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	Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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		This extremely close race in electronic timing led to the International Ski Federation having all cross-country competitions being timed to the 1/10th second.
		Events at the 1980 Winter Olympics (Lake Placid)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cross_country_skiing_at_the_1980_Winter_Olympics (164 words)

	Biathlon History and Description
		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.
		Skiing regiments were active in Scandinavia and Russia in the 1500's, and by the end of the 19th century, Germany, Austria and Switzerland also had soldiers on skiis.
		It was not until the 44th session of the International Olympic Committee in Rome in 1949 however that a proposal by Sweden to include a combination of cross-country skiing and shooting as an individual competition open to civilian competitors was accepted.
	www.biathlon.net /intro.html (735 words)

	Olympic highlights - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		FALLING INTO OLYMPIC OBSCURITY: During the last half of the 19th century and early in the 20th, nordic combined was considered the premier event at winter ski carnivals.
		However, specialization in sports resulted in the individual competitions - the jumping and the cross country skiing - first gaining equal status with the nordic combined and eventually passing it in popularity and prestige.
		His '28 gold was one of two he won that year - Grottumsbaten captured the gold in the 1,500-meter cross country race, having won the silver in the same event previously in 1924.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,47,00.html (637 words)

	SOAR Project 5th Grade
		The Olympics are a whole bunch of sports, which lots of different nations, and countries compete in, against each other.
		Skiing has seven different events, they are Freestyle (Aerials and Moguls) Aerials is when you do jumps and tricks, and moguls is when you race down a hill with bumps.
		The Winter Olympics were interesting considering all of the things that happen and go on in the Winter Olympics.
	www.selah.k12.wa.us /SOAR/Projects2001/EmilyH.html (858 words)

	KIAT.NET - Olympic Winter Games Cross-Country Skiing
		The athlete who crosses the finish line first is the winner.
		The athletes do not keep their skis within narrow tracks but instead push off with both legs in a motion that resembles skating.
		For the relay event, each team is composed of four skiers, each of whom skis one of the four 5km or 10km relay legs.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/sports/winter/cc.html (420 words)

	The NCAA News: News & Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Skiing is not the only NCAA championship with a dearth of events on Olympic venues.
		Bud Fisher, director of skiing at Williams College and coach of the 1980 Olympic Nordic team, said that the East-West rotation of hosts was not favorable for the 1980 Olympics, plus Lake Placid host St. Lawrence University did not enter a bid until late in the game.
		Ruff Patterson, cross country coach and director of skiing at Dartmouth College, who also has served as Olympic Nordic coach three times, said he thought that by the time of the championships, most of the man-made snow would be covered by natural snow and therefore would not be much of a factor.
	www.ncaa.org /news/2000/20000117/active/3702n05.html (1205 words)

	WOAI: San Antonio News - Cross-Country Skiing - Preview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Cross country has been featured at the Olympics since the very first Winter Games at Chamonix in 1924, though it wasn't included in the women's program until Oslo in 1952.
		Scandinavian countries have historically dominated cross country at the Olympics, and the sport's athletes have been especially prolific among medals winners.
		Canadian Becky Scott is one of the best cross country skiers in the world and has won her country's only Olympic medal ever in the sport, a gold in women's pursuit at the 2002 Games.
	www.woai.com /sports/summergames/story1.aspx?content_id=48A641CF-5E00-4DF7-BF50-BFEBF135F489 (523 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
		They feature outdoor winter sports held on ice or snow, such as skiing and skating[?].
		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.
		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)

	webXtra News: Winter Olympics 25th Anniversary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid were host to perhaps the greatest Olympic performance ever, in Eric Heiden’s winning of five gold medals in speed skating.
		Gene Deutscher carried the Olympic flame for 136 of the flame's 1,000-mile journey from Virginia to Lake Placid in the winter of 1980.
		The Olympic Regional Development Authority is marking the 25th anniversary of the Lake Placid Olympic Winter Games with special events and festivities through Feb. 27.
	www.pressrepublican.com /Archive/2005/webXtra/olympic_anniversary.htm (945 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - SPORTS
		Surfers and skateboarders became involved, and by 1980, snowboarding was a nationwide activity.
		The International Snowboarding Federation (ISF) was formed in 1990 and on request of the International Ski Federation (FIS) National Ski Associations, many of which organised ski and snowboard competitions, the FIS introduced Snowboarding as a FIS discipline in 1994.
		Both halfpipe and giant slalom events were staged at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games, where the sport of snowboarding made its debut.
	www.olympic.org /uk/sports/programme/disciplines_uk.asp?DiscCode=SB (432 words)

