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	BBC SPORT \| Winter Olympics 2002 \| Luge and Skeleton \| Legend of the luge
		The luge is not the most popular of sports and, as a result, Hackl is not as famous as many great Olympians.
		Undeterred, Hackl opted to use one of his older sleds and proceeded to set the fastest speed in Olympic luging history clocking an average of 99.54km/h over the 1,250 metre run.
		A fairytale fourth gold in 2002 was not to be, but the drama of the 35-year-old's attempt attracted the attention of IOC president Jacques Rogge, who was among the captivated crowd.
	news.bbc.co.uk /winterolympics2002/hi/english/luge_and_skeleton/newsid_1815000/1815106.stm (723 words)

	KIAT.NET - Olympic Winter Games Luge
		It is also one of the most dangerous, and involves competitors lying on their backs on a tiny sled with their feet stretched out in front of them, and racing down an icy track at speeds in the range of 140 km/h, without brakes.
		Luge has its roots as far back as the 16th century, according to references in German books which mention the use of "Rodeln", but it was not until 300 years later that the first luge tracks were built in the Swiss Alps by hotel owners.
		Thus luge, like its cousin, the bobsleigh, was born and developed as a sport in Switzerland.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/sports/winter/luge.html (670 words)

	kiat.net: SL\|02 Olympic Luge
		The Utah Olympic Park is a 156-hectare/386-acre complex in the Upper East Canyon Creek watershed that includes a regulation Olympic bobsleigh and luge track and five regulation jumps.
		With the world's fastest luge track, the Utah Olympic Park holds plenty in store for athletes and spectators in 2002: speeds exceeding 90 mph; seventeen curves on 1316 m/4318 ft of track; average course times of 48 seconds.
		French for sled or toboggan, luge events demand the ultimate in precision as competitors lie on their backs, hurtling feet-first down the course with no braking device.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/slc2002/luge.html (422 words)

	ASPIRE - Luge: Effects of Gravity on Motion - Teacher Pages
		Anticipation of the luge competition at the Winter Olympics brings visions of high speed, sharply banked curves, a trough like track, and tests of skill in maneuvering the tiny sled.
		The Winter Olympics scheduled for Utah's mountains in 2002 promises to present an event as exciting as the first Olympic luge competition held in Innsbruch, Austria in l964.
		Also acting on the luge is friction of the ice surface on the sled and the drag caused by the air friction on the rider and sled.
	outreach.physics.utah.edu /javalabs/java11/luge/act1/tchrpage.htm (1511 words)

	Luge
		Steering the luge is accomplished by applying leg pressure against the outside of the front of the runners, but there are differences in the techniques used for Artificial Track Luge and Natural Track Luge.
		The Olympic Luge event begins as the athlete is positioned on the sled and grasps the handles fixed to the sides of the track.
		Luge races can be won or lost by the slimmest of margins, often as little as 1/1,000th of a second.
	2002.uen.org /html/sports/lessons/luge.html (1927 words)

	Olympic Cauldron Park
		The spirit of Salt Lake 2002 lives on at Olympic Cauldron Park, a stunning new space set high on a city hillside.
		At the park's center stands the cauldron itself, a technological marvel of glass and steel that cradled the Olympic Flame from February 8 to 24, 2002.
		The jolt of Opening Ceremony; the whirring rush of athletes in action; the cries of celebration and the hush of winter in its finest coat: all of the Olympic delight becomes spine-tingling once again in an unforgettable, 180-degree cinematic experience.
	www.saltlake2002.com /main.html (357 words)

	Utah 2002 Olympic Winter Games
		The Utah Olympic Park near Park City was the venue for ski jumping, Nordic combined and the sliding sports of bobsled, skeleton and luge.
		In the winter, coaching and learning programs are offered in ski jumping, freestyle aerials and luge for athletes of all abilities and ages.
		At the Joe Quinney Winter Sports Center, the Alf Engen Ski Museum was built to preserve the rich history of skiing in the Intermountain region by providing a world-class facility, which highlights the many contributions made in ski area development, athletic competition, snow safety, ski innovation and ski teaching methods.
	www.utahtravelcenter.com /olympics (1484 words)

	Spotlight Sport - Luge
		The luge is a type of small sled on which one or two persons, lying face up, slide feet first down snowy hillsides or down steeply banked, curving, iced chutes similar to those used in bobsledding.
		Luge was a latecomer to Winter Olympics, not appearing until 1964 when it replaced skeleton sledding.
		The Federation de Luge de Course has developed an extensive Web site about the sport which is available in German or English.
	www.edgate.com /wintergames/design/spotlight_sport/luge.htm (689 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.
		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.
		But luge, it turns out, is more mental than would be expected.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,40000028,00.html (659 words)

