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	Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics included ten biathlon events.
		The event was the first medal event of the 2006 Olympics, held on 11 February.
		Anna Bogaliy-Titovets won at this track at the trial Olympics in 2005, when she finished in a time of 50:47.9 with one penalty minute.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Biathlon_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics (1831 words)

	Howstuffworks "How Biathlon Works"
		It's been an Olympic sport since 1960, and is regularly one of the most watched events for European sports fans.
		In this article, we'll learn about the rules and regulations of biathlon, find out what it takes to be a biathlete and learn how it came to be an internationally recognized sport.
		Biathlon's combination of fast skiing and marksmanship strikes some people as strange, but it's popular in many European countries.
	entertainment.howstuffworks.com /biathlon.htm (165 words)

	2006 Winter Olympics Biathlon, Events, News, Athletes, Teams, Pictures
		By the 18th century, border patrols in Northern Europe were competing in early biathlons, but it wasn't until the 20th century that the first Olympic biathlon was entered as a demonstration sport.
		One of the most challenging of winter sports, the biathlon combines the physical demands of cross-country skiing with the mental acuity of precision marksmanship.
		The true test of a biathlon athlete converges at the shooting range, as competitors are forced to stop, take a breath, aim, and hit their target.
	www.chiff.com /olympics/olympics-biathlon.htm (372 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 Olympic Games
		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.
		Since 1994, the Winter Games are no longer held in the same year as the Games of the Olympiad (or Summer Olympics).
		The most recent Winter Games were the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/wi/Winter_Olympics.html (264 words)

	Winter Olympic 2006, Turin Olympic, Olympic Games, Olympics - Igluski.com
		The main alpine events of the Olympics will take place in the World Cup resort of Sestriere, with all other Olympic events taking place in the surrounding resorts of Bardonecchia, Cesana, Pinerolo, Pragelato and Sauze dâOulx.
		The IX Paralympics winter games are also taking place in Turin, from 10th-19th March.
		Stay in one of the main Olympic venues in Italy or alternatively choose from a range of nearby resorts in France, including Montgenevre, Puy-St-Vincent, Risoul and Serre Chevalier.
	www.igluski.com /olympics_2006.cfm (355 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports > 2006 Winter Olympics -- Try a biathlon, see the world
		He is 28 now and he's been doing this for the better part of a decade, lugging skis and ski poles and winter gear and a $2,500 bolt-action.22-caliber rifle around the world in three suitcases.
		It is where the biathlon is contested at these Winter Olympics, where Hakkinen has come to win his medal.
		The first men's biathlon event at Cesana San Sicario was the 20-kilometer race, where each miss at a golf ball-size target in the shooting range fetches a one-minute penalty.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/olympics/20060219-9999-lz1x19biath.html (814 words)

	2006 winter olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The 2006 Winter Olympics are going to be held in Turino, Italy.
		The Winter Olympic Games, Winter Olympics for short but more correctly The Olympic Winter Games, are the cold...
		List of the competitions of the 2006 Winter Olympics which will be held in the villages of Alta Valle Susa.
	www.111-olympics.com /3/2006-winter-olympics.html (621 words)

	Olympics - Greis wins third biathlon gold of 2006 Games - sacbee.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Germany's Michael Greis finished the biathlon competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics the way he started it, with a gold medal.
		Bjoerndalen had won all four biathlon gold medals four years ago in Salt Lake City, but managed only two silvers and Saturday's bronze for his efforts this year.
		He entered the 2006 Games with five career Olympic gold medals and was considered a threat to fellow Norwegian Bjorn Daehlie's Winter Olympics record of eight gold medals -- set in cross country skiing.
	www.sacbee.com /24hour/olympics/story/3198032p-11912498c.html (452 words)