	Skiing in Japan
		Chosen to host several of the 1998 Winter Olympic events it will be able to absorb Olympians, their entourage and spectators while still allowing local skiers to enjoy the snow without interference.
		There is some excellent powder skiing through the forest inhabited by a family of raccoons, a small cross country course and even a slope for snowboarders.
		Ski groups are common in Japan and well catered for with rooms often able to accommodate six to eight people.
	www.anatol.org /projects/rachel/skiing.html (2695 words)

	1998 Olympic Nordic Skiing and Ski Jumping (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Norges are stacked to the gills with potential medalists including Thomas Alsgard — the surprise winner of the '94 Winter Olympics' freestyle 30km race.
		The USA Women's team is led by Alaska's Nina Kemppel, who will be skiing in her third Olympics, along with likely Olympic Team candidates Vermonter Kerrin Petty — who lives most of the year in Sweden, and perhaps Laura Wilson.
		When the Winter Olympics open from February 7-22 in Nagano, it will be a grand spectacle, great racing, and a dream come true for the organizers who have worked hard to prepare a hearty welcome.
	classic.mountainzone.com /olympics/nagano/nordic.html (1460 words)

	Cross-Country Skiing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Most ski areas offer a beginner's plan consisting of a group lesson plus a day's equipment rental, and such a "package deal" is by far the best way to start out in ski touring.
		The "kicker" zone of a waxable ski's base (the foot-and-a-half to three-foot area beneath the boot where the camber is greatest) is coated with a waxy substance.
		such as strips of mohair, "fish-scale" or diamond-shaped projections embossed on the ski's sole, steplike indentations, or—and this is a relatively new development—segments of mica embedded in the plastic skiing surface.
	www.motherearthnews.com /library/1980_January_February/Cross_Country_Skiing (1982 words)

	Cross Country Skiing
		Cross-Country Skiing - There are two techniques in cross-country: classical (diagonal stride) and freestyle (skating...
		Cross Country Skiing - There are two techniques in cross country: classical (parallel skis) and freestyle (skating style).
		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.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0758103.html (464 words)

	Adventure Club - Lake Placid, NY - Hiking, Canoeing, Skiing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It is best known for the 1980 winter Olympics though it was also the host of the 1932 Olympic winter games.
		Most of the ski tours are ski-able on 6-9 inches of settled snow.
		Winter Carnival: Each year thousands of Adirondack residents and visitors attend the winter festival that includes a 50-foot palace made entirely of ice blocks, sporting events like volley ball in the snow or softball played on snowshoes, professional theater and amateur variety shows, and a gala fireworks display.
	www.usac.com /trips/LakePlacid.html (1320 words)

	Central New York Ski Guide (ski00) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Cross country skiing, snowshoe and snowboarding rental, and snow tubing with lift.
		Skiing and snowshoeing on forest roads southwest of Otisco Lake.
		More than 10 miles of ski trails are available, and if you like to try bushwhacking, there's at least another 10 miles of available for that.
	newtimes.rway.com /2000/ski00/skidir.shtml (1775 words)

	Boycott the Olympics! By David Plotz
		The Winter Games broadcast—even more than the summer one—is a traffic jam of lachrymose up-close-and-personal profiles: the Norwegian cross-country skier whose mother just died of cancer, the Italian bobsledder who survived a scary gondola accident, the courageous Finnish biathlete who struggles every day with the trauma of a vestigial third nipple.
		Winter sports enthusiasts were outraged at the boycott suggestion, and were anxious to point out how wonderful their events and athletes are.
		As Michael put it, "who could forget the Japanese sumo wrestling team doing pirouettes on the ice at Nagano?" Meanwhile, Salt Lake City defenders are not doing a great job: Deb T had a strange experience there, and the attempts by locals to argue with her didn't exactly make the area sound welcoming.
	www.slate.com /id/2059734 (1567 words)

	NBCOlympics.com - Athletes - Ted Ligety (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Even though the Olympic games are over, the NBC Universal Store still has your favorite Torino merchandise.
		He was a forerunner for the men's slalom event, and he says it was a great experience to ski in front of huge crowds and feel like he was in the Olympics.
		Most of Ligety's success in Alpine skiing has come in slalom, but he says he doesn't like the label of "slalom specialist." The same was true of teammate Bode Miller in his younger years, but Miller eventually branched out into the speed disciplines.
	www.nbcolympics.com /athletes/5057024/detail.html (533 words)

	Augusta Georgia: features@ugusta: Lake Placid 12/27/98
		The facilities left from the two Winter Olympics, combined with the preserved wilderness, have turned the Lake Placid area into a backcountry playground an easy day's drive from New York City, Montreal or Boston.
		Winter vacationers can skate around the Olympic Speed Skating Oval, where Eric Heiden won a record five gold medals in the 1980 Winter Olympic Games.
		Skiing on Whiteface got more extreme last winter with the opening of ``The Slides'' to the most daring -- and most expert -- skiers.
	chronicle.augusta.com /stories/122798/fea_placid.shtml (985 words)

