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	Winter Olympics - Bobsleigh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		A four-man event was included in the very first Winter Olympics in 1924.
		Bobsleighs have runners, a main hull, a frame, and a front and rear axle.
		To be a bobsleigher you need a helmet, a bobsled, suit, and a number on the car.
	www2.lhric.org /pocantico/olympics/bobsleigh.htm (327 words)

	Bobsleigh
		Bobsleigh tracks are at least 1500 meters long and must have up to 15 curves.
		bobsleigh event made its debut in the first Winter Olympics, in 1924.
		Women began competing in the bobsleigh in 2002.
	www.socialstudiesforkids.com /articles/sports/bobsleigh.htm (141 words)

	Bobsleigh - Torino 2006 Winter Olympic Games
		Bobsleigh is a winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purpose-built iced tracks in a gravity-powered, steerable sled.
		Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics will be held in the town of Cesana Pariol (a suburb of Cesana Torinese), Italy from February 13 to February 24.
		As of 2005, bobsleigh is split into men's and women's events, women compete in two-crew and the men in both two- and four-crew competition.
	www.italyworldclub.com /piemonte/turin_2006/sport_bobsleigh.htm (448 words)

	Newsbulletin
		A Laboratory developed technology is at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, helping to ensure that bobsleigh runners meet specifications mandated by Olympic competition rules.
		Bobsleigh runners’ metallic composition must be homogenous throughout the runner according to Olympic specifications.
		The instrumentation technology adapted for use in the LIBS analyzer at the 2002 Olympics was developed at the Laboratory as part of the Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration program funded by the National Energy Technology Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, according to Cremers.
	www.lanl.gov /orgs/pa/newsbulletin/2002/022202/text2.shtml (792 words)

	KIAT.NET - Olympic Winter Games Bobsleigh
		In October 1999, women's bobsleigh was added to the Olympic Winter program and women will compete at Salt Lake City in 2002 in the two-woman event.
		The sport's governing body, the Federation Internationale de Bobsleigh et Tobagganing (FIBT), was founded in 1923.This competition has been part of the official program since the 1st Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix Mont Blanc in 1924.
		The 1948 Olympic champion was Nino Bibbia of Italy.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/sports/winter/bobsleigh.html (617 words)

	2002 Winter Olympics - Olympic Venues
		Each of the venues were within a 10 to 60 minute drive from the Olympic Village, which was located on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.
		The Ice Hockey Arena at Provo was approved by the IOC Executive Board in February 1998 as a secondary Ice Hockey Arena.
		Some Olympic runs are not open to the public, but the resort will be open to skiers throughout the winter.
	www.utah.com /olympics/venues (397 words)

	Athletes.com - Athletes Topic Of The Week - Are You Excited About The Winter Olympics?
		The Winter Olympics began in 1924 in France with approximately 200 athletes from 16 nations competing.
		During the 2002 Winter Olympics at Salt Lake City Italy won 4 gold, 4 silver and 5 bronze medals for a total of 13 medals.
		The Olympic constant coverage is unparalleled by any other sport and one can always be entertained by some sport they may have never seen before or one that they hardly have ever gotten to see for the last, oh three years and fifty weeks.
	www.athletes.com /fun/a_totw12.htm (2852 words)

	Utah 2002 Olympic Winter Games
		The Utah Olympic Park near Park City was the venue for ski jumping, Nordic combined and the sliding sports of bobsled, skeleton and luge.
		The Utah Olympic Oval is recognized for its record-breaking ice surface.
		At the Joe Quinney Winter Sports Center, the Alf Engen Ski Museum was built to preserve the rich history of skiing in the Intermountain region by providing a world-class facility, which highlights the many contributions made in ski area development, athletic competition, snow safety, ski innovation and ski teaching methods.
	www.utahtravelcenter.com /olympics (1484 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)

	Bobsleigh History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Although bobsleigh was one of the original sports at the first Winter Olympics in 1924, it wasn't until the late 1950's that Canadian bobsledders began competing internationally.
		At the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, Lori came within a fraction of a second of a bronze medal in the four-man to post the team's best result (4th) at the Games since Emery's victory more than 28 years earlier.
		The opening of the Canada Olympic Park track in Calgary in 1986 was an important milestone in the development of both national and international programs in women's bobsleigh.
	www.bobsleigh.ca /english/08bobsleigh/history.html (1309 words)

