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	ninemsn Encarta - Winter Olympics
		The Olympics organization is headed by a president, elected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) members for an initial period of eight years.
		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.
		Bobsleighing or tobogganing was instituted in 1924 (the four-man version); the two-man version was introduced in 1932.
	au.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761572547/Winter_Olympics.html (1248 words)

	Winter Olympic Games - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A winter sports week with speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey and nordic skiing was planned, but the 1916 Olympics were cancelled after the outbreak of World War I.
		The 1940 Winter Olympics had originally been awarded to Japan, and were supposed to be held in Sapporo, but the IOC voted to take back the Games from Japan because of their involvement in the war in China.
		Winter pentathlon, a variant to the modern pentathlon, was included as a demonstration event in 1948.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /winter_olympic_games.htm (5552 words)

	1972 Winter Olympics [Definition] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The XI Olympic Winter Games were held in 1972 in SapporoSapporo (札幌市; -shi) is the fifth-largest city in Japan and it is the capital of Hokkaido Prefecture.
		At six Winter Olympics USSR was on the first place by total number of gold medals won, at two Winter Olympics it was second by this count.
		USSR officially joined the Olympic Movement in 1951, when The Olympic Committee of the USSR was formed (April 21, 1951) and was recognized by the IOC on its 45th session (May 7, 1951).
	www.wikimirror.com /1972_Winter_Olympics (4550 words)

	Winter Olympics Article, WinterOlympics Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A winter sports week with speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey and nordic skiing was planned, but the 1916Olympics were cancelled after the outbreak of World War I.
		The 1940 Winter Olympics hadoriginally been awarded to Japan, and were supposed to be held in Sapporo, but the IOC voted to take back the Games from Japanbecause of their involvement in the war in China.
		Bobsleighing has been included since 1924, although it was not held in 1960.The four-man event has been held since 1924, the two-man event was added in 1932.
	www.anoca.org /games/won/winter_olympics.html (5081 words)

	info: 2010 WINTER OLYMPICS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Canadian Olympic Committee, as the host country, has pledged to obtain the most gold medal standings at the 2010 Winter Olympics, due to its failures to obtain a gold at both the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.
		Vancouver won the bidding process to host the Olympics by a vote of the International Olympic Committee on July 2, 2003 at the 115th IOC Session held in Prague, Czech Republic.
		As of 2004, the cost of the 2010 Winter Olympics is estimated to be in the range of C$1.4 billion.
	www.info-vatican-city.com /2010_Winter_Olympics (652 words)

	1994 Winter Olympics [Definition] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The XVII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1994 in Lillehammer, NorwayThe Kingdom of Norway is a Nordic country west on the Scandinavian Peninsula, bordering Russia, Finland and Sweden, with territorial waters bordering Danish and British waters.
		For the first time, the Winter Olympics were not held in the same year as the Games of the Olympiad.
		Jayne TorvillJayne Torvill was a British figure skater who won a gold medal in ice dancing at the 1984 Winter Olympics with her skating partner Christopher Dean.This was one of the most popular achievements in the history of British sport, watched by a British television audience of twenty four million people....
	www.wikimirror.com /1994_Winter_Olympics (3325 words)

	2002 Winter Olympics
		The XIX Olympic Winter Games were held in 2002 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
		Prior to these Olympic Winter Games, a number of I.O.C 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.
		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.
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/2/20/2002_winter_olympics.html (422 words)

	winter olympics magazine article learnenglish
		In Sapporo in 1972 the biggest controversy in the 48-year history of the Winter Games erupted just three days before the opening ceremonies were scheduled to get underway in northern Japan.
		In Calgary in 1988, a bobsleigh team from a tropical country captured the hearts and imaginations of spectators around the world.
		Olympic skating has had many heroes and heroines.
	www.learnenglish.org.uk /magazine/winter_olympics.html (1205 words)

	1998 Winter Olympics
		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.
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/1/19/1998_winter_olympics.html (224 words)

	ABC Sport - Winter Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		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)

