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	2002 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The XIX Olympic Winter Games were held in 2002 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
		Prior to these Olympic Winter Games, a number of IOC 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.
		During the opening ceremonies, Rogge, presiding over his first olympics as IOC president, told the athletes of the host country that their nation was overcoming the horrific tragedy and stand with them in their ideals.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2002_Winter_Olympics (520 words)

	Up Close: Nordic Combined -- 2002 Winter Olympic News from KSL
		A nordic combined athlete must have the explosive power of a ski jumper and the endurance of a cross-country racer.
		Nordic Combined skier Bill Demong clinched a spot in his second Olympics team when he posted the best World Cup result of his career for the second straight meet, finishing fourth.
		The first man to secure a spot on the Olympic cross country ski team is also the team's most experienced skier.
	2002.ksl.com /news-3846i.php (306 words)

	Detroit Free Press \| Winter Olympics 2002
		SALT LAKE CITY -- One of the most exciting Winter Olympics events is pairs figure skating, which combines the beauty of an intimate dance with the athleticism of a large man throwing a tiny woman as far as 75 feet.
		The Olympic gold medal, the one David Pelletier was so sure they were going to win that he sealed it with a kiss on the ice, wasn't theirs after all.
		Blustery winter weather was the big winner Friday on the first day of competition at the Winter Olympics, postponing ski-jump qualifying and practice for the men's downhill and several other events.
	www.freep.com /index/2002olympics.htm (11498 words)

	CNNSI.com - 2002 Winter Olympics - Nordic Combined - Americans' medal hopes in Nordic combined on hold - Thursday ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Posted: Thursday February 14, 2002 7:18 PM PARK CITY, Utah (AP) -- The U.S. Nordic combined team thinks it has something big in store for Americans who still don't know much about them or their obscure sport.
		The jumping half of the Nordic combined team event was postponed Thursday, after officials decided that swirling winds on the small hill at Olympic Park would have made for an unfair competition.
		Nordic, luge and biathlon are the only sports in which an American has never won a medal.
	www.basketballdraft.com /olympics/2002/nordic_combined/news/2002/02/14/american_feature_ap (649 words)

	Winter Olympics 2002
		Blustery winter weather was the big winner Friday on the first day of competition at the Winter Olympics, causing the cancellation of ski jump qualifying, practice for the men's downhill and training sessions in several other events.
		When the 2002 Winter Olympics kick off Friday in Salt Lake City, sports enthusiasts won't be the only ones tuning in to their NBC affiliates.
		During the 17-day period when the Olympic flame burns atop Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium, Salt Lake City will be “one of the safest places on the globe,” in the assessment of U.S. domestic security director Tom Ridge.
	www.suntimes.com /special_sections/winter_olympics/stories.html (7417 words)

	Olympics 2002: Nordic Combined
		The Nordic combined involves two staples of the Winter Games—ski jumping and cross-country skiing.
		Nordic combined is one of three current Olympic Winter Games events that the United States has never won a medal.
		The new procedure meant that, for the first time, the first athlete to break the tape at the end of the cross-country race was the overall winner.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/02olnordic1.html (392 words)

	Nordic combined: Painfully close - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		For four years Lodwick and the other members of the four-man American nordic combined team have been asked if 2002 would be THE year — the home Games where Team USA would win its first Olympic nordic combined medal and introduce the nation to the obscure sport that blends ski jumping and cross country skiing.
		Finland again showed why it is the class of nordic combined by winning the team gold medal.
		International nordic combined fans likely marvel at the quick progress the Americans have made.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,70001010,00.html (519 words)

	CNNSI.com - 2002 Winter Olympics - Nordic Combined - Finns capture gold, silver in Nordic combined - Sunday February ...
		Tallus, a top ski jumper on the Nordic combined circuit but a relatively poor cross country skier, finished a surprising second, 24.7 seconds behind.
		Lajunen, who won silver in the individual and team Nordic combined events at the Nagano Olympics in Japan four years ago, started the cross country race 53 seconds behind Tallus and five seconds behind Austrian Mario Stecher, who held second place after the ski jumping section.
		It was Finland's first gold medal and first 1-2 finish in the individual Nordic Combined since 1948, when Heikki Hasu and Martti Huuhtala claimed the top two spots.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/2002/nordic_combined/news/2002/02/10/nordic_combined_ap (897 words)

