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	1964 � Innsbruck, Austria - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		1964 � Innsbruck, Austria - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		Innsbruck�s mildest winter in 58 years results in warm rains and springlike temperatures both before and during the Winter Olympics.
		The Austrian army trucks in more than 25,000 tons of snow from higher elevations � 20,000 ice bricks from a mountaintop for the bobsled and luge runs, 40,000 cubic meters of snow for the alpine slopes and another 20,000 cubic meters in reserve.
	www.deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,10,00.html

	1964 — Innsbruck, Austria - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		And luge competition is held for the first time as an Olympic sport.
		Innsbruck’s mildest winter in 58 years results in warm rains and springlike temperatures both before and during the Winter Olympics.
		Like several of its predecessors, the 1964 Games are threatened by a severe lack of snow in the Tyrolean Alps.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,10,00.html (450 words)

	World Almanac for Kids
		A total of eight sports were included in the winter Olympics in 1998: biathlon (cross-country skiing and rifle marksmanship), bobsled, curling (for the first time), ice hockey (which included women’s hockey for the first time), luge (toboggan), figure skating, speed skating, and skiing (which, for the first time, included snowboarding as a medal sport).
		The winter Olympics were begun in 1924 and were held in the same year as the summer games until the 1994 winter games in Lillehammer, Norway, when the alternating cycles began.
		OLYMPIC GAMES, international athletic competition comprising two separate 4-year cycles, the summer Olympics and the winter Olympics.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/sports/olympics.html (1093 words)

	For the Media
		From the curve of a skate to the slope of the luge, engineering will be a crucial player at Nagano—and the new Winter Olympic sport of snowboarding is a prime example.
		After more than 30 years on the edge of mainstream athletics, snowboarding—the bad boy of winter sports—will come of age next February when it debuts at the 1998 Nagano Olympiad.
		He notes that the camber, or arch, of the snowboard, which allows the deft turns that is the signature of the sport of snowboarding, created so much fun for the rider that ski manufacturers quickly lifted the idea for use in their equipment.
	www.eweek.org /site/news/Features/snoboard.shtml (1023 words)

	The Ski Europe Report - 09-30-02
		This was the first Olympics to see a combined team from East and West Germany, and the sport of luge made its debut.
		The 1964 Winter Olympics were threatened by a lack of snow.
		The Olympic monument at the foot of the Bergisel jumping stadium dates from 1976 and, uniquely, has twin flames representing the two Olympic occasions in Innsbruck.
	www.ski-europe.com /news/articles/mwis/olym_09-30-02.html (1144 words)

	Winter Olympic Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Winter Olympic Games, Winter Olympics for short but more correctly The Olympic Winter Games, are the cold-weather counterpart to the Summer Olympic Games.
		Luge was first contested in the Olympics, although the sport got bad publicity when a competitor was killed in a pre-Olympic training run.
		Luge first entered the Olympic programme in 1964, and the three events conducted then are still unchanged.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Winter_Olympics (1144 words)

	winter olympics 1964 ice hockey
		Since luge was added to the Winter Olympics in 1964, the Germans have...
		Ice hockey was on the 1920 Summer Olympic program and moved into the inaugural Winter Olympics in 1924.
		Winter Olympics 2002: Salt Lake City Summer Games:...
	www.getnhlinfo.com /9/winter-olympics-1964-ice-hockey.html (1144 words)

	Winter Olympics 1964
		Winter Olympics Through The Years 1964 Olympics Innsbruck Top 10 Standings Leading Medal Winners Alpine Skiing Biathlon Bobsled Figure Skating Ice Hockey Luge Nordic Skiing Speed Skating Death and unseasonably...
		IX Olympic Winter Games The 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck were threatened by a lack of snow.
		Through The Years The Winter Olympics 1924 Olympics 1928 Olympics 1932 Olympics 1936 Olympics 1948 Olympics 1952 Olympics 1956 Olympics 1960 Olympics 1964 Olympics 1968 Olympics 1972 Olympics 1976 Olympics 1980...
	www.olympicsexperts.com /Winter-Olympics-1964.html (1144 words)

	Lightning fast luge - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		Luge, an Olympic sport since 1964, requires competitors to lie prone, feet first, and then propel themselves down a steeply inclined ice track.
		For the first time, U.S. lugers medaled at an Olympic Games.
		In a sport that's the fastest among Olympic sports and is akin to free-falling, it would seem like mental toughness is less important than a simple reckless disregard of fear.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,40000028,00.html (659 words)

