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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)

	5 types of alpine skiing - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		Skis: The skis are long, but not as long as last year's, and narrow, but not as narrow as they used to be.
		This is a technical race that requires racers to ride a flat ski, step into the turns early and be as soft on the skis as a ballerina in a pirouette.
		Shaped skis are wider at the tip and tail and narrower at the waist, which allows the ski to transfer to a turning edge sooner.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,50000022,00.html (739 words)

	Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Miller skies from a 15th place on the downhilll to a silver medal, leaving less than 3 tenths of a second to Aamodt, who a record sixth Olympic medal in alpine skiing.
		The event was held on February 23, 2002 at the Deer Valley Resort.
		The event was held on February 20, 2002 at the Deer Valley Resort.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alpine_skiing_at_the_2002_Winter_Olympics (392 words)

	History of Winter Olympics @ Sport.y2u.co.uk
		Alpine skiing made its Olympic debut in Germany, but skiing teachers were barred from entering, as they were considered to be professionals.
		This decision caused the Swiss and Austrian skiers to boycott the Olympics.
		The 1940 Winter Olympics had originally been awarded to Japan, and were supposed to be held in Sapporo, but Japan had to give the Games back in 1938, because of the Japanese invasion of China in the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945).
	y2u.co.uk /sub028_Sport/Oylimpics_Winter/Wo_02_Winter_Olympics_History.htm (4728 words)

	Winter Olympics: Alpine Skiing
		Before it was a sport, skiing was an important means of transportation.
		The exact origin of skiing is unclear, but there is evidence that Scandinavians were using skis to travel and hunt over snow-covered terrain as far back as 4,000 years ago.
		Alpine skiing made its Olympic debut at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Games with a men's and women's combined event, featuring a downhill and two slalom runs.
	www.infoplease.com /spot/winter-olympics-alpine-ski.html (334 words)

	2002 Winter Olympics at AllExperts
		Prior to these Olympic Winter Games, a number of IOC members were forced to resign after it was uncovered that they had accepted inappropriately valuable gifts in return for voting for Salt Lake City to hold the Games.
		During the opening ceremonies, Rogge, presiding over his first olympics as IOC president, told the athletes of the host country that their nation was overcoming the horrific tragedy and stand with them in their ideals.
		Athletes in short-track speed skating and cross-country skiing were disqualified for various reasons as well (including doping), leading Russia and South Korea to file protests and threaten to withdraw from competition.
	en.allexperts.com /e/0/2002_Winter_Olympics.htm (552 words)

	The First Four Olympics (I.S.H.A.)
		As it happened, the foremost ski countries, the Scandinavian nations of Finland, Sweden and Norway, had their own ideas about the way in which international ski events ought to be contested, that is, in an atmosphere of purity and amateurism free from commercial taint.
		Alpine was a brand new sport in the U.S. Two of the U.S. team members would later come to national fame not only for having been on the first U.S. alpine team but for lifelong involvement with the sport.
		A second American woman, Clarita Heath, had learned to ski only a year before the Olympics on a ski vacation with her mother at Kitzbühel, and was such a natural she became good enough to enter regional races in the Tyrol.
	www.skiinghistory.org /OlympicStory.html (9057 words)

	2006 Winter Olympics Turin, Alpine Skiing
		Alpine Skiing is a recreational activity and sport involving sliding down snow-covered hills with long, thin skis attached to each foot.
		Alpine skiing evolved from cross-country skiing when ski lift infrastructure was developed at mountain resorts to tow skiers back to the top of slopes, thus making it possible to repeatedly enjoy skiing down steep, long slopes that would be otherwise too tiring to climb up.
		So, for instance, a blue-square (midlevel) trail at one ski mountain may be markedly more difficult than a fl-diamond (expert) trail at another mountain.
	www.bonjourlafrance.net /2006_winter_olympics_turin/alpine_skiing_2006_winter_olympics.htm (584 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)

	Winter Olympics 2002 \| Salt Lake City
		He began cross-country skiing competitively at age five, ski jumping at eight and was only 17 when he competed in the 1998 Nagano Olympics.
		But alpine skiing is a sport Austria has great depth in, beginning with Eberharter.
		But in her two Olympics appearances in the '90s - she missed the 1994 Games because of an injury - she hasn't won a single medal.
	web.knoxnews.com /web/kns/sports/olympics/athletes.shtml (1192 words)

