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	History of Winter Olympics @ Sport.y2u.co.uk
		This decision caused the Swiss and Austrian skiers to boycott the Olympics.
		The 1940 Winter Olympics had originally been awarded to Japan, and were supposed to be held in Sapporo, but Japan had to give the Games back in 1938, because of the Japanese invasion of China in the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945).
		The men's ice hockey tournament was open to all players for the first time, making Canada and the United States favourites for the gold with their many NHL professionals.
	sport.y2u.co.uk /Oylimpics_Winter/Wo_02_Winter_Olympics_History.htm (4728 words)

	Ice hockey - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in Canada and the United States, is a team sport played on ice.
		Ice hockey is played on a hockey rink by six players per side, each of whom is on ice skates.
		Ice hockey is one of the fastest growing women's sports in the world, with the number of participants increasing 400 percent in the last 10 years.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/i/c/e/Ice_hockey.html (3118 words)

	KIAT.NET - Olympic Winter Games Ice Hockey
		The origins of ice hockey are unclear, but it's widely accepted that the British are responsible for bringing hockey to North America.
		From the 1980s, professional hockey players who had played in the National Hockey League (NHL) were declared eligible to compete in the Olympic ice hockey tournament.
		Women's ice hockey was approved as an Olympic sport in 1992, and debuted in Nagano in 1998.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/sports/winter/icehockey.html (726 words)

	Olympic highlights - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		When Communist bloc countries joined the Olympic movement in the post-World War II era, many of their players were on government payroll as military employees — hence, the USSR's "Red Army" hockey team — while other free-world nations made do with bona fide amateurs.
		However, the National Hockey League noticed the international appeal of the NBA's foray into Olympic basketball with the original "Dream Team" at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics and opted to allow NHL players to participate in the Winter Olympics, beginning with some of the lesser-profile players at the 1994 Lillehammer Games.
		Ice hockey actually debuted at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games, but at the inaugural Winter Olympics, Canada ripped through the competition by winning all five of its games.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,36,00.html (1298 words)

	Olympics
		The Winter Olympics, established in 1924, feature winter sports held in ice or snow and are also held every four years.
		Until 1994, the Winter and Summer Olympics were held in the same year, but in 1986 the International Olympic Committee, which organises the Olympics, decided to separate them, so as to spread costs for all involved parties.
		As with the Ancient Olympics, once the flame has been lit, it is kept burning throughout the celebration of the Olympics, and is extinguished at end of the closing ceremony of the Games.
	www.nalis.gov.tt /olympics/Olympics.htm (1089 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 (1328 words)

	Ice Hockey History - Rediff On The Net Free Personal Homepages
		Ice Hockey In The U.S. Although Canadian hockey teams traveled to the United States to play exhibition games in the late 1800s, the U.S. did not compete against teams from outside of North America until 1920.
		Most people are surprised to learn that women's ice hockey has a history that dates back to 1892, when the very first organized and recorded all-female ice hockey game was played in Ontario, Canada.
		On the East Coast, considered the hotbed of women's college hockey, more and more colleges and universities are looking to women's ice hockey as a solution to meeting Title IX requirements.
	members.rediff.com /mjagadish/icehis.htm (1709 words)

	Winter olympics games. Team Canada Olympic Teams. Olympiad
		The next winter olympics will be in Vancouver in 2010.
		Since many countries do not have easy access to snow and ice, there are usually fewer countries competing in the Winter Olympic Games than the Summer Olympic Games.
		Canadian snowboarder Ross Rebagliati was stripped of his gold medal in the winter Games held in Nagano, Japan in 1998 when he tested positive for marijuana.
	www.canadianolympicteams.ca /winterolympics.htm (400 words)

	winter olympics
		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 first Olympics after the war, the 1920 Games in Antwerp, again, featured figure skating, while ice hockey made its Olympic debut.
		Subsequently, St. Moritz, Switzerland was chosen by the IOC to host the 1940 Winter Olympics, but three months later the IOC withdrew St. Moritz from the Games, because of quarrels with the Swiss organisation team.
		During the opening ceremonies, Dr. Jacques Rogge, presiding over his first Olympics as IOC president, told the athletes of the host country that their nation was overcoming the "horrific tragedy" of that day and the IOC stands united with them in promoting the committee's ideals.
	hometown.aol.de /svizaczak/wo-47740.html (4518 words)

