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	Winter Olympics - MSN Encarta
		Alpine skiing, for men and women, has been part of the Olympic programme since 1948: the events are the downhill, the slalom, the giant slalom (since 1952), the super giant slalom or super-G (since 1988), and the combined event (downhill and slalom), which has been staged intermittently since 1936.
		Nordic skiing is the term that covers cross-country skiing, ski jumping, and nordic combined (cross-country skiing and ski-jumping events combined).
		Freestyle skiing (introduced in 1992), comprises ballet, aerial, and mogul events of which aerials and moguls (or snow bumps) are Olympic disciplines for both men and women.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761572547/winter_olympics.html (1241 words)

	ipedia.com: Winter Olympic Games Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Alpine skiing made its Olympic debut in Germany, but skiing teachers were barred from entering, as they were considered to be professionals.
		The 1940 Winter Olympics had originally been awarded to Japan, and were supposed to be held in Sapporo, but the IOC voted to take back the Games from Japan because of their involvement in the war in China.
		Winter pentathlon, a variant to the modern pentathlon, was included as a demonstration event in 1948.
	www.ipedia.com /winter_olympic_games.html (5171 words)

	Alpine skiing blends art with speed - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		Gone are the long, wooden staves, baggy ski attire and leather boots and in their place are high-tech skis with flared tips, skin-tight suits and plastic boots.
		Alpine's inclusion in the 1936 Winter Olympics was not without controversy.
		The secret to a good downhill run is to keep the skis as flat as possible on the snow, to stay in contact with the snow as much as possible and to keep the body as aerodynamically true as possible.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,30000123,00.html (1800 words)

	Reach for the peak at Whiteface Mountain pulls in skiers, hikers
		Skiing is available at the lodge along Route 86, north of Lake Placid.
		Winter hiking, cross country skiing and snowshoeing are also popular for hearty outdoor enthusiasts.
		Still, skiing is what 4,867-foot Whiteface Mountain is most famous for, and with 75 trails and 10 lifts, it is considered one of the top ski resorts in the Northeast.
	cityguide.pojonews.com /fe/DayTrips/stories/dt_whiteface_mountain.asp (802 words)

	Freestyle Skiing :: Olympics : Gourt
		Freestyle skiing began to develop further throughout the 1960s and into the 1970s, when it was often known as "hot-dogging." The free-form sport had few rules and wasn't without danger.
		The International Ski Federation (FIS) recognised freestyle as a sport in 1979 and brought in new regulations regarding certification of athletes and jump techniques in an effort to curb the dangerous elements of the competitions.
		Freestyle skiing was a demonstration event at the Calgary Winter Olympics in 1988.
	sports.gourt.com /Events/Olympics/Freestyle-Skiing.html (254 words)

	Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com
		The Greeks held the first Olympic games in the year 776 BC (over 2700 years ago), and had only one event, a sprint (a short run that was called the "stade").
		For each Olympics, a new flame is started in the ancient Olympic stadium in Olympia, Elis, Greece, using a parabolic mirror to focus the rays of the Sun.
		The 2006 Winter Olympics are in Turino, Italy.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /olympics (1311 words)

	1980 Olympics — Infoplease.com
		Over 1,100 athletes from 37 countries participated in the 1980 Winter Games, but the only ones most people will ever remember are 21–year-old American speed skater Eric Heiden, who won five individual gold medals, and the U.S. hockey team—a bunch of college kids (average age 22) who beat the unbeatable Russians.
		Swedish Alpine skier Ingemar Stenmark, who would retire in 1989 with 86 World Cup victories, won the slalom and GS for his only two Olympic wins.
		Olympics less than gold in NY; WCBS-TV is first Olympics station not to win total-day sweeps race in top market since 1980.(television......
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0300770.html (527 words)

	winter olympics
		A winter sports week with speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey and Nordic skiing was planned, but the 1916 Olympics were cancelled after the outbreak of World War I. The first Olympics after the war, the 1920 Games in Antwerp, again, featured figure skating, while ice hockey made its Olympic debut.
		Subsequently, St. Moritz, Switzerland was chosen by the IOC to host the 1940 Winter Olympics, but three months later the IOC withdrew St. Moritz from the Games, because of quarrels with the Swiss organisation team.
		During the opening ceremonies, Dr. Jacques Rogge, presiding over his first Olympics as IOC president, told the athletes of the host country that their nation was overcoming the "horrific tragedy" of that day and the IOC stands united with them in promoting the committee's ideals.
	hometown.aol.de /svizaczak/wo-47740.html (4518 words)