	Topstory 1
		The 20-year-old Croat, who already had gold medals in the slalom and the combined event and a silver in the super giant slalom, was not considered among the favorites in the giant slalom.
		Kostelic is the only Croatian to win a Winter Olympics medal, but that distinction may not last long.
		There were only three Alpine events until 1988, when the Super G debuted and the combined event was reintroduced after a 40-year hiatus.
	www.gmtoday.com /news/special_reports/Olympics2002/alpine_skiing/topstory016.asp (497 words)

	CNNSI.com - 2002 Winter Olympics - Skiing - Aamodt cherishes gold, status in alpine skiing - Wednesday February 13, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Kjus won the silver medal in the men's downhill on Sunday and was second, behind Aamodt, through the downhill and first slalom run of the combined, before faltering and finishing fifth.
		He knew he should win the Olympic combined, and he knew American Bode Miller probably was his biggest challenger.
		"I think ski racing is one of the hardest sports there is to be good at, and be good at for a long time.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/2002/skiing/news/2002/02/13/combined_aamodt_ap (726 words)

	German Info: Germany at the Olympics
		Among the stories for which the 1936 Winter Games have gone down in Olympics history was the performance of 16-year-old Norwegian Laila Schou Nilsen, who at the time held every speed-skating record for distances between 500 and 5,000 meters.
		Due to the exclusion of women's speedskating from the Olympics, she instead chose to compete in the combined downhill, which she won, although no medals were awarded at the time for success in individual races.
		Rudi Ball, a leading member of the Germany's 1932 Olympic hockey squad and a Jew in voluntary exile in France, was invited by the German government to return home to compete under the banner of his native country.
	www.germany.info /relaunch/info/publications/infocus/olympics2002/wg1936.html (592 words)

	Olympics
		Olympic ring border, list of words related to bobsledding and luge to use in poem.
		This reading comprehension is a biography of Olympic champion Kerri Strug and the story of her famous gold-medal win in gymnastics at the 1996 Olympics.
		When the Olympics are over, use the results from your chart to answer the questions.
	www.abcteach.com /directory/theme_units/funkids/olympics (1079 words)

	Science Question of the Week - 2002 winter Olympics - February 8, 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Four years ago during the Winter Olympic games in Nagano, Japan, there was too much snow, and several alpine events had to be postponed.
		For the Winter Olympics, not only is snow mandatory, but mountains are sort of important too.
		In essence, skiers are skiing on newly-fallen snow crystals that haven't as yet had time to metamorphose (change their shape and size).
	www.gsfc.nasa.gov /scienceques2001/20020208.htm (1178 words)

	Alpine Skiing
		skiing is a very popular series of events, including the downhill, the slalom, the giant slalom, the super-G, and the combined.
		The downhill and slalom first appeared in 1936, at the Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
		the other alpine events, the downhill is one "run," giving athletes just one chance to prove themselves on the fast, dangerous course.
	www.socialstudiesforkids.com /articles/sports/alpineskiing1.htm (216 words)

	USATODAY.com - Italy still in love with Alberto Tomba (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The three-time Alpine skiing gold medalist is the people's favorite to light the torch when the Olympics begin Friday.
		He was part of the organizing committee that helped bring the Winter Games to Italy for the first time in 50 years and says he welcomed the opportunity to give back to an event that gave him so much.
		At the 2002 Winter Olympics, the women's 1,000 meters in long-track speedskating belonged to the USA's Chris Witty, who won her gold medal in world-record time.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/torino/alpine/2006-02-08-tomba-focus_x.htm (1515 words)

	Spotlight Sport - Alpine Skiing
		People began strapping skis to their feet as far back as 5,000 years ago.
		Alpine skiing is among the most exciting Olympics events and was introduced to the Olympic program at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Games with a men's and women's combined event, featuring a downhill and two slalom runs.
		She was suffering from headaches from her concussion nine days earlier, when, traveling at 75 mph, she lost a ski and crashed into the safety netting.
	www.edgate.com /wintergames/design/spotlight_sport/alpski.htm (741 words)

	ipedia.com: 2002 Winter Olympics Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In the first week the pairs figure skating competition resulted in the French judge's scores being thrown out and the Canadian team of Salé and Pelletier being awarded a second gold medal.
		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 Olympic Games in Nagano and at all 8 exhibition games prior to the Salt Lake Games.
	www.ipedia.com /2002_winter_olympics.html (458 words)