	USATODAY.com - Salt Lake medalists earn more wins, raise families (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Shea, who stirred Olympics hearts when he won the gold three weeks after his grandfather Jack, a two-time Olympic champion in speedskating in the 1932 Games, died in a car accident at 91, missed the season after vascular surgery on his left leg.
		With a bronze medal from last year's Olympics and a silver from the 1998 Games, Kwan still is considering trying to complete the set with a gold in 2006.
		Sidelined for months by a hip injury, the Olympic bronze medalist was nowhere near peak form in the U.S. championships yet managed to place second in an error-filled competition.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/winter/2003-02-03-salt-lake-update_x.htm (2394 words)

	Ski jumping key to nordic combined - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		SOLDIER HOLLOW — Yes, the Olympics are synonymous with dramatic endings, but don't expect a nordic combiner to start at the back of the pack, pass dozens of his competitors on the cross country course and win a medal in the 2002 Winter Games.
		A top finish in the cross country segment of nordic skiing's "decathlon" is almost always prefaced with strong ski jumping.
		The medals for the nordic combined individual event — which starts today with a pair of jumps on the 90-meter hill at Utah Olympic Park — will likely be claimed by guys who aren't burning precious oxygen chasing down superior jumpers in the cross country segment.
	webserver.desnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,70000165,00.html (339 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 (1145 words)

	Nordic combined primer - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		This discipline blends two nordic sports — jumping and cross country — into one event.
		The jumping section of a nordic combined competition is typically held first and follows rules similar to a traditional ski jumping contest.
		There are several varieties of nordic combined competitions.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,50000144,00.html (146 words)

	CNNSI.com - 2002 Winter Olympics - Nordic Combined - Americans in medal contention in Nordic combined - Saturday ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The highest Olympic finish by a U.S. athlete is ninth, in 1932 by Rolf Monsen.
		Demong, of Vermontville, N.Y., was 17 when he competed in his first Olympics four years ago, and he finished 34th.
		The top-ranked Nordic combined athlete in the world, Austria's Felix Gottwald, turned in a poor first jump and stands 11th.
	www.basketballdraft.com /olympics/2002/nordic_combined/news/2002/02/09/nordic_combined_ap (790 words)

	phillyBurbs.com \| 2002 Winter Olympics
		SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - With a big sigh of relief and a star-studded celebration, Utah and America bid farewell to the Olympics yesterday during a rollicking night of song and dance, a celebration of past athletic glory, and a quick glimpse into the future.
		Later, in a more serious moment, the Olympic flame that burned brightly for 17 days went dark.
		As his first Olympics as IOC president neared an end, Jacques Rogge said Sunday that he was "extremely pleased" with the games but would work with sports federations to prevent judging scandals.
	www.phillyburbs.com /olympics/2002 (211 words)

	Environmentally Unfriendly Skiing at The 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Olympic Park, home to the Bobsleigh, Luge, Skeleton, Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined events is not classified as one of Utah's 14 mountain ski resorts and is not rated.
		Soldier Hollow, host for the Biathlon, Cross-Country and Nordic Combined events, is not classified as one of Utah's 14 mountain ski resorts and is not rated.
		However, a report from Utah Environment Partners a local environmental group, says the Soldier Hollow venue is the most environmentally friendly of the skiing venues.
	greennature.com /article747.html (421 words)

	SkiNet.com \| News \| Lodwick Seeks First-Ever U.S. Medal in Nordic Combined (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Widely considered the best athlete in U.S. Nordic combined history for much of the past decade, the 25-year-old Steamboat Springs, Colo., native has made himself even better for these Olympics.
		Nordic combined, which debuted at the 1924 Olympics, incorporates ski jumping with cross-country skiing.
		Aalbu, a former ski jumper who was a Norwegian coach in the 1994 and 1998 Olympics, joined the team in 2000 and was the catalyst for Lodwick's turnaround.
	www.skinet.com /skinet/news/article/0,12855,325712,00.html (802 words)

	Winter Olympics 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		In February 2002 my family and I got the opportunity to go and be a part of the winter Olympics.
		Going out to the Olympics allowed me to get exercise that I wouldn't have gotten back at my home in Ohio.
		I cannot imagine the amount of training that my cousin has to go through to be in the Olympics.
	homepages.bw.edu /~mspillan/intended-subject.htm (706 words)

