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	MSN Encarta - Winter Olympics
		The Olympics organization is headed by a president, elected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) members for an initial period of eight years.
		Previously there had been winter events held, at random, at the Summer Games, most notably the figure skating and ice hockey competitions that were associated with the 1920 Summer Games at Antwerp, Belgium.
		Alpine skiing, for men and women, has been part of the Olympic programme since 1948: the events are the downhill, the slalom, the giant slalom (since 1952), the super giant slalom or super-G (since 1988), and the combined event (downhill and slalom), which has been staged intermittently since 1936.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761572547/winter_olympics.html (1241 words)

	Wikinfo \| Ice hockey
		Ice hockey, known simply as "hockey" in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice.
		Hockey is also played by colleges in the United States as a part of the NCAA culminated in the Frozen Four.
		The Canadian Hockey League or CHL is a major Canadian junior (under 21) league, and is the parent group of the Ontario Hockey League, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the Western Hockey League.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Ice_hockey (2856 words)

	Canada at the Winter Olympics
		Figure skating and ice hockey were both included in the summer Olympics held in Antwerp in 1920, though they were staged ten weeks before the regular events.
		After the Chamonix Olympics, the games were held in 1928 at St Moritz, Switzerland, where figure skating sensation Sonja Henie of Norway made her debut at age 15.
		In 1976 the Winter Olympics were awarded to Denver, Colorado, but in an unprecedented move the voters of Denver decided against the use of public funds.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?ArticleId=FET_E8 (1087 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)

	BBC SPORT \| Winter Olympics 2002 \| Ice Hockey
		Canada is slipping in the world ice hockey rankings, prompting calls for a rethink in the coaching of the country's young hopefuls.
		Switzerland are close to elimination from the Winter Olympics as the Ukraine cause a shock in the men's ice hockey competition.
		The Olympics is set for a North American showdown as Canada's women face the United States in the ice hockey final.
	news.bbc.co.uk /winterolympics2002/hi/english/ice_hockey/default.stm (659 words)

	MSN Encarta - Top 10 Winter Olympics Showdowns
		In the first Winter Olympic Games, American Charles Jewtraw was the only speed-skating medalist not from Norway or Finland.
		The British ice hockey team defeated the heavily favored Canadian squad for the gold medal in 1936--the only time in the first seven Winter Olympics that Canada did not emerge as champion.
		With Cold War tensions heating up over the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the unheralded U.S. hockey team upset the heavily favored Soviet squad in the semifinals, in a game that came to be known as the Miracle on Ice.
	encarta.msn.com /list_winterolympicshowdowns/Top_10_Winter_Olympics_Showdowns.html (662 words)

	Sporting Life - Winter Olympics
		Winter Sports had long had their own World Championships with speed skating first holding theirs in 1893, and the first figure skating World Championships taking place in 1896 - the same year as the first Olympics.
		The American ice hockey team - a group of inexperienced collage students - recorded a stunning gold medal win overcoming the professionals of the Soviet Union on the way to the final.
		The Americans had success on snow and ice but they were unable to retain their ice hockey gold - won in such stunning circumstances four years earlier, and failed to win a medal at all.
	www.sportinglife.com /winterolympics/history (2087 words)

	1980 Winter Olympics
		The Games of the XIII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1980 in Lake Placid, United States of America.
		An unfancied amateur United States ice hockey team win the gold medal, defeating Finland in the final.
		Their extraordinary upset victory over the heavy favourite Soviet team in the semifinal becomes known as the "Miracle On Ice" in the US press.
	www.teachtime.com /en/wikipedia/1/19/1980_winter_olympics.html (193 words)

	1976 — Innsbruck, Austria - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		With 1976 being the bicentennial year for the United States and the centennial year for the state of Colorado, Denver was a natural choice for the IOC to award the ’76 Winter Olympics.
		The Winter Olympics medal standings remain under Communist control for a second straight time as the Soviet Union and East Germany repeat as first- and second-place nations.
		The Russian ice hockey team returns nearly intact from its gold-medal performance in 1972 and subsequent standoff exhibition with NHL’s Team Canada soon thereafter.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,7,00.html (401 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)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/1988 Winter Olympics
		The XV Olympic Winter Games were held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
		For the first time in history the Winter Olympics were extended to 16 days, the speed skating events were held indoors on a covered rink, the alpine events took place on artificial snow, and warm Chinook winds not only threatened to cancel events, but sent a ski jumper flying into a camera tower.
		Ever mindful of the financial disaster of the 1976 Summer Olympics, Calgary was financially successful, erasing the spectre of a second Canadian games at a loss.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/1988_Winter_Olympics (493 words)

	Sled hockey founder still on ice - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		"I born for ice hockey and sledge hockey.
		By the the mid 1970s, sledge hockey was big enough to draw some international attention.
		Two Swedish teams played an exhibition match in 1976 at the first Olympic Winter Games for the Handicapped (later to be called Paralympics) in Ornskoldsvik, Sweden.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,70001916,00.html (352 words)

	A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey - Ca
		Cahill was first with the idea to introduce ice hockey to Sweden and his lobbying of his friend Ernest Viberg was the beginning of ice hockey in Sweden.
		First member of British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame, he held the record at that time of 359 consecutive league and cup appearances in the English National League.
		Because ice hockey teams play in shifts of players, the Captain isn't always on the ice - so there are also two Assistant Captains or Alternate Captains on each team (signified by an A on their jersey) so that, hopefully, there is always a Captain on the ice.
	www.azhockey.com /Ca.htm (6828 words)

	kiat.net: Winter Olympic Games Innsbruck 1976
		Two Olympic flames burned brightly at Innsbruck; one each was lit for the Austrian city's host roles in 1964 and 1976.
		Sixty thousand spectators were present at the opening ceremony of the XII Winter Games and 200 million people watched it live on television.
		Denver originally was the odds-on favorite to be host to the 1976 Games, but concerns about the financial cost of the Games, the possible environmental effect and concerns over a negative effect on the state's winter tourism prompted the local population to reject hosting the Games through a referendum.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/history/winter/w12innsbruck.html (433 words)