	2002 Winter Olympic Games - Alpine Women's Giant Slalom - Salt Lake City - on MountainZone.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Janica Kostelic, the Croatian sensation at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games made history as the first alpine skier to win four Olympic medals in a single Winter Games when she demolished the women's giant slalom field by more than a full second on Friday.
		Combined was scored by adding the times of the traditional Olympic downhill and slalom races, but the awards were International Ski Federation (FIS) World Championship medals and not Olympic medals.
		For Dorfmeister, the 1999 world champion in giant slalom and super G, the loss was especially frustrating after finishing 4th in the Olympic super G on Feb. 17.
	www.mountainzone.com /olympics/2002/html/ski_w_gs.html (428 words)

	2002 Winter Olympic Games - Salt Lake City - on MountainZone.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Janica Kostelic, the Croatian sensation of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games made history as the first alpine skier to win four Olympic medals in a single Winter Games when she demolished the women's giant slalom field Friday.
		The Italian women claimed two medals in a single alpine skiing event for the first time in Olympic history, as Daniela Ceccarelli skied to gold and Karen Putzer claimed bronze in the women's super G on Sunday.
		Olympic medalists Ross Powers and Shannon Dunn plus four other members of the inaugural U.S. Olympic Snowboard Team were named Jan. 25 to the 14-member squad for the 2002 Winter Games.
	www.mountainzone.com /olympics/2002 (1235 words)

	2007 Winter Deaflympics - Official Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Deaflympics are sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the quadrennial competition for deaf athletes, and by hosting the Games, Salt Lake City becomes the first city in the world to have hosted the Olympics, Paralympics, and Deaflympics.
		Rules and procedures in the Deaflympics are similar to those in Olympic competitions except flashing lights and hand signals or flags are used instead of starting guns or whistles.
		Alpine skiing and snowboarding will take place at Park City Mountain Resort and Nordic skiing will be at Soldier Hollow Nordic Center.
	www.2007deaflympics.com /?ID=648 (410 words)

	German Info: Germany at the Olympics
		While Alpine (downhill) skiing is arguably at its world-class peak in the rugged terrain around Garmisch, the Black Forest, further west, claims to be the cradle of the sport.
		In Garmisch, home to Germany's only winter Olympic games, visitors can choose from one of five rinks at the Olympic ice skating facility, or cut figure eights on one of the region's many lakes.
		Innovative "adrenaline sports" are all the rage in Germany: Ski jumping, Nordic combined (a hybrid of cross country and ski jumping) and boardercross (snowboarding through tunnels, over water traps and around pin curves), for instance.
	www.germany.info /relaunch/info/publications/infocus/olympics2002/wsport.html (1116 words)

	Bode Miller Bio \| Skiing \| Pictures \| Photos \| Girlfriend \| 2006 Winter Olympics \| US Ski Team
		Miller learned to ski when he was three years old and began entering competitive ski races when he turned 11.
		Miller won two silver medals for skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics and in 2005 he became the first American skier in 22 years to win the World Cup overall title in alpine skiing.
		While his unorthodox and reckless style of skiing often results in as many wipeouts as it does first place results, Miller will be a big favorite to win a gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy.
	www.kidzworld.com /article/6369-bode-miller-biography (347 words)

	Alpine skiing-Nef to miss Winter Olympics - News - Webindia123.com
		Switzerland's Sonja Nef has given up on her hopes of competing at next month's Winter Olympics after suffering an acute inflammation of her left hip.
		Nef won an Olympic bronze medal in giant slalom at the Salt Lake City Games four years ago, struck gold in the same discipline at the 2001 St Anton world championships and also picked up two World Cup giant slalom titles in 2001 and 2002.
		Since undergoing the seventh knee operation of her career in 2003 however, she has only managed one World Cup podium place and had not yet made sure of a place on the Swiss team at the Games.
	news.webindia123.com /news/showdetails.asp?id=235476&cat=Sports (238 words)

	Canadian Women at the 2002 olympics in Salt lake City, Utah
		From Norway, skiing expanded throughout Scandinavia and Russia as a mode of winter transportation and eventually as a sport similar to cross-country skiing.
		The first alpine skiing competition, a primitive downhill, was held in the 1850s in Oslo.
		A few decades later, the sport spread to the remainder of Europe and to the United States, where miners held skiing competitions to entertain themselves during the winter.
	www.caaws.ca /olympics/2002/history/paralpine.htm (285 words)

	kiat.net: Winter Olympic Games Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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)

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