	1972 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Over US$220,000 has been donated since the drive began on 19 August.
		The XI Olympic Winter Games were held in 1972 in Sapporo, Japan.
		(for the full table, see 1972 Winter Olympics medal count)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1972_Winter_Olympics (85 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Winter Olympics 2002 \| Bobsleigh \| Celebrity slide show
		But he is a winter sports fan and took time out from his main sport to experience the thrills of bobsleigh.
		Their first-ever entry in the bobsleigh ran into trouble when the bob overturned and they were dragged along the ice.
		The American runner won gold at the 1976 and the 1984 Olympics, and triumphed in a total of 122 consecutive races between 1977 and 1987.
	news.bbc.co.uk /winterolympics2002/hi/english/bobsleigh/newsid_1651000/1651867.stm (691 words)

	Winter Olympics Japan - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Olympics: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, is where the year 2002 Winter Olympics were held.
		Japan was planning to use the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano to showcase the...
		The 1998 Winter Olympics were held in Nagano, Japan, within the Chubu Sangaku...
	winter.fapx.com /index.php?k=winter-olympics-japan (980 words)

	Winter Olympics In Japan - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Curling was featured in the olympics as a demonstration sport in 1924, but was soon dropped and had...
		Japan was planning to use the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano to showcase the country's...
		The 1940 Winter Olympics had originally been awarded to Japan, and were supposed to be held in Sapporo, but Japan had...
	winter.fhyl.com /index.php?k=winter-olympics-in-japan (1075 words)

	1960 Winter Olympics
		The VIII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1960 in Squaw Valley, California, USA.
		This Winter Olympics introduced Disney artist John Hench's Olympic torch design, which all further torches would be based on.
		The Olympic flame was lit in the cottage of Sondre Norheim in Morgedal, Norway, and was brought to Los Angeles by plane from Oslo.
	www.askfactmaster.com /1960_Winter_Olympics (281 words)

	2006 winter olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The current revival of the Olympic games is due in a large measure to the efforts of Pierre, baron de Coubertin, of France.
		Since 1994 the winter games have been held in even-numbered years in which the summer games are not contested.
		The International Olympic Committee (IOC), which sets and enforces Olympic policy, has struggled with the licensing and commercialization of the games, the need to schedule events to accommodate American television networks (whose broadcasting fees help underwrite the games), and the monitoring of athletes who seek illegal competitive advantages, often through the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
	www.olympic-headquarters.net /2006-winter-olympics.htm (871 words)

	2002 Winter Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The 2002 Winter Olympic Games were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
		Prior to these Olympics, a number of I.O.C 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.
		A feature of this Olympics has been the emergence of the so-called "extreme" sports, such as snowboarding, moguls and aerials, which appeared in previous Olympics but have captured greater public attention this year.
	www.theezine.net /2/2002-winter-olympics.html (424 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)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		The motto of the bid is "The Sound of Winter Sports", reflecting the combination of the country's famous winter sports and musical history.
		Three Olympic Villages are proposed: one in Salzburg, one in Kitzbühel and one in the Amadé region.
		All snow venues and the bobsleigh, luge and skeleton track are already in place and no new permanent road infrastructure will be built for the Games.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/2010/salzburg_uk.asp (510 words)

	winter olympics in japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		All womens waterproof tall winter boots Movies snow pants womens womens gold medals won at japan winter olympics womens heavy duty winter boots womens gold medals won at japan winter olympics first...
		Produced an interactive exhibit for the state of Florida and the city of Clearwater for the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics in Japan entitled "Florida is a Palette of Colors".
		Meanwhile, the 1998 Winter Olympics in Japan offered further proof that women's sports are the greatest growth event of the millennium.
	www.olympicsevent.com /winterolympicsinjapan (1351 words)

	NZ Winter Olympic History
		Gibson managed New Zealand's first top twenty result but her 19th placing was because that was the number of competitors in the slalom.
		Also in the 1984 team were Bruce Grant and his sister Christine, Kate Rattray and Simon Wi Rutene, making the first of his four Winter Olympic appearances.
		Harris would represent her country in cycling at the Summer Olympics in Seoul later that year.
	www.olympic.org.nz /Article.aspx?ID=340 (997 words)