	2006 Winter Olympics - Blogs - International Herald Tribune (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Thankfully, the bus driver decides to turn it off, and as we head for the public bus to cover the final leg to the press center, the woman who could have been dead is standing curbside with her neck in a brace, a bandage on her left hand and a smoking cigarette in her right.
		Unfortunately their soon to be 12-hour round trip did not include an actual event, although it did include ample confusion as they waited on an official bus with no word of the blocked road for more than an hour before finally deciding to walk the 45 minutes downhill to Oulx.
		Anton Sikharulidze, part of the Russian pair whose controversial victory in 2002 led to the judging scandal and the new scoring system, could be found outside between groups: smoking a cigarette.
	blogs.iht.com /tribtalk/olympics (1411 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 (898 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)

	CBC.CA - Torino 2006
		Led by snow explorers with a white horse symbolizing victory, the Olympic closing ceremony began in grand style at Stadio Olimpico in Turin, Italy, Sunday.
		German luge veteran Georg Hackl was among the sporting legends to compete in their last Winter Games.
		But while some athletes exited the Olympic stage, others served notice that they'll be ones to watch four years from now in Vancouver.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics (264 words)

	No1 Events Specialise in 2006 Winter Olympic Games Alpine Skiing Tickets
		Biathlon is a Winter Olympic Sport which combines cross country skiing with precision target shooting.
		In a typical Winter race, a Biathlete is required to ski with his or her rifle over a set distance to a shooting range, where five shots at five knockdown targets 50 m down range are taken from prone position.
		No.1 Events are currently taking orders for Biathlon tickets for the 2006 Olympic Winter Games competition in Torino, Italy.
	www.no1events.co.uk /site/winterolympics/biathlon.htm (400 words)

	Olympics - 2006 Winter Olympics Preview: Biathlon - sacbee.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		At least one athlete from either Germany or Norway was involved in every biathlon medal ceremony at the Salt Lake City Games in 2002, and there is no reason to think that can't also be the case in Turin.
		She has more than half of Germany's 14 Olympic medals won in the women's division of biathlon.
		And while Jay Hakkinen's 13th place finish in the pursuit competition at Salt Lake City ranks as the team's best ever placement, the United States Olympic Committee is confident that its athletes have improved enough in the past four years to challenge for a medal in Turin.
	www.sacbee.com /24hour/olympics/story/3082919p-11782569c.html (541 words)

	Winter Olympics: Biathlon
		Norway, which has recently dominated the sport at the Olympic level, used the sport as a military tactic for defending the nation's borders.
		At the Torino Winter Games the biathlon will be contested in four events each for men and women.
		The extra bullets must be hand-loaded one at a time, and they must be used until all five targets have been hit or all the bullets have been shot.
	www.infoplease.com /spot/winter-olympics-biathlon.html (323 words)

	Olympics Tickets - 2006 Winter Olympics Tickets Torino Winter Games
		The Torino Winter games will be the most celebrated Olympics ® of our era.
		The term Olympics ® is a registered trademark of the USOC and is used at this site for descriptive purposes only.
		As a Winter Olympic event ticket broker we also buy tickets from the public.
	www.tickco.com /torino-2006 (235 words)

	ESPN.com - 2006 Winter Olympics Index
		The Winter Olympics came to an end Sunday in Torino.
		Michelle Kwan is out of the Olympics, bringing her quest for gold to a likely end.
		Top U.S. skeleton slider Zach Lund was suspended for one year and will not race in the Winter Olympics, the Court of Arbitration for Sport decided Friday.
	sports.espn.go.com /oly/winter06/index (186 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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.
	www.sportsmarts.net /directory/Sports/Events/Olympics/index.html (801 words)

