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	Technorati Tag: skiing
		Clash of the champions February 18th, 2006 The reigning Olympic and world champions collide with Germany and Norway leading the field in the women's...
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		Maier not ready for retirement yet February 18th, 2006 Hermann Maier grabbed super-G silver at the Winter Olympics on Saturday almost five years after...
	technorati.com /tag/skiing (598 words)

	Cross Country Skiing
		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.
		Starting with the 1988 Winter Games in Calgary, the classical and freestyle (i.e., skating) techniques were designated for specific events.
		The Pursuit race was introduced in 1992 and revamped after the 1998 Nagano Games.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0758103.html (464 words)

	Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com
		The 2006 Winter Olympics are in Turino, Italy.
		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 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").
	www.enchantedlearning.com /olympics (1298 words)

	ORDA Signs Deal with Olympic Skier Demong
		Demong, who skied on the U.S. Nordic Combined team (ski jumping and cross country skiing) at the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics, is bidding for a berth on the 2006 Torino, Italy team.
		Heading into February's Winter Games in Italy, one of Demong's goals is to win a medal in the Nordic Combined team event.
		Previously, Demong was on gold and silver medal-winning units, respectively, in the team competitions of the 1999 and 2000 World Junior Championships.
	www.firsttracksonline.com /news/stories/113566315054320.shtm (515 words)

	THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT
		In the framework of the XX Olympic Winter Games, Torino 2006, an exhibition organised by the IOC’s Olympic philately, numismatic and memorabilia commission traces the evolution of the Winter Games up to 1948.
		Philately and the Olympic Winter Games until 1948
		on 19 February 1977, Gian SIMMEN (Switzerland - Skiing) was born.
	www.olympic.org /uk/index_uk.asp (111 words)

	CBC.CA - Torino 2006
		The 1994 Games did not suffer from the quick turnaround as the Lillehammer Olympics are considered among the most successful Winter Games in history.
		The inaugural Winter Olympics were a resounding success in the picturesque spa town of Chamonix, France.
		The Bosnian city of Sarajevo was virtually unknown on the global stage when the Winter Olympics landed in the Balkans for the first time.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/history (1189 words)

	Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas WFAA.com 2006 Olympics: Top Stories
		It's the Olympic version of "You say tomato, I say tomahto." The city in northern Italy that's hosting the Winter Olympics next month is "Torino" to the locals and NBC.
		The Winter Olympics finally will be fully gnarly for snowboarding.
		Olympic rings light up the stadium Friday during the opening ceremony for the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
	www.wfaa.com /s/dws/spt/olympics/vitindex.html (5805 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		Visit the official website of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino.
		Curling was returned to the Olympic Winter programme this time with a tournament for both men and women.
		Tara Lipinski won the women’s figure skating title to become, at 15, the youngest champion in an individual event in the history of the Winter Olympics.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=2&OLGY=1998 (302 words)

	CBC.CA - Torino 2006
		The Russian team cruised to a gold medal Saturday in the women's cross-country 4x5-kilometre relay at the Torino Olympics.
		Winter Olympic sport with the most events: Cross-country skiing, 12
		Cross-country skiing is like drag racing on skis — if you go too slowly, you'll give up too much but if you go too fast, you'll die a horrid death.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/sports/crosscountry (452 words)

	MSN Encarta - Cold Gold: A Winter Olympics Quiz
		The mascots of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy, are
		This speed skater won gold medals at the 1988, 1992, and 1994 Winter Olympics.
		The Winter Olympics demand strength, precision, and an unusual ability to endure bone-chilling cold.
	encarta.msn.com /quiz_60/Cold_Gold_A_Winter_Olympics_Quiz.html (231 words)

	Gustavus Adolphus College Athletics News - Gustavus Nordic Skiing Team Visits Norway
		The Gustavus Adolphus men's and women's Nordic skiing teams will open their 2006 seasons by hitting the course at Soldier Hollow, Utah for the USSA U.S. Cross Country National Championships on Saturday, Jan. 7 and Sunday, Jan. 8.
		Soldier Hollow played host to the skiing competition during the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympic Games.
		On the day that the Gusties left the course, the Norwegian National Cross Country Ski team arrived, which afforded the Gustavus athletes an opportunity to meet some of their sport's premier world-class athletes.
	www.gustavus.edu /oncampus/athletics/news.cfm?view=home&id=5 (611 words)

