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	Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Defending Olympic champion is the Austrian Fritz Strobl, while the American Bode Miller won the event at the Alpine World Ski Championships 2005.
		Slalom has been a part of all the Winter Olympics since 1936, although it was a part of the alpine combination that year.
		Carole Montillet from France is defending Olympic champion, but she is 19th in the 2005–06 World Cup downhill standings, headed by Michaela Dorfmeister from Austria.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alpine_skiing_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics (1311 words)

	Talk:2006 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Under the sports/events header on the main page there are links to pages like Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics, Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics and so forth.
		A better comparison is to look at 2004 Olympics, where the articles about the various countries link directly from the main page.
		There should be links to the nation articles (eg Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics) on the main olympic page, and not on its own separate page.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:2006_Winter_Olympics (1087 words)

	Encyclopedia: 2006 Winter Olympics
		The XX Olympic Winter Games will be held in Turin, Italy from February 10 to February 26, 2006.
		This will be the second time that Italy has hosted the Olympic Winter Games, as it hosted the VII Olympic Winter Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956, and the third time overall that Italy will have hosted an Olympic Games, as it also hosted the Games of the XVII Olympiad in Rome in 1960.
		The Olympic mascots of Torino 2006 are Neve, a female snowball, and Gliz, a male ice cube.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/2006-Winter-Olympics (856 words)

	The Sports Network - Olympics
		Alpine Skiing became part of the Olympics in 1936, but separate categories weren't developed until the next Winter Games in 1948 when the Downhill, Slalom and Combined events were instituted.
		He failed to medal in the 1998 Olympics, but won five medals in the previous two Olympics, including a gold in the 1992 Super-G. Austria and Switzerland don't normally dominate the women's side of the sport, but Austrians Michaela Dorfmeister and Renate Goetschl are among the best in the world.
		She is one of only four American women to win two Olympic medals in alpine skiing, and a medal at the Salt Lake Games would make her the first American skier -- male or female -- to win three Olympic skiing medals.
	www.sportsnetwork.com /?c=sportsnetwork&page=olymp/news/BON1912914.htm (687 words)

	Torino 2006 - Pinerolo, city of Curling Â» (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Pinerolo, second city of Torino 2006, will be the background to the menâs and womenâs Olympic Curling Tournaments.
		The Curling temple will be the Palazzo Polifunzionale del Ghiaccio, a space which will allow 2,300 spectators to assist the three daily competition sessions: one in the morning, one in the afternoon, and one in the evening, with four matches at once for every session.
		The Ice Hockey world ranking sees Switzerland in ninth place and the objective of the Swiss team, trained by the coach Ralph Krueger is to improve that position...
	www.torino2006.org /ENG/OlympicGames/home (214 words)

	Alpine skiing -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		skiing technique that evolved during the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the mountainous terrain of the Alps in central Europe.
		Modern Alpine competitive skiing is divided into the so-called speed and technical events, the former comprising downhill skiing and the supergiant slalom, or super-G, and the latter including the slalom and giant slalom.
		With another Olympic Winter Games scheduled for February 1994, only two years after the last competition--to adjust the four-year cycle so that summer and winter Olympic meetings were never again held the same year--the 1993 skiing season required major contenders to maintain peak form in readiness for another assault on the cherished honours.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9005901 (785 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 (1205 words)

	2006 Winter Olympics Alpine Skiing, Events, News, Athletes, Teams, Pictures
		Along with popularity of figure skating, the Alpine downhill is one of the most anticipated spectacles of the Winter Games.
		The defending Olympic downhill champ had looked in fine form at the World Cup races when he broke his hand in a fall at the Kitzbuehel downhill in January.
		FIS Ski - Alpine Skiing - The complete Olympic schedule at a glance, from the International Ski Federation.
	www.chiff.com /olympics/olympics-alpine-skiing.htm (457 words)

	CBS News \| Golden Boy Bode Miller \| January 9, 2006 15:34:04
		Bode Miller is one of the few world class skiers to ski in all five disciplines, from the lightning speed of the downhill, that’s the 90-mile an hour race, to the intricate ballet of the slalom.
		When Simon took skiing lessons, he was told to bend his knees, lean forward, keep his arms tucked in and hope for the best.
		In a famous and, at the same time, infamous downhill race, Miller lost one of his skis when he was going 80 mph, and continued down the course on one ski.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/01/05/60minutes/main1182654.shtml (701 words)

	Olympics - Torino 2006
		As the 2006 Winter Olympic Games approach, many are reflecting on the Salt Lake City 2002 Olympics controversies (Figure Skating judging scandal, Kore...
		In the last several weeks, the U.S. 2006 Winter Olympic Team has been steadily growing with the eight national governing bodies nominating athletes to...
		Bad Boy U.S. Alpine Skiier, Bode Miller, has admitted his past propensity to drink and ski - as relayed to a "60 Minutes" interview to be aired on CBS...
	olympics.blogster.com /index.html (273 words)

	TSN : olympics - Canada's Sports Leader
		Alpine Canada Alpin's largest Olympic delegation ever remains the 18 athletes who competed in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary 18 years ago.
		Under Olympic rules Alpine Canada Alpin is entitled to field up to four athletes per event in the five alpine ski events of downhill, super G, giant slalom, slalom and the alpine combined.
		Sestriere was the site of the 1997 World Alpine Skiing Championships where Thomas Grandi skied to 8th place in giant slalom and San Sicario hosted a world cup event last winter where Emily Brydon captured bronze in the women's combined event.
	www.tsn.ca /olympics/news_story.asp?ID=152153 (624 words)

