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	Figure Skating - Torino 2006 Winter Olympic Games
		Figure Skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics will be held in the town of Torino, from February 11 to February 24 at the newly built Palavela, inside the Lingotto Olympic District.
		Figure skating is a very popular part of the Winter Olympic Games, in which the elegance of both the competitors and their movements attract many spectators.
		Compulsory figures, a very rare discipline, in which skaters use their blades to draw circles, figure 8s, and similar shapes in ice, and are judged on the accuracy and clarity of the figures and the cleanness and exact placement of the various turns on the circles.
	www.italyworldclub.com /piemonte/turin_2006/sport_figure-skating.htm (956 words)

	Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A controversial decision which extended the Russian dominance of pairs skating at the Olympics.
		On February 15 the ISU and IOC, in a joint press conference, announced that it would award a second gold medal to Salé and Pelletier, and that Marie-Reine Le Gougne, the French judge implicated in collusion, was guilty of "misconduct" and was suspended effective immediately.
		It was the first gold in Olympic figure skating for France since 1932.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Figure_skating_at_the_2002_Winter_Olympics (433 words)

	2006 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This will be the second time that Italy has hosted the Olympic Winter Games, as it hosted the VII Olympic Winter Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956, and the third time overall that Italy will have hosted an Olympic Games, as it also hosted the Games of the XVII Olympiad in Rome in 1960.
		The mascots of Torino 2006 are Neve, a female snowball, and Gliz, a male ice cube.
		This was just after the IOC had adopted new election procedures during the 108th Extraordinary IOC Session in light of the corruption scandals surrounding the votes for the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2006_Winter_Olympics (807 words)

	Benjamin Agosto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Though they earned silver medals for the United States at the 2005 World Figure Skating Championships, until recently the pair was ineligible to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics as Belbin was not yet an American citizen.
		Bush signed December 30, 2005, Belbin was made a U.S. Citizen, effectively making her able to compete for the United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
		Figure skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Benjamin_Agosto (202 words)

	Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is likely to contain information of a speculative nature and the content may change dramatically as the event approaches and more information becomes available.
		The Figure Skating results at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
		This page was last modified 22:08, 25 January 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Figure_skating_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics (103 words)

	2006 Winter Olympics - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The XX Olympic Winter Games will be held in Turin, Italy from February 10 to 26 in 2006.
		This will be the second time that Italy will host the Olympic Winter Games, as it hosted the VII Olympic Winter Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956, and the third time overall that Italy will host an Olympic Games, as it also staged the Games of the XVII Olympiad in Rome in 1960.
		The candidacies of Helsinki, Finland; Poprad-Tatry, Slovakia; Zakopane, Poland; and Klagenfurt, Austria were dropped by the Selection College after all six candidate cities made their candidate presentations to the full session [1].
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/2006_Winter_Olympics (403 words)

	Encyclopedia: 2006 Winter Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Olympic Oath is taken by an athlete and a judge at the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games.
		Winter pentathlon, a variant to the modern pentathlon, was included as a demonstration event in 1948.
		See also: 1968 Winter Paralympics The X Olympic Winter Games were held in 1968 France and opened on Norway won the most medals, the first time a country other than the Soviet Union had done so since the Soviet Union first entered the Winter Games in 1956.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/2006_Winter_Olympics (853 words)

	Winter Olympic Games & Paralympics 2010 Turin, Italy. Information & news.
		It is expected that over 2500 athletes will take part in the 2006 games in Turin, participating in the various winter Olympic disciplines and competing for around 82 medals.
		Turin's organising committee is known as TOROC and has been busy promoting and encouraging the whole of Italy to get behind the forthcoming Winter Olympic Games to be held between 10th and 26th February 2006 in the northern town of Turin, high in the mountains in the Piemonte region.
		The mascots for the 2005 Turin Olympic Games are a snowball called Neve and an ice cube called Gliz and the emblem chosen for the Turin games is a modern depiction of the spirit of the Olympics.
	www.olympicgames-news.com /turin.html (401 words)

	Torino Winter Olympics Figure Skating Events, News, Athletes, Stars, Teams, Pictures
		Today, figure skating and ice dancing are two of the top draws at the Winter Olympic Games, with fans around the world avidly following their favorite stars...
		If she competes in 2006, this will be her third Olympic attempt at the elusive gold medal...
		In 2006, Weir took his third consecutive national figure skating title, automatically qualifying him for a birth a the 2006 Winter Olympics.
	www.chiff.com /olympics/olympics-figure-skating.htm (494 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Winter Olympics 2002 \| Skating \| Young talent takes flight
		Olympic gold medal-winning figure skater Robin Cousins gives his reaction to the ladies figure skating final in Salt Lake City.
		We were all expecting the favourite, Michelle Kwan of the United States, to have a good skate and win the title, but it looked like the pressure got to her a little bit.
		Overall, looking at all of the figure skating events, there was quite a discrepancy between the top 10 skaters and the rest of the field that I have not seen in the past.
	news.bbc.co.uk /winterolympics2002/hi/english/skating/newsid_1835000/1835586.stm (397 words)