	CBC.CA - Torino 2006
		The inaugural Winter Olympics were a resounding success in the picturesque spa town of Chamonix, France.
		The 1994 Games did not suffer from the quick turnaround as the Lillehammer Olympics are considered among the most successful Winter Games in history.
		The Sapporo Games were the first Winter Olympics held in Asia.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/history (1185 words)

	Cross Country Skiing
		Cross Country Skiing: Torino 2006NBCOlympics.com Includes updated cross country skiing news from the 2006 Winter Olympics, as well as TV schedule, and medal count.
		Cross Country Skiing: 2006 Winter OlympicsCBC Sports Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's cross country skiing coverage for the 2006 Olympic Games in Torino, Italy.
		Cross Country Skiing: 2006 Winter Olympics- CBC Sports
	www.skiing-area.com /cross-country-skiing_7.html (1117 words)

	Biathlon
		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.
		Winter Olympics: Biathlon - Preview of the Olympic event biathlon
		biathlon - biathlon, sport in which cross-country skiers race across hilly terrain, occasionally stopping to...
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0301006.html (258 words)

	No1 Events Specialise in 2006 Winter Olympic Games Alpine Skiing Tickets
		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.
		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)

	2006 Winter Olympics Biathlon, Events, News, Athletes, Teams, Pictures
		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.
		1960 saw its first official appearance as an Olympic event, at the Squaw Valley Winter Olympics, with the first biathlon competition for women featured at the Albertville games in 1992.
		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.
	www.chiff.com /olympics/olympics-biathlon.htm (372 words)

	Torino 2006 - Snowboarding-Teter takes gold but U.S. miss clean sweep Â»
		Every day, Stefania Belmondo tells the story of Torino 2006: passions and emotions of the great Olympic cross-country skiing champion
		Hannah Teter took gold in the women's Olympic snowboard halfpipe on Monday but Norwegian Kjersti Buaas prevented the United States claiming all three medals as expected.
		Buaas's surprise showing knocked 2002 champion Kelly Clark out of the medals after the U.S. riders, dominant throughout the day, had looked set for a clean sweep.
	www.torino2006.org /ENG/OlympicGames/home (176 words)

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		The main snowsports sites will be Sestriere (Alpine), Sauze d'Oulx (Freestyle) and Bardonecchia (Snowboarding) with Cross Country being held at Pragelat and Biathlon at Cesano San Sicario.
		Athletes and officials will be housed in 3 Olympic Villages: Torino, Bardonecchia and Sestriere and there will be seven main wintersports presented: Biathlon, Bobsleigh, Curling, Ice Hockey, Luge, Skating & Skiing.
		The Turin Olympic Winter Games take place from the 10th to 26th February 2006 and you could be there!
	winterolympics.ifyouski.com /olympics/home (224 words)

	CBC.CA - Torino 2006
		Speed skating, bobsleigh, cross-country skiing and luge events were slashed from the program due to unseasonably warm weather.
		Hard-luck American speed skater Dan Jansen proved that perseverance pays off, Italy’s Manuela Di Centa took home a whopping five medals in cross-country skiing and Canada enjoyed a respectable medal haul thanks in large part to the inclusion of freestyle skiing and short-track speed skating as official sports.
		The 1994 Games did not suffer from the quick turnaround as the Lillehammer Olympics are considered among the most successful Winter Games in history.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/history (1189 words)

	CBC.CA - Torino 2006
		Speed skating, bobsleigh, cross-country skiing and luge events were slashed from the program due to unseasonably warm weather.
		Hard-luck American speed skater Dan Jansen proved that perseverance pays off, Italy’s Manuela Di Centa took home a whopping five medals in cross-country skiing and Canada enjoyed a respectable medal haul thanks in large part to the inclusion of freestyle skiing and short-track speed skating as official sports.
		The inaugural Winter Olympics were a resounding success in the picturesque spa town of Chamonix, France.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/history (1185 words)

	CBC.CA - Torino 2006
		Speed skating, bobsleigh, cross-country skiing and luge events were slashed from the program due to unseasonably warm weather.
		Hard-luck American speed skater Dan Jansen proved that perseverance pays off, Italy’s Manuela Di Centa took home a whopping five medals in cross-country skiing and Canada enjoyed a respectable medal haul thanks in large part to the inclusion of freestyle skiing and short-track speed skating as official sports.
		The inaugural Winter Olympics were a resounding success in the picturesque spa town of Chamonix, France.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/history (1185 words)