	Alpine Skiing Tips On Alpine Skiing Income
		ski vacations Powder Skiing for the Young at HeartAbout 8 years ago, I got a call from the daughter an old friend.
		Although, skiing was practiced with a table put under the legs, there are new and different ways of skiing these days.
		British skiing is in great form ahead of the Winter Olympics season, says head alpine coach Christian Schwaiger.
	alpineskiing.minaskiing.com (1834 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.factmonster.com /spot/winter-olympics-alpine-ski.html (321 words)

	One year before Winter Olympics, Turin is on track
		One year before the 2006 Winter Olympics, Turin and the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy are getting a taste of the real thing.
		The venues for cross-country, ski jumping and all the Alpine skiing are ready, so there is nothing to compare with Athens.
		Cross-country ski races took place Jan. 22-23 in Pragelato; bobsled and skeleton events were held Jan. 20-23 and luge events are scheduled for Feb. 5-6 in Cesana-Pariol.
	www.casperstartribune.net /articles/2005/01/31/sports/c3ecd1df60cc162c87256f99000e039a.txt (1237 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		The 1992 Albertville Olympic Games were the last Winter Games to be staged in the same year as the Summer Games.
		At age 16, ski jumper Toni Nieminen became the youngest male winner of a Winter event.
		She finished fifth in the 15km, fourth in the 5km, second in the combined pursuit and third in the relay.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=2&OLGY=1992 (268 words)

	Alpine skiing -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		The Alpine combined event consists of a downhill and a slalom race, with the winner having the lowest combined time.
		The International Ski Federation (FIS), world governing body of the sport, first recognized downhill racing in 1930, and the first world championships for men's downhill and slalom events were held in 1931.
		The first Alpine event to be included in the Olympic Winter Games was the combined, which made its debut in 1936 at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9005901?tocId=9005901 (1016 words)

	next olympics winter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Winter Olympic Games, Winter Olympics for short but more correctly The Olympic Winter Games, are the cold...
		Olympics: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, is where the year 2002 Winter Olympics were held.
		Olympics, the mayor of the host-city presents the flag to the mayor of the next host-city...
	www.111-olympics.com /9/next-olympics-winter.html (697 words)

	CNN.com - Nordic Combined Skiing - Jan 31, 2006
		The first Holmenkollen Ski Festival was held in 1892 -- it is still considered by some to be the world's premier Nordic competition.
		Gunderson method: The process by which the final score after the ski jump leg is converted into minutes and seconds, which in turn determine the starting order and time differential between competitors in the cross-country race.
		V-position: The position skiers adopt during flight, in which the skis are brought together at the rear tips to form a V-shape and the skier leans forward until his body is almost in contact with the skis.
	www.cnn.com /rssclick/2006/SPORT/01/31/sports.nordiccombined/?section=cnn_latest (708 words)

	Open Directory - Sports: Events: Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Olympic History from Buffalo and Western New York - Highlights of olympic history with stories about Olympic medal winners and their accomplishments.
		Olympic Museum - A virtual visit of the permanent exhibits, a virtual gallery with Nagano ceremonies, a philatelic and numismatic exhibition, concerts and conferences, a research centre.
		Science and the Olympics - Science and technology played a small role in the original Olympics, which prompted a brief truce in any wars the Greeks happened to be fighting.
	dmoz.org /Sports/Events/Olympics (707 words)

	Articles - 2006 Winter Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The XX Olympic Winter Games will be held in Torino [or Turin], Italy from February 10 to February 26, 2006.
		Turin was chosen as the host of the Olympics in 1999, defeating Sion in Switzerland by 53 votes to 36.
		This was just after the IOC had adopted new election procedures during the 108th Extraordinary IOC Session in light of the corruption scandals surrounding the votes for the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics.
	www.crunner.com /articles/2006_Winter_Olympics (817 words)

	Winter Games 2006 Tickets Torino 2006 Tickets Winter Olympics Tickets
		To view the competition schedule with pricing for winter games tickets, you may select the sport links on the left side of the schedule for a the specific sporting events page.
		Ticketcity.com is the world's largest supplier of tickets to all major international events including the 2006 Winter Games and 2006 Torino Tickets.
		The Winter Games tickets will begin shipping in January, 2006; some tickets may only be available for pick up at our office in Torino, Italy if we are unable to ship them to you.
	www.ticketcity.com /wintergamestickets.asp (353 words)

	Bode Miller Bio \| Skiing \| Pictures \| Photos \| Girlfriend \| 2006 Winter Olympics \| US Ski Team (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		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 /site/p6369.htm (358 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 (1189 words)

	New Zealand's source for sport, rugby, cricket & league news on Stuff.co.nz: Win boosts skier's ranking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		New Zealand alpine skier Mickey Ross should have a world ranking for slalom well within the top 200 when the next FIS points seeding list is issued.
		With the results he heads the crop of New Zealand alpine skiing candidates for 2006 Winter Olympics selection.
		Under the discretionary criteria guidelines set by the New Zealand Olympic Committee in consultation with SRNZ, consideration will be given to select athletes ranked in the top 450 for the world in the technical events (slalom and giant slalom) and 350 in the world in the speed events.
	www.stuff.co.nz /stuff/0,2106,3387172a1823,00.html (574 words)

	ESPN.com - 2006 Winter Olympics Index
		Alpine Skiing Bobsled/Luge/Skeleton Cross Country/Biathlon Curling Figure Skating Freestyle Skiing Ice Hockey Ski Jumping/Nordic Combined Snowboarding Speedskating/Short Track
		ESPN.COM'S 2002 WINTER OLYMPICS: Look back at the best Winter Games performance by the United States.
		ESPN.COM'S 2000 SUMMER OLYMPICS: From the opening ceremonies to the final gold medal.
	sports.espn.go.com /oly/winter06/alpine/index (161 words)

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