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	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.factmonster.com /spot/winter-olympics-luge.html (363 words)

	Winter
		Winter Winter is one of the four February in the Northern hemisphere.
		Winter (village), Wisconsin Winter is a village located in 2000 census, the village had a total population of 344.
		Winter of discontent The winter of discontent was the Richard III.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/winter.html (1830 words)

	Encyclopedia: 2006 Winter Olympics
		See also: 2006 Winter Paralympics February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar.
		Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics will be held in the town of Pinerolo, Italy from February 13 to February 24.
		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 (2333 words)

	CNN.com - Luge - Feb 1, 2006
		Luge was first held at the Olympics in 1964.
		The first reference to a sport similar to what we recognize as luge is found in Germany in the 1600s but it took another 300 years for the first proper courses to be built, in Switzerland.
		Luge is among the most dangerous of all the Winter Olympic sports.
	www.cnn.com /2006/SPORT/01/31/sports.luge (555 words)

	Keshavan qualifies for 2006 Winter Olympics
		Winter Olympics, has qualified for the 2006 Games, to be held in Turin, Italy, next February.
		Although he is yet to receive a formal missive from the Indian Olympic Association, Keshavan qualified for the 20th edition of the Winter Olympics on the basis of his performance in various luge events held this year.
		A Winter Olympic sport since 1964, Luge is a high speed sled ride through a semi-circular tunnel of ice.
	in.rediff.com /sports/2005/feb/11keshavan.htm (652 words)

	Taipei Times - archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		PHOTO: AP The amateur nature of the Olympics at that time meant that each country was free to send their best athletes, and in some instances, athletes that were shockingly under-qualified to participate in international competition.
		Both luge and bobsled share the same track, though starting points for the two differ, with bobsled requiring a longer starting gate and luge using a gate very similar to that of skiers.
		In luge competition as speeds approach 80kph to 120kph on artificial tracks made from a concrete base, which is layered with wet snow and then soaked with water.
	www.taipeitimes.com /News/sport/archives/2006/01/28/2003291018 (1261 words)

	Keshavan qualifies for 2006 Winter Olympics
		Winter Olympics, has qualified for the 2006 Games, to be held in Turin, Italy, next February.
		Although he is yet to receive a formal missive from the Indian Olympic Association, Keshavan qualified for the 20th edition of the Winter Olympics on the basis of his performance in various luge events held this year.
		A Winter Olympic sport since 1964, Luge is a high speed sled ride through a semi-circular tunnel of ice.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2005/feb/11keshavan.htm (652 words)

	2006 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The XX Olympic Winter Games will be held in Turin, Italy from February 10 to 26.
		This was just after the IOC had adopted a new style of voting due to corruption scandals surrounding the votes for the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics.
		Four other cities launched candidates, but were subsequently dropped by the Selection College after candidature presentations during the 109th IOC Session staged in Seoul in June 1999.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2006_Winter_Olympics (268 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)

	Falls Church News-Press
		The first female athlete to represent the Caribbean in the Winter Olympics while racing for the U.S. Virgin Islands, Abernathy won over many fans during the course of her courageous 18-year career that included a bout with cancer, rehabilitation from brain damage and recoveries from dozens of fractures and surgeries.
		Prior to the luge competition at Torino, Abernathy broke her wrist during a training run and was ruled out of the competition by race director Marie-Luise Rainer.
		The youngest luge competitor at Torino was 16.
	www.fcnp.com /618/luge.htm (515 words)

	Scholastic News: Winter Olympics
		Of the 36 medals awarded to women in the luge in Olympic history, 27 have gone to the Germans.
		Luge, which is the French word for sled, is known as the fastest sport on ice, with racers reaching speeds up to 85 mph.
		Instead, the Italians won their first gold of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games when Armin Zoeggeler zipped over the finish line of his final run in 3 minutes, 26.088 seconds.
	teacher.scholastic.com /scholasticnews/indepth/winterolympics/sports/index.asp?article=luge2 (908 words)

	2006 Winter Olympics Turin, Luge
		A luge is small one- or two-person sled on which one sleighs supine and feet-first.
		Luge is also the name of the sport which involves racing with such sleds.
		After it had been decided that luge would replace the sport of skeleton at the Olympic Games, the first World Championships in the sport were held in 1955 in Oslo (Norway).
	www.bonjourlafrance.net /2006_winter_olympics_turin/luge_2006_winter_olympics.htm (587 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)

