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	MSN Encarta - Winter Olympics
		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.
		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.
		Nordic skiing is the term that covers cross-country skiing, ski jumping, and nordic combined (cross-country skiing and ski-jumping events combined).
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761572547/winter_olympics.html (1241 words)

	MSN Encarta - Olympic Games
		The Winter Olympics were next held in 1998, and the Summer Olympics next occurred in 2000.
		The program for the 1896 Games, including only summer events (the Winter Olympics were not established until 1924), included about 300 athletes from fewer than 15 countries competing in 43 events in nine different sports.
		Olympic Games (modern), international sports competition, held every four years at a different site, in which athletes from different nations compete against each other in a variety of sports.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761562380/Olympic_Games_(modern).html (1241 words)

	MSN Encarta - Winter Olympics
		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.
		From the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, the winter and summer games began to be alternated in even-numbered years.
		Winter Olympics, popular designation for the quadrennial Olympic Winter Games, the winter sports competitions forming a separate cycle of the Olympic Games.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761572547/winter_olympics.html (1248 words)

	MSN Encarta - Olympic Games
		The Winter Olympics were next held in 1998, and the Summer Olympics next occurred in 2000.
		There are two types of Olympics, the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics.
		Olympic rules about amateurism, however, have caused many controversies over the years.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761562380/Olympic_Games_(modern).html (1248 words)

	Alpine skiing blends art with speed - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		Alpine skiing blends art with speed - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		Alpine's inclusion in the 1936 Winter Olympics was not without controversy.
		Skiing is one of the long-standing Olympic events, with alpine skiing joining its nordic predecessor for the 1936 Games.
	webserver.desnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,30000123,00.html (1248 words)

	2002 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/2002_Winter_Olympics (520 words)

	Olympics 2002: Alpine Skiing
		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.
		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.
		Utah native Picabo Street, 30, is trying to return to the Olympics after suffering a third career-threatening injury in 1998.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/02olaskiing1.html (376 words)

	KIAT.NET - Olympic Winter Games Alpine Skiing
		Alpine skiing became part of 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.
		In 2002, for the first time at an Olympic Winter Games, the entire combined event is being held on a single day at the same venue.
		The first alpine skiing competition, a primitive downhill, was held in the 1850s in Oslo.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/sports/winter/alpineskiing.html (652 words)

	Winter History
		The 1964 Olympics came with mild weather and the deaths of luger Kazimierz Kay-Skyszpeski and downhill skier Ross Milne.
		The 1968 Olympics were held in Grenoble and for the first time since 1956 the Russians did not win the record amount of medals they had at past Olympics.
		In Albertville, France, the first Olympics since the reunification of Germany in 1990 and the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 resulted in a record 2,174 athletes from 65 countries as the winter games were staged in the French Alps for the third time.
	www.fccps.k12.va.us /gm/webs-2002/gr8-3/hillary/winterhistory.html (2060 words)

	CBC Sports Online
		Disabled skiing courses are comparable in length and design to those used at the Olympics and on the FIS World Cup circuit.
		Description: Paralympic alpine skiing events are similar to those contested at the Olympic Games.
		As in the Olympics, the technical events (giant slalom and slalom) have two heats, while the speed races (downhill and super-G) are a single run against the clock in which theathlete down the course in the fastest time wins.
	www.cbc.ca /sports/paralympics/alpine_skiing.html (1508 words)

	SPORT
		The 1992 Albertville Olympic Games were the last Winter Games to be staged in the same year as the Summer Games.
		The 1956 Winter Olympics, held in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, were most notable for the first appearance by a team from the USSR.
		The 1976 Winter Olympics were awarded to the U.S. city of Denver, but the people of the state of Colorado voted to prohibit public funds from being used to support the Games.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~ksargsya/sport/olymp/olzim.htm (2773 words)

	Winter Olympic Games
		The most recent Winter Games were the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
		Since 1994, the Winter Games are no longer held in the same year as the Games of the Olympiad (or Summer Olympics).
		The First Olympic Winter Games were inaugurated on January 25, 1924 in Chamonix, France, although at the time they were not yet called Olympic Winter Games.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/wi/Winter_Olympics.html (264 words)

	Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Events at the 2002 Winter Olympics (Salt Lake)
		The 2002 Winter Olympic Games Alpine skiing results
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alpine_skiing_at_the_2002_Winter_Olympics (274 words)

	1968 Olympics Winter
		- Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
		Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com - Winter Olympics: Turin, Italy, is the locale of the 2006 Winter Olympics.
		Olympics 1992- Albertville · Olympics 1968 - Grenoble · Kananaskis...
	www.top-olympics.info /1968-olympics-winter.html (595 words)

	KIAT.NET - Olympic Winter Games Alpine Skiing
		Alpine skiing became part of 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.
		In 2002, for the first time at an Olympic Winter Games, the entire combined event is being held on a single day at the same venue.
		The first alpine skiing competition, a primitive downhill, was held in the 1850s in Oslo.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/sports/winter/alpineskiing.html (652 words)

	Alpine skiing blends art with speed - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		Alpine's inclusion in the 1936 Winter Olympics was not without controversy.
		Skiing is one of the long-standing Olympic events, with alpine skiing joining its nordic predecessor for the 1936 Games.
		In 1988, the Olympics changed from a three-discipline format to four with the introduction of the super G, or super giant slalom.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,30000123,00.html (1800 words)

	1998 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The XVIII Olympic Winter Games 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.
		Azerbaijan, Kenya, the Republic of Macedonia, Uruguay, and Venezuela made their first appearance at these Olympic Winter Games.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1998_Winter_Olympics (297 words)

