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	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.
		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 (269 words)

	winter olympics magazine article learnenglish
		The Olympic Motto is 'Citius, Altius, Fortius', (or faster, higher, stronger), and when you hear the words "The Olympics", you may see mental pictures of tanned men and women athletes in brightly coloured sportswear, trying hard to live up to the motto, while keeping to the Olympic ideals of friendship, unity, fair play and peace.
		In the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, two Japanese ski jumpers, Masahiko Harada and Takanobu Okabe, won the gold and silver medals after both of them jumped 137 metres, the longest ski jumps ever seen at the games.
		Fans of the event still remember the 1988 Winter Games, where British figure skaters Jayne Torville and Christopher Dean (Britain) were given maximum points in the ice dancing event, for their artistic interpretation of Ravel's Bolero.
	www.learnenglish.org.uk /magazine/winter_olympics02.html (744 words)

	1998 Winter Olympics: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about 1998 Winter Olympics
		The Games of the XVIII Winter Olympiad were held in 1998 in Nagano, Japan.
		Bjørn Dæhlie[?], won three gold medals in Nordic skiing to become the first winter athlete to earn eight career gold medals and twelve total medals.
		Hermann Maier[?] survived a fall in the downhill and went on to gold in the super-g and giant slalom.
	www.encyclopedian.com /19/1998-Winter-Olympics.html (226 words)

	Australia - Winter Olympics
		Colin Coates improved his performance from the previous Olympics to be placed 11th in the 1000m, 10th in the 5000m, 8th in the 1500m and 6th in the 10000m speed skating.
		Australia had 24 competitors, the most successful individual in an event being Nick Cleaver who was placed 11th in the freestyle skiing moguls.
		Australia had 27 competitors, with five athletes being placed in the top ten of their event, and fifteen athletes being placed in the top twenty.
	www.markeaton.net /olhistory.html (749 words)

	ABC Sport - Winter Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Despite the objections of International Olympic Committee president Pierre de Coubertin, an International Sports Week was held at Chamonix in 1924 and was retroactively named the first Winter Olympics.
		Everyone had a great time in one of the best-organised and most popular Olympics ever which were held only two years after Albertville because in 1986 the IOC had voted to change the Olympic schedule so that the Summer and Winter Games could be held in different years.
		The abiding memory of the second Japanese Winter Olympics after Sapporo in 1972 was the spectacular "human-cannonball" fall sustained by Austrian giant Hermann Maier in the men's downhill.
	www.abc.net.au /winterolympics/features/history.htm (3570 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Winter Olympics 2002 \| Skating \| Australia's Winter Olympic hopes
		Australia's Olympic reputation is built around images of Cathy Freeman lighting the cauldron at the spectacular Sydney games 18 months ago.
		The snowfields of south-eastern Australia may be packed during the ski season but there is no stampede to pursue an alpine sporting career, which inevitably involves a move abroad or indoors.
		The Olympic Winter Institute of Australia was set up after the Nagano Winter Olympics in 1998.
	news.bbc.co.uk /winterolympics2002/hi/english/skating/newsid_1775000/1775325.stm (653 words)

	Encyclopedia: 1998 Winter Olympics
		The Olympic Oath is taken by an athlete and a judge at the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games.
		The Olympic Flame at the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics The Olympic Flame or Olympic Fire is a symbol of the Olympic Games.
		A key feature is the first Athletics events, the âkingâ of the Olympic and Paralympic Sports, whichÂ areÂ hosted in the fantastic Olympic Stadium.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1998_Winter_Olympics (555 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Winter Olympics 2002 \| Skating \| Australia salutes Bradbury (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Bradbury was way off the pace in last place but skated through the debris for Australia's first ever Winter Olympic gold.
		The paper said: "In the fabled tradition of the tortoise and the hare, Australia's Steven Bradbury went into the Winter Olympic speedskating final with a cunning plan of waiting for his rivals to falter.
		Australia Post announced it would be issuing a stamp in Bradbury's honour, while marketing experts expected him to cash in on his success.
	news.bbc.co.uk /winterolympics2002/hi/english/skating/newsid_1826000/1826962.stm (564 words)