	Spotlight Sport - Bobsledding
		A part of the Winter Olympic games since their inception in 1924, bobsledding is a sport of exhilarating but dangerous speed.
		The Federation Internationale de Bobsleigh et Tobagganning (FIBT) was founded in 1923 to establish rules so that the sport could be included in the first Winter Olympics at Chamonix, France, in 1924.
		Bobsleigh and bobsledding are both correct names for the large sled made up of two sections linked together.
	www.edgate.com /wintergames/design/spotlight_sport/bbsled.htm (741 words)

	TTOC-TT.com - HISTORY of BOBSLEIGH
		In 1897, the world's first bobsleigh club was founded in St. Moritz, Switzerland, spurring the growth of the sport in winter resorts throughout Europe.
		The first racing sleds were made of wood but were soon replaced by steel sleds that came to be known as bobsleds, so named because of the way crews bobbed back and forth to increase their speed on the straightaways.
		Bobsleigh teams include a brakeman and a pilot in the two-man event, while two crewmen/pushers are added for the four-man race.
	www.ttoc.org /2002/historybs.html (899 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Winter Olympics 2002 \| Bobsleigh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Prince Albert of Monaco's hopes in his fifth consecutive Winter Olympics are dashed by a dramatic crash in the four-man bobsleigh.
		Great Britain's four-man bobsleigh team repeat their second run after a stone is thrown at driver Lee Johnston.
		Bobsleigh chief Bob Storey hits back at suggestions from the IOC that they rigged a drug hearing.
	news.bbc.co.uk /winterolympics2002/hi/english/bobsleigh/default.stm (416 words)

	kiat.net: SL\|02 Olympic Bobsleigh
		The Utah Olympic Park is a 156-hectare/386-acre complex in the Upper East Canyon Creek watershed that includes a regulation Olympic bobsleigh and luge track and five regulation jumps.
		As if bobsleigh and luge events aren't bone-rattling enough, officials have revived skeleton racing for the 2002 Games (skeleton events were held at St. Moritz in 1928 and 1948 as a tribute to the birthplace of "sliding").
		After a running start on spiked shoes, athletes race headfirst down the bobsleigh track at the Utah Olympic Park on a thin steel sled, steering by shifting their weight or lightly dragging a toe, their chins nearly scraping the icy surface.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/slc2002/bobsleigh.html (722 words)

	Canadian Women at the 2002 olympics in Salt lake City, Utah
		Women's bobsleigh makes its first appearance as an Olympic medal sport next winter at Salt Lake City and when it gets under the media microscope, it promises to rival figure skating as a glamour event for women.This is not a sport of whirling, skinny pixies in frills, such as Tara Lipinski.
		Because female bobsleigh is a strength sport, the athletes tend to be mature, confident, zaftig women.
		Women's two-man bobsleigh -- the sport resists the political correctness of terms such as two-person or brakeperson -- is a new event at the Olympics, though men's bobsleigh was one of the originals, dating back to 1924 at Chamonix, France.
	www.caaws.ca /olympics/2002/bobsleigh/dec_16.htm (1428 words)

	2002 Winter Olympics - Utah Olympic Park - Bobsleigh & Luge Track & Ski Jump Hill
		Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton were held at the Bobsleigh/Luge Area (Utah Olympic Park).
		Located within the 389-acre Utah Olympic Park, the 1335-m track features five start areas and is one of only a dozen refrigerated, certified tracks in the world.
		Construction of the Utah Olympic Park began in 1991 with the park and ski jump facilities opening in 1993.
	www.utah.com /olympics/venues/utah_olympic_park.htm (220 words)

	RTÉ.ie Sport - Irish Winter Olympic team announced
		There is still an outside chance of the Hoey sisters Siobhan and Aoife qualifying for the women's bobsleigh, after they missed out on qualification by just one place but they are relying on a fall-out from a crew ahead of them to get a place.
		The Irish athletes for Turin are all Olympic first-timers and will be managed by Clifton Wrottesley who missed out on a medal by a fraction of a second in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
		Over 2,500 athletes will be competing in 15 winter sports in eleven major centres in the city and the surrounding Piedmont alpine region from February 10th to 26th.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2006/0126/winterolympics.html (276 words)