	The First Four Olympics (I.S.H.A.)
		As it happened, the foremost ski countries, the Scandinavian nations of Finland, Sweden and Norway, had their own ideas about the way in which international ski events ought to be contested, that is, in an atmosphere of purity and amateurism free from commercial taint.
		The Winter Olympics were on course, hosting a truly international quadrennial ski meet, attracting participants from the far corners of the ski world.
		A second American woman, Clarita Heath, had learned to ski only a year before the Olympics on a ski vacation with her mother at Kitzbühel, and was such a natural she became good enough to enter regional races in the Tyrol.
	www.skiinghistory.org /OlympicStory.html (9057 words)

	BBC News \| Cross Country Skiing \| Norwegian makes Winter Olympic history
		Bjorn Daehlie has become the first man ever to get six gold medals at the Winter Olympics by winning the 10-kilometer cross-country race.
		Skiing in steady rain at the Snow Harp course, Daehlie crossed the finish line in 27 minutes 24.5 seconds while Austria's Markus Gandler, eight seconds slower, won the silver.
		His nine Olympic medals equal the performance of Sweden's Sixten Jernberg, who won four gold, three silver and two bronze medals from 1956-64.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sport/winter_olympics_98/cross_country_skiing/55857.stm (417 words)

	Glenwood Springs Post Independent - Valley News
		A woman he was dating encouraged him to pursue skiing at the Olympics - something that was mentioned to him years before in Lake Placid.
		The 2006 Winter Olympics are scheduled for Feb. 10-26.
		As a one-man Ethiopian Winter Olympic team, Teklemariam said he will probably have the honor of carrying the Ethiopian flag at the opening and closing ceremonies.
	www.postindependent.com /article/20051228/VALLEYNEWS/112280019 (1402 words)

	Cross-Country Skiing - Ethiopian makes Winter Olympic history - Eurosport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Dreadlocked cross-country skier Robel Teklemariam became the first Ethiopian to take part in a Winter Olympics on Friday when he raced in the men's cross-country 15-km classical event.
		The taking part was all that mattered to him, however, and he was quick to quash comparisons between himself and all the African country's other great Olympians such as distance runner Haile Gebrselassie.
		He says his best result was finishing 41st in a downhill but on Friday almost endured the humiliation of falling in the first few strides before recovering something akin to poise to finish 96th of the 97 finishers.
	www.eurosport.com /crosscountryskiing/sport_sto835375.shtml (516 words)

	1980 Olympics
		Over 1,100 athletes from 37 countries participated in the 1980 Winter Games, but the only ones most people will ever remember are 21–year-old American speed skater Eric Heiden, who won five individual gold medals, and the U.S. hockey team—a bunch of college kids (average age 22) who beat the unbeatable Russians.
		No one before or since Heiden has won five individual gold medals in a single Olympic Games (three of swimmer Mark Spitz's seven gold medals were for relay races).
		Other links to the past included right wing Dave Christian, whose father Billy and uncle Roger were linemates on the 1960 team, and coach Herb Brooks, who had been the last player cut from the 1960 squad.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0300770.html#A0301117 (498 words)

	United States Olympic Committee - Lake Placid anniversary celebration
		The Olympic Regional Development Authority will mark the 25th anniversary of the Lake Placid Olympic Winter Games with a series of special events and festivities that began Friday.
		Lighting of the 1980 Olympic torch took place on the grounds of the Opening Ceremonies stadium, 5:30 p.m.
		Classic skiing on two 1980 courses at the Verizon Sports Complex; guided ski tours of the courses and the venue's racing history; guided torchlight skiing; musical entertainment; and snowshoe tours at the Verizon Sports Complex Cross Country Center.
	www.olympic-usa.org /117_30620.htm (398 words)

	kiat.net: Winter Olympic Games Lake Placid 1980
		As the Winter Games reconvened for the second time in Lake Placid, N.Y., relations between East and West were in a deep freeze, after the December 1979 invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviets.
		Spectators saw two of the greatest moments in both American sports history and Olympic Winter Games history..
		But even with all the varied success, it was the Soviet Union that topped the medals table once again with 22.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/history/winter/w13lakeplacid.html (336 words)

	It is very much a family affair - Boston.com
		As results from the past week at the Turin Winter Olympics have shown, cross-country skiing tends to be very much a family affair.
		She is the daughter of Anatoli Smigun, who competed for the Soviet Union at the 1976 Olympics in Innsbruck.
		And the Fredrikssons are not the only brothers in the Swedish ski team -- their teammates Mikael and Fredrik Oestberg have both competed in World Cup races this season.
	www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/skiing/articles/2006/02/19/it_is_very_much_a_family_affair?mode=PF (440 words)

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