	kiat.net: Winter Olympic Games Nagano 1998
		The East met West in February 1998 as Nagano, Japan played host to 72 nations - 10 of which competed for the first time in an Olympic Winter Games - and regions participating in the final Olympic Games of the 20th century.
		Local Olympic organizers expected the total at competitions alone to reach 1,270,000 when everything from Sunday is counted.
		''We hope that the observance of the Olympic Truce during the Nagano Olympic Winter Games has served the purpose of searching for peaceful and diplomatic solutions to the conflicts we are facing today,'' he said.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/history/winter/w18nagano.html (967 words)

	Australia Online - NETWORK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		A.N.Z.A.C.C. The 1998 Australian New Zealand American Chambers of Commerce annual conference was acclaimed by all present an outstanding success and promised a revivified effort on the part of ANZACC’s regional organizations to promote Australian and New Zealand trade and capital flows.
		Drew de C. Australia’s economy and currency are still getting bounced around by the Asian crisis that now has turned more into a global crisis but the outlook has brightened a little even as it has dimmed for many other countries.
		Australia’s largest company has beaten its own prospectus forecasts with a $3 billion annual profit and paid-out almost two-thirds of it in dividends to the 1.3 million investors who took shares in last November’s public float.
	australia-online.com /network.html (4581 words)

	History of the Modern Summer and Winter Olympics from Fanbay.net
		The Summer and Winter Olympics of 1932 were both held in the United States, in Los Angeles, CA and Lake Placid, NY, respectively.
		The Olympic facilities were as impressive as the cutting edge facilities that brought the Summer Olympics to a new level in Munich (1972).
		The Winter Olympics of 2002 were overshadowed by the terrorist attacks on the United States in 2001.
	www.fanbay.net /olympics/modern_history.htm (2739 words)

	1998 Winter Olympics : 1998 Winter Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		See also: 1998 Winter Paralympics[?] The Games of the XVIII Winter Olympiad were held in 1998 in Nagano, Japan.
		Besides, to find out what will not do, is itself unsuccessful may set something or other in motion that will think that it would have been better left unmade.
		A red rayless sun, which one might have imagined sullen and flowers, was looking through the frosty fog of the winter morning as poplars stood like goblin sentinels, with fl heads, upon which looked like a life out of which the love has vanished.
	www.termsdefined.net /19/1998-winter-olympic-games.html (468 words)

	Mountain Zone Olympic Cybercast of the 1998 Winter Olympics: Olympic Symbolism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		"The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle.
		The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well." These words, referred to as "The Olympic Creed," are commonly attributed to Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games.
		The Olympic symbol -- five interlocked rings -- represent the union of the five original major continents (Africa, America, Asia, Australia and Europe) and the meeting of the athletes from around the world at the Olympic Games.
	classic.mountainzone.com /Olympics/nagano/symbolism.html (191 words)

	Olympic Games
		Ancient Olympic Games originated in Greece and were held from 776 B.C. to A.D. The modern Olympic Games began in 1896 when organizers revived them to encourage world peace and friendship and to promote healthy sporting competition for the youth of the world.
		This is the official Olympics site, August 13-29, 2004, offering details on scheduled events from the opening ceremony to the closing of the winter games, biographies and interviews of athletes, the latest articles and lots, lots more.
		The mission of the Museum is to make visitors aware of the breadth and the importance of the Olympic Movement; to show them by means of images and symbols that Olympism is not merely a matter of sports competition but rather a philosophy of life.
	www.42explore2.com /olympics.htm (1126 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").
		At the end of an Olympics, the mayor of the host-city presents the flag to the mayor of the next host-city.
		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.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /olympics (1145 words)