	First Winter Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Squaw Valley in 1960, marked many notable events and achievements: The 1960 Winter Olympics were the first Games held in the Western United States and the first to be televised.
		found Olympics a positive experience The good outweighed the bad at the Winter Olympics, John LeClair said at his first training session with the Philadelphia Flyers since returning from Nagano.
		Today in Salt Lake City residents, organizers, and officials are preparing for the first Winter Olympics of the new millenium.
	www.olympicsexperts.com /First-Winter-Olympics.html (988 words)

	1972 WINTER OLYMPICS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The elder Shea served in the 1964 Winter Olympics in Nordic combined and cross country and was the 1972 US Winter Olympic biathlon.
		Shea's father, Jack, won two speedskating gold medals at the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Olympics team for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
		Special Olympics to practice for fall competition (Laramie Boomerang) - Practice for the Fall Special Olympic Games has begun and, for athletes like Nathan Snyder, the games are their opportunity to showcase competitive fire and athletic ability..
	www.news-olympics.com /1972_Winter_Olympics (714 words)

	1924 Winter Olympics
		Originally called Semaine des Sports d'Hiver ("International Winter Sports Week") and held in association with the 1924 Summer Olympics, the sports competitions held in Chamonix between 25 January and 5 February 1924 were later designated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the '''Ist Olympic Winter Games.
		However, no such designation was made in 1924, nor by the IOC at any time, and many Olympic historians now consider them to be full medal events.
		Cross country skiing at the 1924 Winter Olympics
	brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/1/19/1924_winter_olympics.html (153 words)

	ipedia.com: 1984 Winter Olympics Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		See also: 1984 Winter Paralympics The Games of the XIV Winter Olympiad were held in 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.
		The Games of the XIV Winter Olympiad were held in 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.
		Skier Jure Franko won Yugoslavia's first Winter Olympics medal; a silver in the giant slalom.
	www.ipedia.com /1984_winter_olympics.html (212 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.
		Regardless of language, most NOC Web sites include a brief history of the Olympics, the latest news on their countries' Olympic sports events, and names of athletes who will be participating in the Games.
		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.
	www.freepint.com /issues/240102.htm (6628 words)

	winter olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Nagano Winter Olympics '98 for Nintendo 64 at GameSpot
		Winter Olympics for Kids "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.
		Vancouver unveils emblem for 2010 Winter Olympics By The Associated Press The 2010 Olympics emblem is named Ilanaaq, the Inuit word for friend.
	www.olympicsevent.com /winterolympics (1368 words)

	The Winter Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Official Olympic mascots date back to the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich with Waldi the dachshund, a popular Bavarian dog, as the first mascot.
		Beginning in 776 B.C., the Olympic Games were held in the valley of Olympia in Greece every four years for almost 1200 years.
		The Olympic festival was the most important and ancient of all other Greek festivals.
	www.millennium.scps.k12.fl.us /WinterOlympics.html (318 words)

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	2002 Winter Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It binds his days together in a kind of natural the common round, the daily task." And that is the reason why better than women.
		Men usually retain their ability longer, their quality, passing from strength to strength and preserving in old of this fact which made a young friend of mine say last winter, with are too old to dance." Even with the help of a permanent business or profession, however, as well as a vocation.
		Happy the companion invited to a walk this cheerful interest in flowers, and this ingenious skill in are alert, and his judgment is valued in public life and in private of man who would insist upon having such interests outside his at an age when many other men are dull and old and certain that.
	www.freearchive.info /20/2002-winter-olympics.html (747 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Winter Olympics 2002 \| Bobsleigh \| Celebrity slide show
		Britain's most successful Olympian created history by winning a fifth rowing gold medal at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
		Helicopter pilot Dudley Stokes and the Jamaican team made headlines around the world at the 1988 Calgary Games.
		Stokes called a halt to his bobsleigh run after finishing 21st at Nagano four years later.
	newsimg.bbc.co.uk /winterolympics2002/low/english/bobsleigh/newsid_1651000/1651867.stm (637 words)

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