	2006 Winter Olympics - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Freestyle, also known as skate skiing, involves the skier pushing one ski outward with the ski angled, so that the inner edge of the ski is driven against the snow, much like an ice skater.
		Skate skis tend to be shorter and stiffer than those used in classical technique, and poles longer.
		Yes, the figure skating community has had its problems, but I don’t think Michelle Kwan’s placement on the Olympic team is a sign of foul play.
	2006turinolympics.com (1813 words)

	Winter Olympics: Figure Skating
		The man credited with giving birth to the type of figure skating we see today is Jackson Haines, an American from New York.
		Figure skating was in the spotlight in the 2002 Olympics when it was discovered that vote-swapping had pushed the Russian pair into first place above the near-flawless Canadian performance.
		The French judge was sent packing and in an Olympic first, the gold was awarded to both the Canadians and the Russians.
	www.infoplease.com /spot/winter-olympics-figure-skating.html (529 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports > 2006 Winter Olympics
		Michelle Kwan must prove she is fit for the Turin Olympics on Friday, when a U.S. Figure Skating committee will monitor her practices in Los Angeles.
		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 final budget for next month's Winter Olympics was approved Monday, covering a $96.3 million shortfall that caused months of delays.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/olympics/index.html (1199 words)

	SI.com - 2006 Winter Olympics - Weir off to Turin with third straight U.S. title - Saturday January 14, 2006 7:00PM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Savoie had, by far, his best skate at nationals in five years, a fluid routine marked by seven solid triple jumps and intriguing, old-school footwork that could be traced back to the days of compulsory figures.
		Goebel won the 2002 Olympic bronze and was expected to be a dominant American.
		He skated pretty well at the 2005 nationals, but was 10th at last year's world championships, beginning another slump that ran through this event.
	si.cnn.com /2006/olympics/2006/01/14/weir.uschampionships.ap/index.html (915 words)

	Canadian figure skating team settled for 2006 Turin Winter Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		When the national sport governing body named the skaters it would nominate to the Canadian Olympic Committee for next month's 2006 Winter Games in Turin, it was as much about tomorrow as today.
		In two of the four disciplines, there are talented and experienced Canadian skaters with the potential to vie for as many as two Olympic medals.
		Skate Canada also can envision veteran ice dancers Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrick Lauzon of Longueuil, Que., taking their breakthrough season all the way to the podium.
	www.canada.com /vancouverisland/nanaimo/story.html?id=3eb68b42-0e16-4426-a3a3-0edfb6bfa6ed (495 words)

	The Sports Network - Olympics
		The short track is skated on a 111.12-meter oval, roughly the size of a hockey rink.
		Li was only the second Chinese man in history to win a Winter Olympic medal in an individual event, with the first being short-track skater An Yulong, who won the 500-meter bronze in 1998.
		She is Canada's only female Olympic short track skater that trains in Calgary, with the rest of the women's team training in Montreal, leaving her to train with all men.
	www.sportsnetwork.com /default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&page=olymp/news/BON3999927.htm (1600 words)

	The Winter Olympics
		The move toward a winter version of the Olympics began in 1908 when figure skating made an appearance at the Summer Games in London.
		Despite the objections of Modern Olympics' founder Baron Pierre de Coubertin and the resistance of the Scandinavian countries, which had staged their own Nordic championships every four or five years from 1901-26 in Sweden, the International Olympic Committee sanctioned an “International Winter Sports Week” at Chamonix, France, in 1924.
		Winter Sports: Gold rush in the hills; Sestriere's preparations for next year's Winter Olympics are well underway.Sarah Barrell checks up on progress in the Italian Alps and finds a world-class ski resort taking shape.(Features)
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0115111.html (759 words)

	SI.com - 2006 Winter Olympics - Kwan earns trip to Turin; Hughes out - Sunday January 15, 2006 1:15AM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Kwan said the U.S. Figure Skating doctor who examined her on Friday told her she'd be "100 percent" by the Olympics.
		Though she's skated sparingly over the last few years and was fourth at the world championships in March, she's been the face of figure skating for the last decade.
		At the 2002 Olympics, she was third after the short program but dropped to fourth overall.
	www.basketballdraft.com /2006/olympics/2006/01/15/kwan.turin.ap/index.html (1167 words)