	2006 Olympics Trivia Games
		There are fifteen displines in all at the Winter Games, most of them traditional like Alpine Skiing, Biathlon, Bobsled, Cross-country Skiing, Curling, Ice Hockey and Figure Skating, and some of them relatively new to the games, like the hyperactive and very exciting Snowboard and Freestyle Skiing competitions.
		As the host of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, Turin has arranged most events to take place within the city limits, while all the Alpine sports will occur just outside the city at various winter resorts.
		Who are the mascots for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games?
	www.chiff.com /a/winter-olympics-trivia.htm (353 words)

	NPR : 2002 Winter Olympics, A Special Report
		At recent Olympic trials for the biathlon -- an event that combines cross-country skiing and shooting -- several U.S. hopefuls were soldiers, training for the Olympics at a time of war.
		The Olympics in Salt Lake City will feature a contrast between the guardians of the Olympic tradition and the brash interlopers of relatively new sport of snowboarding.
		Some fans of the card game bridge want it to be included in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy.
	www.npr.org /programs/specials/olympics2002 (353 words)

	NPR : 2002 Winter Olympics, A Special Report
		At recent Olympic trials for the biathlon-- an event that combines cross-country skiing and shooting -- several U.S. hopefuls were soldiers, training for the Olympics at a time of war.
		Shorter, who won the gold in the 1972 Olympic marathon and silver in the 1976 games, talks about the drugs involved in doping, and says it has become much easier to detect their use.
		Some fans of the card game bridge want it to be included in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy.
	www.npr.org /programs/specials/olympics2002 (2380 words)

	CNNSI.com - 2002 Winter Olympics - Cross Country Skiing - SI's Ivan Maisel: Belmondo caps career with silver - Monday February 25, 2002 01:38 AM
		No one expects her to still be skiing when the Winter Olympics come to Turin in 2006.
		The winner of nine Olympic medals had her 10th, a gold medal in the 30-kilometer race, stripped for blood doping, the same reason that she was disqualified from the women's 20-kilometer relay last Thursday.
		She won with some 80 people from her village of Ponte Bernardo in attendance, which is really impressive when you consider there are only 160 people living in the entire village.
	www.cnnsi.com /olympics/2002/cross_country_skiing/news/2002/02/24/maisel_belmondo (711 words)

	NPR : 2002 Winter Olympics, A Special Report
		At recent Olympic trials for the biathlon-- an event that combines cross-country skiing and shooting -- several U.S. hopefuls were soldiers, training for the Olympics at a time of war.
		Some fans of the card game bridge want it to be included in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy.
		The Olympics in Salt Lake City will feature a contrast between the guardians of the Olympic tradition and the brash interlopers of relatively new sport of snowboarding.
	www.npr.org /programs/specials/olympics2002 (2380 words)

	NPR : 2002 Winter Olympics, A Special Report
		At recent Olympic trials for the biathlon-- an event that combines cross-country skiing and shooting -- several U.S. hopefuls were soldiers, training for the Olympics at a time of war.
		Some fans of the card game bridge want it to be included in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy.
		The 1932 speed skating gold medalist was killed in a car crash, just three weeks before his grandson is to compete in the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
	www.npr.org /programs/specials/olympics2002 (2380 words)

	NPR : 2002 Winter Olympics, A Special Report
		At recent Olympic trials for the biathlon -- an event that combines cross-country skiing and shooting -- several U.S. hopefuls were soldiers, training for the Olympics at a time of war.
		The 1932 speed skating gold medalist was killed in a car crash, just three weeks before his grandson is to compete in the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
		Some fans of the card game bridge want it to be included in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy.
	www.npr.org /programs/specials/olympics2002 (2380 words)

	NPR : 2002 Winter Olympics, A Special Report
		At recent Olympic trials for the biathlon-- an event that combines cross-country skiing and shooting -- several U.S. hopefuls were soldiers, training for the Olympics at a time of war.
		Some fans of the card game bridge want it to be included in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy.
		The Olympics in Salt Lake City will feature a contrast between the guardians of the Olympic tradition and the brash interlopers of relatively new sport of snowboarding.
	www.npr.org /programs/specials/olympics2002 (2380 words)

	Veras Communications, Inc.
		VCI also produced cross country skiing and biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and for his efforts, won his eleventh and twelfth national Sports Emmys.
		He will produce short track skating and bialthon at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino.
		At the in Athens, Greece, Veras was the coordinating producer for the most ambitious effort ever in sports HD at the Olympics, producing over 100 hours of programming.
	www.verastv.com (706 words)

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