	The paralympics Olympics in Syndney, Australia
		As far as size comparison for participation, the 2,000 Sydney Paralympics was about equal to the 1956 Melborne Olympics and twice the size of the 1988 Nagano Winter Olympics.
		Five time previously the Paralympics were in the same city in the same year as the Olympics: Rome in 1960; Tokyo in 1964; Seoul in 1988; Barcelona in 1992 and Atlanta in 1996.
		There is no agreement between the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee for the two events to automatically be in the same city, but the two organizations try to work it out that way for both events to be able to use the same facilities and venues.
	wiwi.essortment.com /paralympicsolym_rdvy.htm (659 words)

	International Games News November 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Australia is claiming a deficit of A$12.2 million ($6.9 million) due to a lack of big-money sponsors.
		The 191 gold medals in 1998 was at that time the second highest total ever for gold medals won by one country in a games that limited the number of entries per nation per event.
		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.
	www.internationalgames.net /november2002.html (4298 words)

	Some thoughts about the 1998 Winter Olympics
		But then there is the matter of the $1.4 billion in cars and cash given to the International Olympic Committee and NBC, another US television network, by General Motors, so that it could go on calling itself the official US auto company of the Olympic Games through 2008.
		It is safe to say that Australia would not have won its first medal in Alpine skiing had not Zali Steggall grown up in Morzine, France.
		The fast ice at Calgary’s Olympic Oval, built for the 1988 Games, is given credit for much of the success of the Canadian speed skaters; it has become an international Mecca for performers in the discipline.
	www.wsws.org /news/1998/feb1998/olymf28.shtml (1172 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Winter Olympics 2002 \| Skating \| Hughes stuns skating world
		The judges awarded her marks of 5.7's and 5.8's for technical merit and a 5.6 up to a 5.8 for presentation.
		Slutskaya, like Kwan in 1998, held back and it proved fatal as far as the gold medal was concerned.
		Slutskaya was hoping to be the first Russian to ever win the Olympic title.
	news.bbc.co.uk /winterolympics2002/hi/english/skating/newsid_1835000/1835286.stm (393 words)

	BBC - Gloucestershire Films - The Eagle Who Dared To Dream
		Eddie the Eagle, best known for his ski jump heroics in the 1988 Winter Olympics, may be coming to a cinema screen near you.
		His combination of courage and mediocrity won him a gold medal in the hearts of the crowd and the former plasterer with his trademark specs and broad grin was soon reaping the benefits of being a lovable loser.
		It is hoped the film will be in the same vein as Cool Runnings, a hit movie based on the Jamaican bobsled team who were determined to make it to the Olympics and convince the world that their attempt was genuine, and not a potential embarrassment.
	www.bbc.co.uk /gloucestershire/films/2003/07/eddie.shtml (531 words)

	1998 Olympics
		The 18th Winter Games included a record 2,177 athletes from 72 countries and marked the Olympics first trip to Asia in 26 years.
		The Czech Republic, which (as Czechoslovakia) had won seven Olympic hockey medals, but no golds, was a surprise winner, upsetting Russia 1-0 in the men's hockey final.
		Next is Nagano, Japan, for the 1998 Winter Olympics in 18 months.
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0878842.html (562 words)

	Olympics Merchandise
		Roots is an Official outfitter to the U.S Olympic Team, Canadian Olympic Team, Team Great Britain and the Barbados Olympic team for the 2004 Olympic Games.
		Gold in the Water: The Extraordinary Pursuit of Olympic Glory by P. Mullen Jr.
		Hour of the Olympics (Magic Tree House, #16) by Mary Pope Osborne - A time travel adventure to the first olympics (for kids age 4-8).
	www.gooshopping.com /goo/olympics.html (248 words)