	World Almanac for Kids
		A total of eight sports were included in the winter Olympics in 1998: biathlon (cross-country skiing and rifle marksmanship), bobsled, curling (for the first time), ice hockey (which included women’s hockey for the first time), luge (toboggan), figure skating, speed skating, and skiing (which, for the first time, included snowboarding as a medal sport).
		The winter Olympics were begun in 1924 and were held in the same year as the summer games until the 1994 winter games in Lillehammer, Norway, when the alternating cycles began.
		OLYMPIC GAMES, international athletic competition comprising two separate 4-year cycles, the summer Olympics and the winter Olympics.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/sports/olympics.html (1093 words)

	1988 winter olympics and other winter related information
		Winter Olympics Through The Years 1988 Olympics Calgary Top 10 Standings Leading Medal Winners Alpine Skiing Biathlon Bobsled Figure Skating Ice Hockey Luge Nordic Skiing Speed Skating A record 1,750 athletes from...
		Winter Olympics - 1988 The 1988 Calgary Olympic Games were a wonderful event.
		Olympics 1976 Olympics 1980 Olympics 1984 Olympics 1988 Olympics 1992 Olympics 1994 Olympics 1998 Olympics 2002 Olympics Event-by-Event Athletes with Winter and Summer Medals All-Time Leading Medal Winners All...
	www.nethorde.com /winter/1988-winter-olympics.html (1093 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		The motto of the bid is "The Sound of Winter Sports", reflecting the combination of the country's famous winter sports and musical history.
		Candidate City for the XXI Olympic Winter Games in 2010
		All snow venues and the bobsleigh, luge and skeleton track are already in place and no new permanent road infrastructure will be built for the Games.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/2010/salzburg_uk.asp (1093 words)

	Olympic Games Medallists - Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton
		The sport was introduced into the Winter Games in 1964.
		Bobsleigh has been included in every Winter Olympics apart from 1960.
		From 1992 onwards women were allowed to enter the men's doubles event.
	www.gbrathletics.com /olympic/bob.htm (1093 words)

	Time for Kids Specials WINTER OLYMPICS 2002
		Along with short track speed skating, luge is the most precisely-timed event of the Winter Olympics.
		It made its Winter Olympic debut in 1964 at Innsbruck, Austria.
		Lugers are not disqualified for crashing, but they must cross the finish line while still in physical contact with their sleds.
	www.parenting.com /TFK/specials/articles/0,6709,194962,00.html (225 words)

	The Ski Europe Report - 09-30-02
		The 1964 Winter Olympics were threatened by a lack of snow.
		This was the first Olympics to see a combined team from East and West Germany, and the sport of luge made its debut.
		The Olympic monument at the foot of the Bergisel jumping stadium dates from 1976 and, uniquely, has twin flames representing the two Olympic occasions in Innsbruck.
	www.ski-europe.com /news/articles/mwis/olym_09-30-02.html (1144 words)

	Summer Olympics: Winter Olympics Training
		These efforts have contributed to the improved showing of U.S. Olympic athletes during recent winter games, including Picabo Street's Gold-medal win in the 1998 winter games in Calgary.
		As a senior researcher for Veridian in Buffalo since 1964, Dr. Holden has used LENS for the development and evaluation of supersonic vehicles used in national defense.
		Dr. Michael Holden, the Veridian aerospace scientist, who has adapted the wind tunnel for winter sports training, said, "This year's training during the Summer Olympics is a coincidence.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-25-2000/0001321456&EDATE= (416 words)

	CBC.CA - Torino 2006
		Speed skating, bobsleigh, cross-country skiing and luge events were slashed from the program due to unseasonably warm weather.
		The inaugural Winter Olympics were a resounding success in the picturesque spa town of Chamonix, France.
		The Sapporo Games were the first Winter Olympics held in Asia.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/history (1185 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		The cauldron of 1964 was lit by Christl Haas (Alpine skiing) and the 1976 flame was ignited by Josef Feistmantl (luge).
		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.
		A new figure skating event, ice dancing, was added to the programme and, like the pairs, it was dominated by Russian couples.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=2&OLGY=1976 (325 words)

	1964 — Innsbruck, Austria - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		Innsbruck’s mildest winter in 58 years results in warm rains and springlike temperatures both before and during the Winter Olympics.
		American figure skater Scott Allen becomes the youngest Winter Olympic medalist by claiming the men’s bronze medal two days before his 15th birthday.
		Like several of its predecessors, the 1964 Games are threatened by a severe lack of snow in the Tyrolean Alps.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,10,00.html (450 words)