	ABC Sport Online - Winter Olympics 2006 - History
		Figure skating was included in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and, with ice hockey, at the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp.
		The Winter Olympics returned to the United States for the first time in 22 years after calls for the Games to be cancelled following the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States.
		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/2006/history.htm (4179 words)

	SportsKnowHow.com - History of Ice Hockey - Page 2 of 2
		Netting was first added to hockey goals in the early 1900s to stop the puck and show that the puck had actually passed between the goal posts.
		Today’s hockey players from the junior leagues to the NHL wear layers of protective padding from their shin guards to their helmets.
		The 1920 Olympics in Antwerp Belgium became the first to include and ice hockey competition.
	www.sportsknowhow.com /hockey/history/hockey-history-2.shtml (683 words)

	kiat.net: Winter Olympic Games Sapporo 1972
		Organizers of the Sapporo Winter Olympics turned a tidy profit for the Games, largely as a result of their take of the record $8.47 million for the broadcast rights.
		In return for the Olympic flame to the East, the Japanese invested a fortune in facilities and structures in Sapporo, a city with over 1,500,000 inhabitants, capital of the Hokkaido island.
		Canada pulled out of the ice hockey competition over a dispute over the amateur status of many of the hockey players.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/history/winter/w11sapporo.html (359 words)

	Ivy League Sports - Ivies in Athens 2004
		The 1972 Winter Olympics were the first to be held outside of Europe or the United States.
		The ice hockey competition was marred by a boycott from Canada, protesting the IOC's decision to allow Soviet ice hockey players to compete as amateurs.
		According to the Massachusetts Hockey Hall, the 1972 team was predicted to lose in the first round.
	www.iviesinathens.com /olympic/games.aspx?ID=211 (424 words)

	CBC.CA - Torino 2006
		Hockey Canada based its petition on the belief that state-sponsored Soviet athletes were de facto professionals, paid by the state to play hockey.
		Hockey Canada was outraged with the decision and continued to fight for the inclusion of NHL players at the Olympics.
		A pair of non-traditional winter sports countries also climbed to the top of the Winter Olympic podium for the first time, proving the Games’ growing global appeal.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/history/1972sapporo.shtml (1206 words)

	NHL
		The growth of collegiate hockey in the United States, however, led to a greater proportion of NHL players born in the United States.
		The Amateur Hockey Association of the United States (AHAUS), in conjunction with the U.S. Olympic Committee, chooses players for the Olympics; the AHAUS also chooses the national team for world championships, held annually.
		The decline of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association in international competition has been blamed on the fact that many of its men were turning professional while teenagers.
	members.tripod.com /Red_Warrior/Ice_Hockey/nhl.htm (825 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.
		Finally, the Canadian men's ice hockey team defeated the American team 5-2 to claim the gold medal and end a drought that lasted 50 years to the day.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/2/20/2002_winter_olympics.shtml (431 words)

	Ice hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At the 1972 Winter Olympics held in Sapporo, Japan, one Ice Hockey event was held: men's Ice Hockey.
		Games were held at the Makomanai Ice Arena and at the Tsukisamu Indoor Skating Rink.
		Winners (in bold) as well as the gold medalist at the previous Olympics (USSR) qualify for the Group A to play for 1st-6th places.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_1972_Winter_Olympics (202 words)

	The Summit in 1972: 20th Century Top Hockey Events in Canadian History
		In December 1999, 1972 Team Canada was honored at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto as the greatest team of the century.
		It was neither Stanley Cup finals, nor Olympics, nor one of the Canada or World Cups that came after the Summit in 1972.
		Thirty years past the 1972 Summit, the Series remains the most fascinating spectacle that gave so much to the Canadian, Russian and, no doubt, international hockey.
	www.chidlovski.com /personal/1972/story/ca20vek.htm (626 words)