	Canada at the Winter Olympics
		The first competition for ski jumping was held in Trysil, Norway, in 1862 and it was introduced to the Olympics in 1924 (long hill) and 1964 (short hill).
		The first downhill skiing race was held in Kitzbühel, Austria, in 1905 and the sport made its Olympic debut at the Olympics in 1948.
		The first time that a winter sport was included in the Olympic games was during the 1900 summer Olympics.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?Params=A1ARTFET_E8 (5612 words)

	HickokSports.com - History - The Winter Olympics
		Alpine skiing was on the program for the first time in 1936, with the combined event for both men and women.
		Denied in its bid for the 1960 Winter Olympics, Innsbruck hosted the 1964 games.
		Alpine skiing became a major Olympic sport at St. Moritz and Gretchen Fraser of the U. was the surprise winner of the first Gold Medal for the women's slalom event.
	www.hickoksports.com /history/winterol.shtml (5612 words)

	Winter Olympic Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Winter Olympic Games, Winter Olympics for short but more correctly The Olympic Winter Games, are the cold-weather counterpart to the Summer Olympic Games.
		Alpine skiing made its Olympic debut in Germany, but skiing teachers were barred from entering, as they were considered to be professionals.
		Olympic Flame was lit in the fireplace of the home of skiing pioneer
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Winter_Olympic_Games (5612 words)

	KIAT.NET - Olympic Winter Games Alpine Skiing
		Alpine skiing became part of 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.
		In 2002, for the first time at an Olympic Winter Games, the entire combined event is being held on a single day at the same venue.
		The first alpine skiing competition, a primitive downhill, was held in the 1850s in Oslo.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/sports/winter/alpineskiing.html (5612 words)

	International Games News November 2002
		Athens 2004 Olympic Organizers have stated that some 60,000 volunteers will be needed to successfully host the 2004 Olympic Games, and are hoping for twice as many applicants in order to choose the most qualified.
		The National Sports Council and the Olympic Council of Malaysia, citing what they see as a declining standard in South East Asian games competition, have recommended that the monetary reward structure for Malaysian medallists at those games be reviewed.
		The 2003 Special Olympics World Games will be held in Dublin, June 20-29.
	www.internationalgames.net /november2002.html (5612 words)

	SHORT HISTORY OF SKIING
		Alpine skiing is the mainstay of winter recreation in the northern tier of American states and in the entire Appalachian chain down to the Carolinas, in the Canadian Laurentians, in the northwest’s Cascades, in the western Rockies and the far western Sierra Nevada.
		Alpine skiing goes far beyond any other winter sport in that it defines almost completely at least a hundred resort communities around the world and is a major factor in many more.
		In the meantime, citing the rising popularity of alpine skiing, Arnold Lunn, as editor of the influential journals of The Ski Club of Great Britain, was increasing the pressure on the FIS and the International Olympic Committee to sanction alpine events in their world meets and the Olympics.
	skiinghistory.org /history.html (8651 words)

	Sporting Life - Winter Olympics
		The 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano will be the second time the Games will have been held in Japan.
		Winter Sports had long had their own World Championships with speed skating first holding theirs in 1893, and the first figure skating World Championships taking place in 1896 - the same year as the first Olympics.
		The alpine and cross-country skiing courses were considered to be too difficult and bobsleigh was excluded as it was too expensive to build a run.
	www.sportinglife.com /winterolympics/history (2087 words)

	1960 — Squaw Valley, California - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		Penny Pitou, a 19-year-old alpine skier, collects silver medals in the women’s downhill and slalom events and is the top medalist for the U.S. South Africa competes for the first time, but its participation is short-lived.
		It marks the only time that bobsled is missing from the Winter Games.
		Skiing the anchor leg of the 40-kilometer relay, Hakulinen erases a 20-second deficit en route to the gold.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,11,00.html (521 words)

	Canada at the Winter Olympics
		The first competition for ski jumping was held in Trysil, Norway, in 1862 and it was introduced to the Olympics in 1924 (long hill) and 1964 (short hill).
		The sport was recognized in 1979 and made its Olympic debut in 1994 at Lillehammer.
		Since the winter Olympics began in 1924, Norway, Sweden, Soviet Union/Russia and Finland have won 63 of the 66 gold medals awarded in men’s cross-country skiing.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?ArticleId=FET_E8 (5612 words)

	Winter History
		The 1964 Olympics came with mild weather and the deaths of luger Kazimierz Kay-Skyszpeski and downhill skier Ross Milne.
		The 1936 Olympics were held in the neighboring village of Garmisch and Partenkirchen in Germany's Barvarian Alps.
		In Albertville, France, the first Olympics since the reunification of Germany in 1990 and the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 resulted in a record 2,174 athletes from 65 countries as the winter games were staged in the French Alps for the third time.
	www.fccps.k12.va.us /gm/webs-2002/gr8-3/hillary/winterhistory.html (2060 words)

	skiing. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Skiing enjoyed a tremendous boom in the United States as a recreational sport from the 1930s, spurred by the Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, N.Y. (1932 and 1988) and at Squaw Valley, Calif. (1960), and by the development of ski tows and lifts, which can place skiers at the summit of a run in minutes.
		Snowboarding became an Olympic sport in 1998; acrobatic competition on a halfpipe course and racing on parallel giant slalom courses comprise the current events.
		In 1924 the Fédération Internationale de Ski was founded, and skiing became part of the first Winter Olympics.
	www.bartleby.com /65/sk/skiing.html (585 words)

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