	2006 Winter Olympics, Torino (Turin) Winter Olympics, held in Olympics winter year
		The 20th Olympic Winter Games will be held in Torino (Turin) and the surrounding area from February 10, 2006 to February 26, 2006.
		Sauze d'Olux will be one of the most popular places in the 2006 winter Olympics offering more than 25 ski lifts covering over 60 miles of slopes covered in snow.
		Tour Italy Now's travel experts would love to help you customize the perfect winter vacation to Piedmont and the 2006 Winter Olympics that will be sure to create a lifetime of memories.
	www.touritalynow.com /turin_olympic_games/turin_2006_olympic_games.php (866 words)

	CANOE - 2006 GAMES TURIN ITALY - Luge
		Luge and Canada are seldom mentioned in the same sentence.
		She's known as Grandma Luge, and she came to the Winter Games to make history.
		Vancouver-born Jeff Christie was 14th overall in Sunday's luge at Cesana Pariol.
	slam.canoe.ca /Slam/Olympics/2006Turin/Luge/home.html (126 words)

	CNN.com - 'Sausage' and 'Grandma' out of luge - Feb 13, 2006
		In the women's singles event, Anne Abernathy -- the woman dubbed "Grandma luge" was forced to withdraw before the competition started after breaking her wrist in training.
		It was the last competitive race for the 39-year-old luge legend, who has officially retired from the sport he has dominated -- at least at Olympic level -- for nearly two decades.
		She was appearing at her sixth Olympics in Torino after a career that began in Calgary in 1988 and carried the flag for her country in Friday's opening ceremony.
	www.cnn.com /2006/SPORT/02/13/olympics.luge/index.html?section=cnn_latest (603 words)

	Winter Olympic Games - InfoSearchPoint.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The First Olympic Winter Games were inaugurated on January 25, 1924 in Chamonix, France, although at the time they were not yet called Olympic Winter Games.
		Since 1994, the Winter Games are no longer held in the same year as the Games of the Olympiad (or Summer Olympics).
		The most recent Winter Games were the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
	www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Winter_Olympics (372 words)

	NBCOlympics.com - TV Listings - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Olympics coverage on the cable networks of NBC Universal reached 62.3 million total, unduplicated viewers through Friday, up 18 percent from February 2005 (52.7 million), and up 31 percent from the cable reach during the Salt Lake Games (47.5 million).
		The Olympics (through Thursday, 2/23, the last available date) are attracting an audience with a median age of 48.7 years, 3.4 years younger than the February 2005 average, 6.0 years younger than the prior four week time period average, and 5.3 years younger than the pre-Olympic first quarter average.
		USA Network: The Olympics on USA Network averaged 906,000 viewers (0.68 HH rating), up 29 percent over the same time periods in Feb. 2005.
	www.nbcolympics.com /tv/index.html (1539 words)

	Winter Olympics Trivia: Did You Know?
		German Luge master Georg Hackl will attempt to add to his legend and win a medal in his sixth straight games at Turin in 2006.
		Nordic combined is one of three current Olympic Winter Games events in which the United States has never won a medal.
		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)

	RTÉ Sport: Keshavan blasts Indian officials
		Luge athlete Shiva Keshavan has blasted Indian officials after a blazing row which prompted his withdrawal from the Winter Olympics opening ceremony.
		Keshavan, India's lone Winter Olympian at the past two editions, had been due to carry his country's flag on Saturday but pulled out in protest after accusing the officials of piggy-backing on his success.
		Keshavan, who competes on an ancient sledge and had to pay for his own speedsuit, had been India's sole Winter Olympian since the age of 16 until he was joined by three team-mates this year.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2006/0213/luge.html (330 words)

	2006 summer olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The current comeback of the Olympic games is due in a large measure to the efforts of Pierre, baron de Coubertin, of France.
		Since 1994 the winter games have been held in even-numbered years in which the summer games are not contested.
		The International Olympic Committee (IOC), which sets and enforces Olympic policy, has struggled with the licensing and commercialization of the games, the need to schedule events to accommodate American television networks (whose broadcasting fees help underwrite the games), and the monitoring of entrants who seek illegal competitive advantages, often through the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
	www.olympic-headquarters.net /2006-summer-olympics.htm (857 words)