	Winter Olympics - 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		I feel that since the olympics are over and that you have raced your last race that us fans won't be seeing very much of you.
		I hadn't really been into the olympics in past years but up until this year I watched the olympics almost every night especial when short track was on.
		I watched the Olympics and I was behind you 100% and was nervous the whole time watching you.
	cfapp.rockymountainnews.com /winterOlympics02/index.cfm?view=coloradoAthletes&athleteID=44 (19957 words)

	Channelnewsasia.com
		A record 84 countries and territories are taking part in the 2005 Special Olympics World Winter Games, ranging from hot nations such as Cuba and Honduras to large countries and winter sports giants.
		In the floor hockey, modeled after ice hockey and ringette, athletes try to score goals with felt-made pucks on a wooden floor rather than an icy one so players from non-snow countries are not at a disadvantage.
		Shriver, the Special Olympics chairman, is the nephew of Rosemary Kennedy, the mildly retarded younger sister of slain president John F. Kennedy, who was the inspiration for the games.
	www.channelnewsasia.com /stories/afp_sports/view/134597/1/.html (743 words)

	City Mayors: 2010 Winter Olympics
		The International Olympic Committee (IOC) was founded on 23 June 1894 by the French educator Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who was inspired to revive the Olympic Games of Greek antiquity.
		In February 1998, a group of local citizens formed the Olympic Bid Society, and approached Vancouver City Council for support of a Vancouver/Whistler bid for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
		In December 1998, the Vancouver bid was selected by the Canadian Olympic Association (now the Canadian Olympic Committee) to represent Canada in the international bidding competition to host the 2010 Games.
	www.citymayors.com /canada/vancouver_olympics.html (1590 words)

	Snowboarding Update from Nagano: 1998 Winter Olympics in The Mountain Zone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The first snowboarders to represent their sport on the Olympic stage were a group of powerful young athletes who came to Japan with one thing on their minds: winning.
		Today proved that anything can happen with your one Olympic run and the girl's field is even deeper than the men's.
		If today was any indication, the women's GS could spell Olympic dreams for the hungry.
	classic.mountainzone.com /Olympics/nagano/up2-8a.html (559 words)

	CSIRO Australia - Media Releases 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		9 November 98 - History of the rainforest told in song- The history of Australia's magnificent tropical rainforests is being deciphered from an utterly original medium - the music of the birds which have inhabited it for millennia.
		An alien invader of Australia has the potential to wreak havoc with our national sport, not to mention golf, football, horse racing, home gardens, city parks, as well as rice, surgarcane and tomato farms.
		26 January 98 - Greenhouse impact on Australia's forests- Australia's forests may benefit from a carbon dioxide-enriched atmosphere, but the gains may be offset or even outweighed by the impact of rising temperatures predicted to occur under Greenhouse, a new scientific study has found.
	www.csiro.au /news/mediarel/mr1998/mr98all.html (10389 words)

	Free Pint No.104 - Winter Olympics and Wireless Technology
		If you want to know the differences between the ancient Olympics and the modern ones, who Pierre de Coubertin was, the role of women in the Olympic Movement, or timelines for various events, this is the place to go.
		On a lighter note, there's NOCOG (Not the Organising Committee for the Olympic Games), also in Australia , which was upset that the torch for the Sydney Olympics bypassed Cook Shire, so ran its own alternative torch run.
		In Australia, the Federal (National) Health Minister recently indicated that practising according to the best available evidence could soon become mandatory, which has put health professionals under pressure to ensure that their access to information is timely and current.
	www.freepint.com /issues/240102.htm (6628 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- An Iraqi dream: Winter Olympics or bust
		The violence in war-torn Baghdad has motivated Faisal Faisal to try to become the first Iraqi athlete to compete in the Winter Olympics.
		After watching the 1998 Nagano Games on television, he left Baghdad to study business in Australia and attempted to qualify for the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City in either Alpine skiing or snowboarding.
		"The Iraqi Olympic Committee was not recognizing me and didn't want to get involved in winter sports," said Faisal, who has relied on his family for financial support.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20050112-1348-oly-iraqi-winterolympics.html (557 words)

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