	Luge : Old foes hurtle for gold on a wall of ice
		Luge is a guild as much as a sport, an activity in which the runs are over in a hurry but expertise comes slowly.
		Luge looks easy when you see Hackl or Zoeggeler gliding by, maintaining the same line and an eerie stillness on their sleds.
		But luge looks as daunting as it truly is when you see less-able practitioners, like Lee Chang-Yong of South Korea, creating sparks as they scrape against the wall and then coming down out of a turn with a bounce that knocks their bottom off their pod and onto a much chillier surface.
	www.iht.com /articles/2002/02/12/oluge_ed3__0.php (1024 words)

	2006 Winter Olympic Luge Events, News, Athletes, Teams, Pictures
		The first historical evidence for the luge (French, for sled) dates to the Dark Ages in Norway, where sleds were used for fun, or as an easy way to transport people and materials.
		Today, the Olympic event is held over two rounds - with fastest times determined in thousandths of seconds - in the men's and women's single and men's double competitions.
		However, unlike Olympic bobsled, lugers arriving at the finish without the sled means automatic disqualification.
	www.chiff.com /olympics/olympics-luge.htm (378 words)

	Luge: German, Italian Veterans Pose Challenges - Olympics
		Luge, which is the French word for toboggan, made its Olympic debut in Innsbruck at the 1964 Olympic Winter Games with three events -- men's, women's and doubles.
		The luge time is measured to.001 seconds, and that precision was necessary in 1998 in Nagano when Germany's Silke Kraushaar finished.002 seconds ahead of countrywoman Barbara Niedernhuber.
		She became the first Canadian woman to compete in luge at the Olympics in 2002, when she finished in 12th place.
	www.nbc4.tv /olympics2006/6409340/detail.html (716 words)

	2002 Winter Olympics - Olympic Venues
		Each of the venues were within a 10 to 60 minute drive from the Olympic Village, which was located on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.
		The Ice Hockey Arena at Provo was approved by the IOC Executive Board in February 1998 as a secondary Ice Hockey Arena.
		Some Olympic runs are not open to the public, but the resort will be open to skiers throughout the winter.
	www.utah.com /olympics/venues (397 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.
		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.
		But luge, it turns out, is more mental than would be expected.
	www.deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,40000028,00.html? (659 words)

	2002 Winter Olympics - Utah Olympic Park - Bobsleigh & Luge Track & Ski Jump Hill
		Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton were held at the Bobsleigh/Luge Area (Utah Olympic Park).
		Located within the 389-acre Utah Olympic Park, the 1335-m track features five start areas and is one of only a dozen refrigerated, certified tracks in the world.
		Construction of the Utah Olympic Park began in 1991 with the park and ski jump facilities opening in 1993.
	www.utah.com /olympics/venues/utah_olympic_park.htm (220 words)

	The Winter Olympics
		Winter Olympics take place every four years, in a "cold" month, and usually in a "cold" country.
		The medals are awarded to the winners in an elaborate ceremony, during which the winners stand on a podium (which emphasizes who placed where) and the winner hears his or her national anthem.
		Some will compete in more than one Olympics; others will be proud to make it to one.
	www.socialstudiesforkids.com /articles/sports/thewinterolympics1.htm (199 words)

	Olympics
		Olympic ring border, list of words related to bobsledding and luge to use in poem.
		When the Olympics are over, use the results from your chart to answer the questions.
		This reading comprehension is a biography of Olympic champion Kerri Strug and the story of her famous gold-medal win in gymnastics at the 1996 Olympics.
	www.abcteach.com /directory/theme_units/sports/olympics (1215 words)

	Zoeggeler Beats Hackl in Men's Luge (washingtonpost.com)
		Luge: Italy's Armin Zoeggeler beat Germany's Georg Hackl for the gold medal in the men's singles.
		There were no luge tracks in the United States prior to the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games and only recently has the country made strides in the sport.
		Much was made of his attempt to become the first Winter Olympic athlete to win four consecutive gold medals in the same event.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A60207-2002Feb11.html (1032 words)

	Germany wins gold; U.S. gets silver and bronze in luge doubles - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		PARK CITY, Utah — Olympic rookies Patric Leitner and Alexander Resch of Germany won the gold medal in luge doubles on Friday, just ahead of the two American sleds as the United States won two medals in the event for the second straight time.
		Since luge was added to the Winter Olympics in 1964, the Germans have won nine of the 11 doubles gold medals.
		It also was a sweet moment for Ives, who quit the Canadian Olympic team because of a lack of funding after the Nagano Olympics and hooked up with Thorpe after Sheer retired in 2000.
	www.deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,70000771,00.html (509 words)