	2006 Winter Olympics, Bobsled - Bobsleigh Events, News, Athletes, Teams, Pictures
		Bobsleighing (or bobsledding as it is known in the U.S.) began in Switzerland as a gentleman's pursuit among the rich at 19th century ski resorts - the most famous of them at St. Moritz where the first bobsled club was formed in 1897.
		At the Winter Olympics, a driver and brakeman make up the two-member bobsled team with two pushers joining in for the four-member team.
		Flowers was the first African-American to win a gold medal in the 2002 Salt Lake City Games when she teamed with Jill Bakken to win the two-person competition.
	www.chiff.com /olympics/olympics-bobsled.htm (470 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)

	2002 Winter Olympics
		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.gamesinathens.com /olympics/2/20/2002_winter_olympics.shtml (431 words)

	Olympics
		Olympic ring border, list of words related to bobsledding and luge to use in poem.
		When the Olympics are over, use the results from your chart to answer the questions.
		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.
	www.abcteach.com /directory/theme_units/sports/olympics (1215 words)

	The Winter Olympics
		Winter Olympics take place every four years, in a "cold" month, and usually in a "cold" country.
		The medals are awarded to the winners in an elaborate ceremony, during which the winners stand on a podium (which emphasizes who placed where) and the winner hears his or her national anthem.
		Some will compete in more than one Olympics; others will be proud to make it to one.
	www.socialstudiesforkids.com /articles/sports/thewinterolympics1.htm (199 words)

	Olympic Bobsledding \| 2002 \| Winter Olympics \| Salt Lake City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		This is the first Winter Olympics where women have competed in the bobsledding race.
		He's competing in his first Olympics and is one of the best all around athletes in the world.
		She won three Olympic medals in luge and three world titles before switching to bobsled in 2000.
	www.kidzworld.com /site/p1764.htm (280 words)

	Olympic Cauldron Park
		The spirit of Salt Lake 2002 lives on at Olympic Cauldron Park, a stunning new space set high on a city hillside.
		At the park's center stands the cauldron itself, a technological marvel of glass and steel that cradled the Olympic Flame from February 8 to 24, 2002.
		The jolt of Opening Ceremony; the whirring rush of athletes in action; the cries of celebration and the hush of winter in its finest coat: all of the Olympic delight becomes spine-tingling once again in an unforgettable, 180-degree cinematic experience.
	www.saltlake2002.com /main.html (357 words)

	Cool Attractions - Salt Lake City Winter Games 2002
		The International Olympic Committee awarded the 2002 Olympics to Salt Lake City on June 16th 1995 at Budapest, Hungary.
		Of special interest, an event from the annals of Winter Olympic History - the Skeleton will be reintroduced after several generations' absence.
		Obviously the proximity of mountains with outstanding conditions makes it perfect for a variety of winter sports activities, but the city's location - often referred to as the 'Crossroads of the West' - and infrastructure, is perfect for hosting an international event.
	www.saltlakecity.coolattractions.com /index.html (302 words)

	ClassBrain Holidays!
		In the first Winter Olympics there were only 16 nations that competed in the games.
		The Olympic Parade of Nations is a very important part of the opening ceremonies.
		There are 15 sports in the winter Olympics including skiing, a biathlon, bobsleigh, cross-country, curling, figure skating, freestyle skiing, ice hockey, luge, Nordic combined, short track, skeleton, ski jumping, snowboarding and speed skating.
	classbrain.com /cb_holidays/02february/olympics.htm (569 words)

	RTÉ.ie Sport - Winter Olympics: Days counting down for Irish Olympians
		The countdown is on for this year's Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City with just 25 days to go until the opening ceremony on February 8.
		Ireland will be well represented, with a bobsleigh team, two skiers and a competitor in the skeleton category all gunning for Olympic glory.
		Ireland's Chef de Mission or Team Leader for the games is Larry Treacy, one of the founders of the Irish Bobsleigh Association, who has already managed Ireland in the Bobsleigh event at previous winter games in Albertville and Nagano.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2002/0114/winterolympics.html (121 words)

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