	World Almanac for Kids
		A total of eight sports were included in the winter Olympics in 1998: biathlon (cross-country skiing and rifle marksmanship), bobsled, curling (for the first time), ice hockey (which included women’s hockey for the first time), luge (toboggan), figure skating, speed skating, and skiing (which, for the first time, included snowboarding as a medal sport).
		OLYMPIC GAMES, international athletic competition comprising two separate 4-year cycles, the summer Olympics and the winter Olympics.
		The winter Olympics were begun in 1924 and were held in the same year as the summer games until the 1994 winter games in Lillehammer, Norway, when the alternating cycles began.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/sports/olympics.html (1093 words)

	The Sports Network - Olympics
		Luge made its Olympic debut in Innsbruck at the 1964 Olympic Winter Games with three events -- men's, women's and doubles.
		Of the 90 medals that have been awarded since 1964, 88 of them have gone to athletes from Germany, Austria, Italy or the former Soviet Union.
		Through the 1992 Olympics, the doubles event was known as men's doubles.
	www.sportsnetwork.com /?c=sportsnetwork&page=olymp/news/BON1912930.htm (694 words)

	1964 — Innsbruck, Austria - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		Innsbruck’s mildest winter in 58 years results in warm rains and springlike temperatures both before and during the Winter Olympics.
		Like several of its predecessors, the 1964 Games are threatened by a severe lack of snow in the Tyrolean Alps.
		The 1964 Innsbruck Games are the first where athletes exceed the 1,000 mark.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,10,00.html (694 words)

	The Ski Europe Report - 09-30-02
		The 1964 Winter Olympics were threatened by a lack of snow.
		After the Games, especially after the 1976 Olympics, the city looked for a way to build on the fame the Games had created and to utilize the various sites that had been built.
		This was the first Olympics to see a combined team from East and West Germany, and the sport of luge made its debut.
	www.ski-europe.com /news/articles/mwis/olym_09-30-02.html (1144 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		The cauldron of 1964 was lit by Christl Haas (Alpine skiing) and the 1976 flame was ignited by Josef Feistmantl (luge).
		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.
		Visit the official website of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=2&OLGY=1976 (329 words)

	Winter Olympics: Luge
		Luge made its Olympic debut at the 1964 Innsbruck Games and has been dominated by a handful of countries—Germany, Austria, Italy, and the former Soviet Union countries.
		Top U.S. luger Tony Benshoof was an early qualifier for the 2006 Olympic team and has done well on the international luge circuit.
		Luge, which takes its name from the French word for sled, is one of the fastest Olympic sports, with riders exceeding 90 mph.
	www.teachervision.fen.com /spot/02olluge1.html (368 words)

	Winter Olympics: Luge
		Luge made its Olympic debut at the 1964 Innsbruck Games and has been dominated by a handful of countries—Germany, Austria, Italy, and the former Soviet Union countries.
		The 1,435 m (4,708 ft) long bobsled, skeleton, and luge run has 19 curves (11 left-hand and 8 right-hand) and a drop of 114 m (274 ft).
		The singles format for Olympic luge is unique.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/02olluge1.html (363 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		The cauldron of 1964 was lit by Christl Haas (Alpine skiing) and the 1976 flame was ignited by Josef Feistmantl (luge).
		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.
		Lighting the Olympic Flame by: Two cauldrons were lit as a symbol of Winter Games being held twice in Innsbruck.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=2&OLGY=1976 (325 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		The cauldron of 1964 was lit by Christl Haas (Alpine skiing) and the 1976 flame was ignited by Josef Feistmantl (luge).
		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.
		Visit the official website of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=2&OLGY=1976 (337 words)

	Australian Olympic Committee
		The cauldron of 1964 was lit by Christl Haas (Alpine skiing) and the 1976 flame was ignited by Josef Feistmantl (luge).
		The 1976 Olympic Winter Games were awarded to the American city of
		According to Klammer, the best moment of his Olympic triumph “was when Bernhard came running up to me and gave me a big hug.
	www.olympics.com.au /games.cfm?GamesID=455 (466 words)

	U.S. medal count hits 14 LJWorld.com
		Since luge was added to the Winter Olympics in 1964, the Germans have won nine of the 11 doubles gold medals.
		Klug's medal was the 14th earned by the Americans in the first week of competition, one more than its previous Winter Games best set eight years ago in Lillehammer, Norway, and equaled in 1998 in Nagano, Japan.
		Cross-country skiing: Russian Larissa Lazutina won a silver medal in the women's cross-country pursuit, bringing her overall Winter Games total to 9 just one short of a Winter Olympic record held by former Soviet cross-country skier Raisa Smetanina.
	www.ljworld.com /section/02olympics/storypr/83469 (466 words)

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