	Winter Olympics Memorable Moments: Dorothy Hamill
		In every Olympics, there inevitably seems to be one athlete who becomes the "media darling" of the Games—that performer whose talent, looks, and personality wins the affection of the general public more than any other.
		Hamill, 19, was the U.S. champion from 1974 to 1976, but after finishing second to Dutch skater Dianne De Leeuw at the 1975 world championship, she wasn't considered the favorite to win the gold at the 1976 Winter Games.
		When she was told what had happened, she returned to the ice to the loudest cheers of the competition and skated her way to a silver medal.
	www.teachervision.fen.com /spot/02olhamill.html (382 words)

	Fiat News \| 3000-strong fleet for 2006 Winter Olympics
		In keeping with its role as an official sponsor of the 2006 Winter Olympics, Fiat is delivering some 3000 cars to the organisers of the Games, which are taking place in the companyâ€™s home town, Turin, next month.
		The Olympic fleet will be made up of 2000 Fiat Sedicis and other Group cars that meet the various operating requirements, including the new Grande Punto which goes on sale in the UK next month, the Fiat Croma, Panda 4x4, Fiat Idea, Alfa 159 and Alfa Crosswagon.
		Fiat is also an Institutional Sponsor of the Olympic Flame Relay, which started from Rome on 8 December, 2005, and will reach Turin on Friday, 10 February, the day of the inauguration of the XX Olympic Winter Games, having covered over 11,300 kilometres in little more than two months.
	www.easier.co.uk /view/News/Motoring/Fiat/article-36087.html (246 words)

	Portsmouth Herald Accent: 2006 Winter Olympics: Out guide to getting there
		Fans of the Olympic games may be surprised at how accessible airfare to Turin and tickets to the Olympics are.
		Bowers said the two hottest Olympic tickets right now, and every year of the Winter Olympics for that matter, are for the men’s gold medal hockey game (Feb. 26) and women’s figure skating.
		Bowers said going to Turin for the Olympics is beneficial for those who want to experience the history and culture of another country.
	www.seacoastonline.com /news/01152006/accent/83029.htm (855 words)

	Original Artwork: Tom McNeely: Winter Olympics - Couples Figure Skating (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Olympic figure skater is indeed master of a unique athletic form, the ability to gracefully dance and execute precisely planned movements on ice to the rhythm of music.
		Today, figure skating is generally judged 60 percent on prescribed classical form and 40 percent on free skating style.
		At the 1992 Olympics in Albertville, France, figure skaters from all around the world took to the ice with their hopes and hearts exposed.
	www.artworkoriginals.com /EB5TCVKN.htm (472 words)

	USATODAY.com - Kwan injury yields Olympic quandary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Michelle Kwan, queen of U.S. figure skating, became its biggest question mark Wednesday, announcing she's withdrawing from next week's national championships because of a groin injury and petitioning for a berth in the 2006 Winter Olympics.
		Michelle Kwan skated gingerly at the Marshall's Figure Skating Challenge in Boston in early December.
		In a U.S. Figure Skating news release, team physician Leisure Yu said, "At the current rate of improvement, I feel that she will be completely recovered by (Jan. 13).
	www.azcentral.com /php-bin/usatoutgoing.php?section=sports&url=sports%2Folympics%2Fwinter%2F2006-01-05-kwan-quandary_x.htm%3Fcsp%3D14 (824 words)

	TSN.ca - Figure Skating - Canada's Sports Leader
		Created after a judging scandal three years ago at the Salt Lake Winter Olympics, figure skating's new scoring format gets its biggest test when the European Championships open Tuesday.
		The event takes place at the renovated rink that will be the venue for figure skating in the 2006 Winter Olympics.
		Totmianina was injured in a horrifying fall at Skate America last October, lying unconscious on the ice and spending days in a hospital.
	tsn.ca /figure_skating/news_story.asp?ID=112460&hubName=figure_skating (466 words)

	Winter Olympics Memorable Moments: Sonja Henie
		Norwegian Sonja Henie won her first gold medal at the 1928 Olympics and at the next three Olympics no female figure skater could compete with her.
		She held that title for 70 years, until American figure skater Tara Lipinski, two months younger than Henie, won gold at the 1998 Nagano Games.
		No woman figure skater since has won three straight gold medals, and only one (Katarina Witt in 1984 and 1988) has ever successfully defended her title.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/02olhenie.html (300 words)

	Alexei Yagudin - Figure Skater Bio And Skating Videos - Smucker's Stars On Ice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He is the first man in the history of the sport to claim the triple crown of figure skating by winning the European, Grand Prix and World titles, all in one season and the only skater to win all of the major competitions in one season: Grand Prix, Europeans, Worlds and the Olympics.
		Alexei began skating at the age of four, encouraged by his mother, Zoya.
		This remarkable athlete captured the hearts and admiration of skating fans around the world at the 2001 World Figure Skating Championship in Vancouver.
	www.starsonice.com /cast/cast_detail.asp?CastID=14 (789 words)

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