	Alpine Skiing
		Strobl's victory was the sixth in the men's Olympic downhill for Austria, which had previously gained the title with Sailer (1956), Egon Zimmerman (1964), Franz Klammer (1976), Leonhard Stock (1980) and Patrick Ortlieb (1992).
		Aamodt became the winningest alpine racer in Olympic history by holding off Miller in the combined, which for the first time in Olympic history was staged as a three-run event on one day.
		Aamodt pushed his Olympic medal total to seven by surprising Eberharter in the super-G. Aamodt was standing at the bottom of the hill as Eberharter posted faster fractions at every intermediate timing station.
	www.olyparks.com /uop/about_olympics_revisited_alpine.asp (1148 words)

	NBCOlympics.com - Torino Tracker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Regarding the argument that there are not enough women's ski jumpers, there are now over 50 women from 14 nations who regularly compete in the women's ski jumping series of competitions, the FIS Continental Cup.
		He wanted to ski to the finish line, but we convinced him that any further separation from his clothes would not be good for his health.
		Later, in my attempt to paint ski jumping as the extreme sport that it is, I said that ski jumpers were the most extreme athletes at the games, except for the fact that they wear clothes that fit and speak in full sentences.
	www.nbcolympics.com /torinotracker/index.html (8762 words)

	NBCOlympics.com - Women's Combined - Kostelic defends women's combined title (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Even though the Olympic games are over, the NBC Universal Store still has your favorite Torino merchandise.
		Two Alpine skiing events -- the men's super-G and women's combined -- were contested on Day 8 of the Olympic Winter Games.
		It's the first time since 1980 in Lake Placid (Andreas and Hanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein) that a brother and sister have won medals at the same Winter Olympics.
	www.nbcolympics.com /alpine_w_combined/5114137/detail.html (895 words)

	CBC.CA - Torino 2006
		The inaugural Winter Olympics were a resounding success in the picturesque spa town of Chamonix, France.
		The 1936 Winter Games were held in the twin Bavarian towns of Garmisch and Partenkirchen just three years before the outbreak of the Second World War.
		The Bosnian city of Sarajevo was virtually unknown on the global stage when the Winter Olympics landed in the Balkans for the first time.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/history (1273 words)

	1980 Winter Olympics Summary
		Before the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, the United States Olympic hockey team was not expected to compete for a medal.
		Before 1980, the United States formed their Olympic hockey teams hastily and then expected them to compete in the tournament.
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	www.bookrags.com /1980_Winter_Olympics (1204 words)

	Winter Olympics - CBS SportsLine.com
		And his final Olympics log looked like this: fifth in the downhill, disqualified in the combined, didn't finish the super-g, tied for sixth in the giant slalom, didn't finish the slalom.
		Before skiing off the mountain in a bid to avoid reporters, the double silver medalist at Salt Lake City took a moment to look back up at the patch of snow where things went awry.
		This was the moment Rocca was waiting for, working toward, for years: His best event, an Olympics on home soil, red-white-and-green Italian flags dotting the stands, dozens of people without tickets watching from a hill beyond the entrance to the race area.
	cbs.sportsline.com /olympics/winter/story/9266274/2 (630 words)

	kiat.net: Winter Olympic Games Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936
		There were 106 thousand paying spectators and record participation for the first German Olympics which was the prologue to the more imposing Summer Games in Berlin.
		The sole alpine event was combined alpine and downhill event for men and women, won by Germans Franz Pfnur and Christl Cranz.
		Due to the exclusion of women's speed skating from the Olympics, she chose to instead compete in the combined downhill, which she won.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/history/winter/w04garmisch.html (362 words)

	CBC.CA - Torino 2006
		Thomas Grandi and his alpine teammates are feeling at home in their small Italian training village.
		Fastest Olympic alpine skier: 1984 downhill gold medallist Bill Johnson of the U.S., whose 104 km/h average speed is the fastest in Olympic history
		Skiing is one of the most exhilarating sights on snow — racers reach speeds in excess of 130km/h on two rattling planks, risking the potential for a spectacular crash to have a shot at Olympic glory.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/sports/alpineskiing (613 words)