	CBC.CA - Torino 2006
		Hockey Night in Canada's Kelly Hrudey dissects the Canadian men's squad bound for Turin.
		Olympic ice hockey has hosted its share of dynasties and upsets.
		Olympic rules put a premium on a player's hockey sense — the ability to act quickly and positively with the puck and the discipline to know what to do without it.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/sports/icehockey (657 words)

	1972 Olympics — Infoplease.com
		John Akii-Bua - John Akii-Bua Age: 47 winner of the gold medal in the 400m hurdles at the 1972 Olympics; set a...
		Olympic tragedy: 1972 Revisited: the shadow of terrorism still haunts the Olympics almost 30 years after Israeli athletes were massacred......
		The Olympics of Terror: at the 1972 Games, Palestinian militants took Israeli athletes hostage, bringing terrorism to the world stage.......
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0300768.html (481 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.
		The Olympic torch for the 2006 Winter Games in Turin was lit November 27, 2005 at the Temple of Hera in Ancient Olympia.
	www.chiff.com /a/winter-olympics-trivia.htm (483 words)

	PtwoT
		In 1962 the USSR began a movement to have South Africa banned from the Olympics because of their racial policies and was successful in having them banned from the Tokyo Olympics in 64.
		The Olympics and other major international sporting spectacles have revealed that in the current century sport cannot exist beyond the tawdry reality of politics and ideologies but are rather a major factor in a nation self image and world perception.
		While the Olympics pay lip service to an unattainable sporting ideal the reality is that over the century the games have been plagued with scandal after scandal, including bribes and kickbacks, cheating, partisanship and drug abuse.
	www.ucalgary.ca /applied_history/tutor/popculture/PtwoT.html (1960 words)

	2002 Winter Olympics - Winter Olympics History
		Salt Lake City is chosen as the USA candidate city to host the 1972 Olympic Winter Games, but in April the IOC chooses Sapporo, Japan as host for the 1972 Olympic Winter Games.
		Salt Lake City is named host city of the Olympic Winter Games of 2002 at the 104th IOC Session in Budapest, Hungary in the first ballot vote.
		From 1928, the Olympic Winter Games were held every four years in the same calendar year as the Olympic Games.
	www.utah.com /olympics/history.htm (941 words)

	The Winter Olympics — FactMonster.com
		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.
		The 11-day event, which included nordic skiing, speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey and bobsledding, was a huge success and was retroactively called the first Olympic Winter Games.
		The event ended the four-year Olympic cycle of staging both Winter and Summer Games in the same year and began a new schedule that calls for the two Games to alternate every two years.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0115111.html (619 words)

	LCS Hockey - Winter Olympics, Nagano - History
		Ice hockey has been a part of the winter olympics since 1920.
		Learn more about the history of this olympic event by studying the cumulative medal standings and past results.
		Even though this is the first year that NHL players are allowed to participate in the olympics, several active NHL players have olympic experience.
	www.lcshockey.com /extra/1998/olympics/history.asp (470 words)

	winter olympics
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		She is one of the world's top female athletes, pitcher for the U.S. Women's National Softball Team, and led her 2004 Olympic team to a gold medal with a 2-0 record for the Athens tournament. There is literally nothing Jennie can’t do on a softball field.
	www.speakers.com /hottopic.asp?id=2 (1755 words)

	cbs4boston.com - Finland Eliminates U.S. In Hockey Quarterfinals (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It was the Finns' first victory in these Olympics that was decided by fewer than two goals.
		Canada faced Russia in the most compelling rivalry in world hockey, with their 1972 Summit Series captivating the entire world.
		The last time the two played in the Olympics was 1992, with Russia taking the gold medal final 3-1.
	cbs4boston.com /olympics/olympics_story_053135543.html (1045 words)

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