	Torino Winter Olympics 2006 Review / Preview for PlayStation 2 (PS2)
		Transfer the racing mechanics to the bobsleigh and luge and the snowboarding to downhill skiing we should have a great variety of competitions on hand.
		The developers did manage to get the speed skating and cross country skiing mechanics down by having the player mash alternate buttons to generate enough speed to be maintained by a rhythmical, consistent tapping of the two buttons.
		Pulling out a copy of Torino 2006 is a great way to get your friends to leave your house at the end of a day.
	www.cheatcc.com /psx2/rev/torinowinterolympics2006review.html (1124 words)

	Torino 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Torino will be the site of olympic village and five media villages.
		Will host an Olympic village and most of the Alpine skiing competitions.
		"2006 Winter Olympics" only refers to the period of time when the 2006 Winter Olympics will be held in Torino, Italy.
	www.torino.info /torino2006 (186 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)

	Luge - Winter Olympics - Sports - The New York Times
		Luge is the fastest of the sliding sports, with athletes reaching 90 miles an hour down the same ice track that is used for bobsled and skeleton runs in Cesana Pariol.
		The Olympic track's final two curves were fixed after some frightening crashes in a luge event in 2004.
		Luge test events on the track for the 2006 Turin Olympics were called off for this
	www.nytimes.com /top/news/sports/olympics2006/luge/index.html (561 words)

	Special Trips: 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino
		Italy’s success in its bid to host the 2006 XX Olympics was announced a the 109th session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Seoul.
		During the 2002 Winter Olympics in the USA they came a respectable seventh position in the medals tables with four gold, four silver, and four bronze medals.
		The 2002 Winter Olympics saw the US team in second place, and in 2006 no doubt they will be going all out to dislodge Germany from the No. 1 position they have held since Nagano in 1998.
	vivianvrusselltravel.com /spcls_torino.html (989 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Torino 2006 Winter Olympics (PS2): PC & Video Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Featuring eight winter disciplines, 15 thrilling events, extraordinary wintry landscapes and authentic commentator analysis, Torino 2006 gives gamers the chance to participate in one of the most exciting sporting events of 2006.
		olympic video games have been going for some time now and i thought by now with the paralympics growing in popularity that it would be included in this game and it hase not this game will be the same as usuel realy rubbish hard to controle and does not include any paralympic disaplins.
		The skiing and the ski jump are very exciting, the bobsleigh and luge are exhilarating and the other events require a combination of stategy and timing.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Torino-2006-Winter-Olympics-PS2/dp/B000CES39E (1381 words)

	Luge Canada - Official Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The duo, comprised of Michael and older brother Chris, 26, took the luge circuit by storm early in the 2005-06 campaign by posting three consecutive top-eight results in their first three World Cup races in more than three years.
		The women's podium was also draped in the German flag, with luge veterans Sylke Otto and Silke Kraushaar sliding into the first and second spots, respectively, with times of 1:22.519 and 1:22.568.
		The Canadian Luge Associaton is the governing body for luge racing in Canada.
	www.luge.ca /news/news-page.asp?article=20060128-1 (715 words)

	Winter Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Everything you every wanted to know about Olympic mascots beginning with "Schuss," the first unofficial Olympic Mascot in Grenoble in 1968 and "Waldi the Dachshund," the first official mascot in Munich in 1972 to the present day.
		Museum that highlights the life and lifeswork of Pierre Frédy, Baron de Coubertin, the father of the modern Olympics.
		In this online exhibit, you can compare ancient and modern Olympic sports, tour the site of Olympia as it looks today, learn about the context of the Games and the Olympic spirit, or read about the Olympic athletes who were famous in ancient times.
	infozone.imcpl.org /kids_path_olympics.htm (480 words)

	ABC Sport Online - World Cup 2006
		Australian aerial skier Alisa Camplin celebrates during the Winter Olympics closing ceremony in Turin.
		Gold medallist Dale Begg-Smith carried the Australian flag as the Turin Winter Olympics came to a spectacular end with a two-and-a-half hour closing ceremony this morning.
		He may have been an Olympic champion, a media star and a teenage pin-up but the last four years have been full of sacrifices for Apolo Anton Ohno.
	www.abc.net.au /winterolympics (262 words)

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