	1980 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, United States of America.
		Eric Heiden won all 5 speedskating events (500m, 1,000m, 1,500m, 5,000m and 10,000m) he also set 4 olympic records and 1 world record (10,000m).
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	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1980_Winter_Olympics (398 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Winter Olympics 2002 \| Alpine Skiing
		Olympic skiing bronze medallist Alain Baxter fails a drugs test at Salt Lake City - but he insists he is innocent.
		BBC Sport's skiing expert Martin Bell explains how alpine skier Janica Kostelic's record success was due to confidence.
		Picabo Street announces her retirement from competitive skiing having finished 16th in the women's Olympic downhill.
	news.bbc.co.uk /winterolympics2002/hi/english/alpine_skiing/default.stm (576 words)

	kiat.net: Winter Olympic Games Lake Placid 1980
		As the Winter Games reconvened for the second time in Lake Placid, N.Y., relations between East and West were in a deep freeze, after the December 1979 invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviets.
		Spectators saw two of the greatest moments in both American sports history and Olympic Winter Games history..
		But even with all the varied success, it was the Soviet Union that topped the medals table once again with 22.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/history/winter/w13lakeplacid.html (336 words)

	WINTER OLYMPICS 2006
		From March 10-19, the Americans will be competing against approximately 500 men and women from 40 other countries in alpine skiing, nordic skiing, sled hockey and wheelchair curling.
		However, what is most remarkable about the games is the stories of the individual athletes – the challenges their bodies have endured, and the endurance and patience that it took for them to become world-class athletes.
		In 1980, Eric Heiden did something no Olympian – man, woman, U.S., foreign, summer or winter – has ever done before or since.
	www.olympics2006.state.gov (2184 words)

	1980 Olympics — Infoplease.com
		But others, like Britain and France, while supporting the boycott, allowed their Olympic committees to participate if they wished.
		The first Games to be held in a Communist country opened in July with 80 nations competing and were dominated by the USSR and East Germany.
		1980 Olympics - 1980 Olympics Lake Placid Top 10 Standings Leading Medal Winners Alpine Skiing Biathlon Bobsled...
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0114780.html (469 words)

	2006 Winter Olympics - Turin - Sports - New York Times
		The next Winter Olympics will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 2010.
		Though it was not the ideal Winter Olympic host, Turin does happen to have an ideal cure for the inevitable morning-after letdown.
		The Austrian ski team is relishing its domination of Alpine skiing, the Times's Bill Pennington reports.
	nytimes.com /pages/sports/olympics2006/index.html (563 words)

	1980 Olympics — FactMonster.com
		National medal standings are not recognized by the IOC.
		Winter Olympics: Speed Skating - Preview of the Olympic event speed skating
		Speed Skating - Speed Skating Men's Olympic Speed Skating Multiple gold medals: Eric Heiden and Clas Thunberg...
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0300770.html (494 words)

	Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Olympic Freestyle Skiing by Nick F. Olympic Stadium by Nick G. Skeleton the Sport by Charlie
		1980 Olympic Hockey Team by Sean C. The Rebirth of the Olympics by Luke
		Olympic Bobsledding by Chris R. Olympic Freestyle Skiing by Eleni
	www2.lhric.org /pocantico/brigham/05/Olympics.htm (49 words)

	Winter Olympics Memorable Moments
		The legends and foibles of the Winter Olympics
		The Winter Games were held in Italy once before.
		What the was first year that female athletes could compete in events other than figure skating at a Winter Olympics?
	www.factmonster.com /spot/winter-olympics-memorablemoments.html (262 words)

	Instruction & Guiding For Rock Climbing, Ice Climbing, Mountaineering and Backcountry Skiing In The Adirondack ...
		While you are out climbing or skiing with us, here are some suggestions that might interest others accompanying you.
		The Lake Placid Commerce and Visitors’ Bureau, (800) 447-5224, and the Olympic Regional Development Authority (800) 462-6236, can provide more information or contact us and we’ll help you make plans.
		Alpine Skiing: Whiteface Mountain, 1980 Winter Olympics site
	www.alpineadven.com /ourservices/arrange/famact.html (340 words)

	OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT
		The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Jacques Rogge, has just completed a two-day visit to Algiers, at the invitation of Tayeb Zitouni, President of the Algiers City Council.
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		Discover Olympic and World Records for olympic sports
	www.olympic.org /uk/index_uk.asp (155 words)

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