockey Arena.
		Construction on the chair lifts was completed in November 1998; construction on the snowmaking lines was completed in 1999.
		Snowbasin is open in the winter for skiers and snowboarders.
	www.utah.com /olympics/venues (397 words)

	USA Hockey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Paralympics, held every four years and usually in the same country as the Olympic Games, are held in the summer and the winter and include athletes who are paraplegic, quadriplegic, blind, amputees cerebral palsied and other various conditions.
		As the Games continued to be held over the years and were expanded to include athletes with a variety of disabilities in addition to paraplegia, the Latin meaning of the prefix "para", which means "attached to", was adopted to signify that the Games are attached to, or held together with, the Olympic Games.
		The Paralympics were first held in Rome in 1960, with 400 athletes from 23 countries taking part.
	www.usahockey.com /servlets/PrintableWebPage?menu_id=8D5421113035386AE034080020D8D313&page_id=8DDE2FABBCF94CAAE034080020D8D313 (356 words)

	Canadian paralympic team leaves for Nagano
		VANCOUVER -- The 55-member Canadian team for the 1998 Winter Paralympics departed for Nagano, Japan, on Friday determined to improved on its eight medal performance from four years ago and inspired by their compatriot's record performance at the Olympic Games.
		"This is one of the strongest Winter Paralympic teams we've ever put together," said the Canadian team's Chef de Mission Patrick Jarvis of Calgary, who competed at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in track and field.
		The Winter Paralympic Games are held every four years and traditionally follow the Olympic Games in the same host city.
	www.canoe.ca /1998Paralympics/mar3_leave.html (464 words)

	Wikinfo \| 1992 Winter Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Games of the XVI Winter Olympiad were held in 1992 in Albertville, France.
		The last Winter Games to be staged in the same year as the Summer Games.
		Images, some of which are used under the doctrine of Fair use or used with permission, may not be available.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=1992_Winter_Olympics (225 words)

	05.06.98 - Cal Doctor Treats the “Other” Nagano Athletes
		The Paralympic Games, held each Olympic year at the site of the regular Olympics, is the foremost gathering of the world’s top disabled athletes.
		According to Chang, the athletes she met at the Paralympics are intent on competing at every opportunity.
		The 10-day Winter Paralympic Games was the first competition of its type to be held in Asia.
	www.berkeley.edu /news/berkeleyan/1998/0506/athletes.html (1180 words)

	Paralympics Events Disabled Sports
		Of the seven Paralympic events offered for her classification, Long is presently...
		After a poor performance at the Athens Paralympics, hopes of success were not...
		CBBC newsround (audio)Find out about the Paralympics Athletics World ChampionshipsCBBC newsround (audio), UK - Sep 2, 2006One of the biggest sporting events in the world is being held this weekend in the Netherlands, and there's a good chance you might not have heard of it before.
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Sports/Disabled/Events/Paralympics (501 words)

	WinterSports2002.com - Paralympics await their turn in the spotlight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The managing director of Salt Lake City's 2002 Winter Paralympics recently touted to reporters his lesser-known Games, how they would go prime time and grab the nation — or, at least A&E Network viewers — by the lapel.
		These are the largest Winter Paralympics ever, with 425 athletes from 36 countries.
		She took bronze in slalom at the 1998 Paralympics in Nagano and recently moved to Park City to train for this year's Games.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/print/0,4060,70000488,00.html (463 words)

	History of the Paralympics - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		Guttman's brainchild was awarded the Fearnley Cup — an award for outstanding contribution to the Olympic ideal.
		1960: The first Paralympic Games were held in Rome, after the Summer Olympic Games, the first time the Paralympics were officially connected with the Olympic movement.
		1992: The ICC was restructured and became the International Paralympic Committee.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,70001790,00.html (339 words)

	The Gordon Poole Entertainment Agency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Mike first represented Britain at cross-country skiing in the first Winter Paralympics in 1976 and then represented his country in 3 World Championships 6 Paralympics and 2 European Championships.
		He managed the Cross-Country Ski Team from 1988 until 1994 and then was appointed Chef de Mission for the Great Britain Team for the 1998 Winter Paralympics in Nagano Japan.
		Mike is a trustee of the British Paralympic Association The Primary Club and the Disability Sports Development Trust.
	www.gordonpoole.com /speakers/MikeBrace.htm (482 words)

	Winter Olympics: The Coolest Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The first winter Olympic-level games were held in 1924, but the IOC (International Olympic Committee) did not decide to host a Winter Olympics until their 1925 meeting.
		Over the years, more sports have been added to the Winter Olympic events, and, in 1998, the addition of snowboarding to the lineup opened the door to extreme sports that have caught the enthusiasm of a new generation of Olympic fans.
		The figure skater who took the world by storm at the 2002 Winter Olympics and is a favorite to win gold in the 2006 Olympics talks about her childhood and her long training to become a champion.
	www.answerpoint.org /columns2.asp?column_id=1292&column_type=homework (1279 words)

	CBC Sports Online - Scott Tournament of Hearts Curling Championships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		As the measurements showed, the Jones's rock was about a centimetre closer to the four foot than Law's to give Jones a dramatic 7-6 victory over Law and her third Canadian women's curling championship.
		1998 Olympic gold medallist Joan McCusker and 1998 Olympic silver medallist Mike Harris offer their curling insight for the Scott Tournament of Hearts.
		Team Harris qualified to represent Canada at the 1998 Winter Olympic Games by capturing the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in November 1997.
	cbc.ca /sports/wintersports/scott2001/index.html (341 words)

	Paralympics Winter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Winter Paralympic Games operate under many of the same rules as the summer games and allow disable athletes to compete in various winter sport competitions.
		Adaptive equipment, such as skis and sleds are used in some sports to make them accessible to disabled athletes.
		The 1998 Winter Paralympics were held in Nagano Japan, a few short weeks after the Olympic Games.
	www.aafla.org /7ig/InternationalGames/paralympwinter.htm (71 words)

	Disabled Snowsports New Zealand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Steve was named to the team in 1997 after skiing at the New Zealand Disabled Nationals as an unknown skiier.
		Lives in Winter Park Colorado USA, Coaches in the winter and a builder in the summer Alan is employed as a coach for the National Sports Center for the Disabled Winter Park for the past 4 years, and is working closely with Rachael and Steve in their build up to Salt Lake.
		Winter Park has been a home for the NZ Disabled ski team since 1988, and has help produced our medal winners.
	www.disabledsnowsports.org.nz /nz_team.html (462 words)

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