	Find Winter Olympics 1980 Ice Hockey Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The men's hockey gold medals are heading back to the game's birthplace for the first time in 50 years.
		The Olympic Center in Lake Placid is the site of the 1980 Miracle on Ice hockey game when the underdog U.S. hockey team upended the Soviet Union and ultimately won the Olympic gold medal.
		winter sports week with speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey and nordic skiing was planned, but the 1916 Olympics...
	www.abovethefold.net /nhl/6/winter-olympics-1980-ice-hockey.html (308 words)

	Union Leader
		One of the veterans of the vaunted United States women's hockey team, the former UNH star is appearing in her third Olympics.
		However, she is a veteran of the Russian national ice hockey team and had five points to help the Russians finish fifth at the '02 Games in Salt Lake City.
		Weatherston, a forward, beat out several Olympic veterans for a spot on the team and showed she was ready for the competition when she had a goal and two assists in an exhibition win over Sweden in November.
	www.unionleader.com /templates/sports/topical/olympics/olympics.aspx?channel=d0843513-45e9-4951-96f9-c667b7cf65f3 (2257 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		The 1976 Winter Olympics were awarded to the U.S. city of Denver, but the people of the state of Colorado voted to prohibit public funds from being used to support the Games.
		The ice hockey team from the USSR won its fourth straight gold medal.
		The cauldron of 1964 was lit by Christl Haas (Alpine skiing) and the 1976 flame was ignited by Josef Feistmantl (luge).
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=2&OLGY=1976 (325 words)

	Philatelic Catalog of Ice Hockey - Introduction
		Ice hockey was played in the 1920 Olympics and has been played in the Winter Olympics since they were started in 1924.
		In 1994 the Winter Olympics were brought out of synchronization with the Summer Olympics and there was only a two year gap between the XVI Winter Olympics in 1992 and the XVII Olympics in 1994.
		The Ice Hockey European Championships have been held in one form or another, on and off, since 1910.
	www.laimins.com /stamps/intro.html (1044 words)

	Cool Attractions - Olympic History
		As Salt Lake City prepares for the 19th Olympic Winter Games, constructing multi-million dollar venues, landing corporate sponsorships, and adjusting the city's infrastructure to accommodate the temporarily swollen population, all eyes are on the future.
		The Olympics have always reflected the political goings-on in the world, and for this reason, the 1964 games in Innsbruck, Austria were particularly noteworthy.
		The IOC awarded the 1976 Olympics to Denver, Colorado, but after two years of preparation and financial squabbling, the people of Colorado refused to fund the major event through public taxes.
	www.saltlakecity.coolattractions.com /history.html (862 words)

	1988 winter olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		CODA in support of Canadian Olympic Winter Games, and Athletes operates and maintains Canada Olympic Park as facilities for training, and for the general public.
		For the first time, the Winter Olympics were not held in the same year as the Games of...
		A photographic gallery of the XV Winter Olympics held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, in 1988.
	www.111-olympics.com /11/1988-winter-olympics.html (679 words)

	Australia - Winter Olympics
		Although the first official Winter Games were held at Chamonix in 1924, figure skating for men, women and pairs were held at the 1908 Summer Games, and Ice hockey was played at the 1920 Summer Games.
		Colin Coates improved his performance from the previous Olympics to be placed 11th in the 1000m, 10th in the 5000m, 8th in the 1500m and 6th in the 10000m speed skating.
		To alternated Summer and Winter Olympic Games the Olympics will no longer be held in the same year, there will be two years between the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.
	www.markeaton.net /olhistory.html (749 words)

	Ice Hockey
		The World Hockey Association (WHA) was a rival hockey league in existence from 1973 to 1979.
		Ice Hockey - On September 23, 1992, Manon Rheaume started as goalie for the Tampa Bay Lightning in a National...
		Ice Hockey - MEN 1920 Canada 1924 Canada 1928 Canada 1932 Canada 1936 Great Britain 1948 Canada 1952 Canada 1956...
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0771579.html (590 words)

	Olympics - U.S. wins first ice dance medal since 1976 - sacbee.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Since it was added in 1976, a Russian or Soviet couple has won all but two of the golds in the event.
		Fresh from the Turin winter games, where she came back from a fall to take second place in figure skating, Cohen has taken a spin into the Hollywood arena.
		Turin bid farewell to its Olympics and handed over custody of the Winter Games to Vancouver in a spectacular, circus-like closing ceremony Sunday night, with a legion of clowns, acrobats and daredevils echoing both the misadventures and magnificence of the past two weeks.
	www.sacbee.com /24hour/olympics/story/3182807p-11895804c.html (1629 words)

	2002 Winter Olympics - Winter Olympics History
		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.
		The first Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix, France were held in conjunction with the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris.
		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)

	A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey - Na
		He played ice hockey from the age of ten and during high school was a member of a club team called University Sports.
		In 1910 the Canadian Hockey Association was amalgamated within the National Hockey Association.
		The National Hockey Association of Canada Limited (NHA) suspended operations in 1917 and was superseded by the National Hockey League.
	www.azhockey.com /Na.htm (1868 words)

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