	Winter Olympics: Luge
		Luge, which takes its name from the French word for sled, is one of the fastest Olympic sports, with riders exceeding 90 mph.
		Luge doubles can be contested by either sex but the teams are almost always made up of two men.
		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.
	www.infoplease.com /spot/winter-olympics-luge.html (371 words)

	Luge - Salt Lake 2002 Winter Olympic Games coverage
		The analogy is how Olympic hopeful Ashley Hayden describes her sport.
		It is that helpless moment you experience during the split-second after you realize you're falling backward.
		With the addition of Nick Sullivan, 22, Oakdale, Minn., who won a race-off over the weekend to earn a roster spot, the 10-member Olympic luge team is set.
	www.deseretnews.com /oly/luge/0,3993,,00.html (297 words)

	Olympic Bobsledding \| 2002 \| Winter Olympics \| Salt Lake City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		This is the first Winter Olympics where women have competed in the bobsledding race.
		He's competing in his first Olympics and is one of the best all around athletes in the world.
		She won three Olympic medals in luge and three world titles before switching to bobsled in 2000.
	www.kidzworld.com /site/p1764.htm (280 words)

	Winter Olympics Trivia: Did You Know?
		Nordic combined is one of three current Olympic Winter Games events in which the United States has never won a medal.
		Ice hockey made its Olympic debut at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.
		American Shani Davis narrowly failed in his historic attempt to compete on both the long track and short track speed skating teams at the same Olympics but as the world record holder in the men's 1500 meters he will still be a favorite to medal in the long track events at Turin.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/winter-olympics-trivia.html (542 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.
		A feature of this Olympics has been the emergence of the so-called "extreme" sports, such as snowboarding, moguls and aerials, which appeared in previous Olympics but have captured greater public attention this year.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/2/20/2002_winter_olympics.shtml (431 words)

	2002 SLC Games - Photo Gallery
		Park City, Utah (24 pictures) Park City was the venue for several events in the 2002 Olympics.
		Utah Olympic Park (97 pictures) The Utah Olympic Park near Park City was the venue for Bobsled, Ski Jumping, Luge and Skeleton.
		Olympic Skier (01/18/2001) The "Go For the Gold" Statue near the Eccles Bridge on the University of Utah Campus.
	protophoto.com /subject.html?subject_id=173 (483 words)

	ABC Sport Online - Winter Olympics 2006 - Luge
		Luge star Georg Hackl is hoping to sign off with a gold medal.
		In 2002, the good-humoured Bavarian known as the "Speeding Sausage" for the way he squeezes into his tight racing suit missed his attempt to win a record fourth consecutive gold, settling for a silver medal behind Zoeggeler.
		Anne Abernathy, affectionately known as 'Grandma Luge', will be registered as having taken place in her sixth Winter Olympics after appealing to the Court of Arbitration in Sport (CAS).
	www.abc.net.au /winterolympics/2006/sports/luge.htm (157 words)

	Olympic Luge Links
		Today, a luge is used to transport an individual or two person team down an icy track comprised of multiple curves at speedsoif 85 mph, no brakes included.
		The luge itself is composed of an aerodynamic racing shell suspended from two bridges that connect to the runners, or
		In Olympic singles competition, both men and women athletes take four runs down the track over a two-day period; the aggregate fastest time determines the winner.
	www.sirlinksalot.net /luge.html (357 words)

	ClassBrain Holidays! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In the first Winter Olympics there were only 16 nations that competed in the games.
		The Olympic Parade of Nations is a very important part of the opening ceremonies.
		There are 15 sports in the winter Olympics including skiing, a biathlon, bobsleigh, cross-country, curling, figure skating, freestyle skiing, ice hockey, luge, Nordic combined, short track, skeleton, ski jumping, snowboarding and speed skating.
	classbrain.com /cb_holidays/02february/olympics.htm (569 words)

	Olympic Hispanic motivational speaker for business, sales, and conferences.
		Olympic Hispanic motivational speaker for business, sales, and conferences.
		Luge - The Last bit of Insanity left in the Olympics
		Watching the luge at the track is an unforgettable experience.
	www.thelugeman.com /motivational_speaker_BF_2002_wog.htm (359 words)

	ESPN.com
		Salt Lake City said goodbye to the Olympics, sending the Games off with an upbeat display of lights, fireworks and rock 'n' roll.
		Known for an all-or-nothing style, he became the first American man to win a medal in the combined event, and no U.S. man had finished higher than fourth in the giant slalom before Thursday.
		Short track has been in the Olympics for a while and normally receives less attention than curling.
	sports.espn.go.com /oly/winter02/index (455 words)

	Time for Kids \| Specials \| WINTER OLYMPICS 2002
		Though luging is intense, relaxing is the key to speed because tense muscles can throw off one's direction.
		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.
	www.timeforkids.com /TFK/specials/articles/0,6709,194962,00.html (225 words)

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