	University of Maine at Fort Kent - Valley Vision (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The festival, which will draw the top biathletes in the United States, will serve as the qualifying event for the U.S. Team competing in the 2006 Biathlon World Cup and decide who will compete for the U.S. in biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy in February.
		The Maine Winter Sports Center modeled the Fort Kent facility after Lonesome Pine Trails and the Fort Kent Golf Course, as a community-based ski center, with a volunteer group responsible for the operations of the center.
		MWSC funded the infrastructure that has been used to host world class competitions, and for the facility, which is available for training of athletes and for the general public.
	www.umfk.maine.edu /valleyvision/release/default.cfm?recordID=05184 (584 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		During this weeks Executive Board (EB) meeting in Seoul, the EB heard reports on the Games of Torino 2006, from Gilbert Felli, Executive Director of the Olympic Games, and on Beijing 2008, from Hein Verbruggen, Chairman of the...
		The Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games Records and medals Roles and responsibilities during the Olympic Games The programme of the Olympic Winter Games...
		On 19 June 1999 in Seoul, Korea, the 109th IOC Session elected Turin, Italy as the Host City for the XX Olympic Winter Games in 2006 from a total of six Candidate Cities.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/torino/index_uk.asp (337 words)

	2006 Winter Olympics - Turin - Sports - New York Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The protesters managed to generate enough worry that Olympic organizers, for the third time in recent days, diverted the path of the torch relay to avoid them.
		Turin is transforming itself from a faded industrial powerhouse into a city capable of impressing the world as host to the 2006 Winter Olympics.
		Follow the Olympic flame as it makes its way to Turin, read athlete profiles, view slide shows of the Games's venues and check availability of event tickets.
	www.nytimes.com /pages/sports/olympics/index.html?partner=rssnyt (449 words)

	wnbc.com - Olympics
		With the XX Olympic Winter Games set to open Friday night in Torino, athletes in and around Italy's fourth-largest city continue familiarizing and fine-tuning.
		The Olympic Torch Relay starts in Rome in December and will criss-cross all the regions and provinces of Italy.
		If the Olympics are getting you in the mood to hit the slopes, check out the latest ski conditions from around the United States.
	www.wnbc.com /olympics2006 (217 words)

	NBCOlympics.com - Home
		In a Fellini-inspired circus atmosphere filled with clowns, acrobats and pyrotechnics, the world bid farewell to Torino and the "truly magnificent" 2006 Olympic Winter Games.
		Even though the Olympic games are over, the NBC Universal Store still has your favorite Torino merchandise.
		Any use reproduction, modification, distribution, display or performance of this material without NBC Universal's prior written consent is prohibited.
	www.nbcolympics.com (170 words)

	Biathlon
		biathlon - biathlon, sport in which cross-country skiers race across hilly terrain, occasionally stopping to...
		Winter Olympics: 2006 Medal Standings by Sport (Snow) - Medal standing results for the 2006 Winter Olympics events Alpine Skiing, Biathlon, Cross-Country Skiing, Freestyle Skiing, Nordic Combined, Ski Jumping, and Snowboard.
		Maine becomes U.S. biathlon hub ; The USBA announces it will move its headquarters to Portland as part of a sponsorship agreement.
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0301006.html (258 words)

	WINTER OLYMPICS 2006
		The end of the Torino 2006 Paralympic Winter Games was a grand finale, a hymn to life.
		The 2006 games mark the first time that wheelchair curling will be contested, as well as the first time that all of the games’ events will receive televised coverage, thanks to a new 24-hour broadband channel (at www.paralympicsport.tv – U.S. audiences only, registration required).
		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.
	olympics.usembassy.it (2039 words)

	2006 Winter Olympics, Torino
		With all of the strange events surrounding the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, the scandals and the many falls of Olympic metal hopefuls, there has been little attention put on athletes who went to the games and overcame obstacles and achieved a metal.
		As I was watching the opening Olympic ceremony, I noticed that our athletes had the name “ROOTS” on their clothing.
		Members of the fl leadership network Project 21 are criticizing cable sports commentator Bryant Gumbel for injecting race and politics into remarks about the Winter Olympics, which are currently being held in Torino, Italy.
	www.newsbull.com /forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=180544 (554 words)

	2006 Winter Olympics » SPOILER– Women’s biathlon 15 km individual (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This entry is filed under 2006 Winter Olympics, biathlon.
		The 2006 Turin Winter Olympics Blog is copyright 2005 Jill Manty
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	2006turinolympics.com /20060213-spoiler-womens-biathlon-15-km-individual (115 words)

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