	1960 — Squaw Valley, California - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		After 28 years, the Winter Olympics return to the United States — to an obscure ski resort located near Lake Tahoe that boasted no winter facilities.
		American figure skaters Carol Heiss and David Jenkins improve on their medal performances from four years earlier — Heiss a silver and Jenkins a bronze — with a pair of gold-medal efforts in the women’s and men’s singles event.
		Soon after the 1960 Olympics, Heiss would marry Hayes Jenkins, David’s older brother and the men’s gold-medal winner in 1956.
	www.deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,11,00.html (521 words)

	ESPN.com
		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.
		Only at the Olympics does a prince -- Prince Albert that is -- not have a happy ending.
		Farewell to Winter Olympic greats and dozens of other athletes chasing precious medals for the last time.
	sports.espn.go.com /oly/winter02/index (450 words)

	1924 — Chamonix, France - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		Of the 16 nations participating, Norway and Finland dominate by winning 27 of the 43 medals available, including all four nordic events and four of the five speedskating events.
		The success results in the Scandinavians withdrawing claims of their quadrennial Nordic Games being undercut and pledging their support in favor of this new, every-fourth-year international competition.
		American speedskater Charles Jewtraw earns the distinction of being the first gold medalist in Winter Olympics competition, with his upset victory in the 500-meter speedskating race coming in the opening event.
	www.deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,20,00.html (332 words)

	Nordic Culture > Winter Olympics 2002 - Scandinavica.com
		Norway just won a national record of 11 gold medals in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
		Ole Einar Bjørndalen won 4 gold medals in all the men's biatlon races and Kjetil André Aamodt's got two gold medals on the men's Super G competion and on the alpine skiing combination.
		Finland was the strongest nation in the Nordic Combined and Samppa Lajunen her best skier.
	www.scandinavica.com /culture/sports/saltlake2002.htm (231 words)

	2002 Winter Olympics - Soldier Hollow - Biathlon & Cross-Country Area
		Biathlon, Cross-Country Skiing and Nordic Combined were held at the Biathlon and Cross-Country Area (Soldier Hollow).
		Summer and winter activities include a shooting range, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, mountain biking, hiking and running.
		The actual Olympic course is used for training and competitions, and is also open to the public.
	www.utah.com /olympics/venues/soldier_hollow.htm (133 words)

	FactsCanada.ca — Friday Feature 2002-02Fr — 2002 Winter Olympics
		Friday was the start of the 2002 Winter Olympics, taking place in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, in the United States.
		The downhill is a celebration of speed in which skiers exceed 130 kilometres per hour; the super-G (super giant slalom) combines the reckless speed of the downhill with the giant slalom's demand for precision.
		This is the newest Winter Olympic event, and it has evolved from a gutsy pastime for youths to one of the fastest-growing winter sports in the world.
	www.factscanada.ca /friday/friday-2002-02-02-08.shtml (1882 words)

	Winter Olympics 2002 - Tour Salt Lake Utah Winter Olympics 2002 Vacation Adventure
		The International Olympic Committee has decided to award the organization of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games to the city of Salt Lake City.
		Medal ceremonies are scheduled to be held nightly at Olympic Plaza in city center.
		4,000 athletes and coaches will be housed at the Olympic Village on the University of Utah campus, which is adjacent to the Olympic Stadium, 10 minutes from city center, and between 10 and 55 minutes from all venues.
	www.maintour.com /utah/utolym2.htm (1284 words)

	Fins finish 1-2 in Nordic combined - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		MIDWAY, Utah — Samppa Lajunen of Finland won the gold medal in the Nordic combined Sunday after finishing first in the 15-kilometer cross-country race.
		Todd Lodwick of Steamboat Springs, Colo., was seventh, the highest finish for an American in the sport's Olympic history.
		Gottwald turned in a poor first jump Saturday and started 11th in the cross-country race, but he rallied on the Soldier Hollow course and beat out Ronny Ackermann of Germany for the bronze.
	webserver.desnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,70000319,00.html (337 words)

	2002 Winter Olympics - Utah Olympic Park
		Olympic Parkway and Highway 224 at Kimball Junction
		Utah Olympic Park near Park City served as the 2002 Olympic venue for ski jumping, nordic combined, bobsled, skeleton and luge.
		Now, visitors are treated to self-guided and expert tours of the competition sites, including the world's highest altitude ski jumps and the fastest sliding track.
	www.utah.com /olympics/utah_olympic_park.htm (149 words)

	Heber Valley Area Info - Cobblestone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Soldier Hollow is in a largely open area at the eastern edge of Wasatch Mountain State Park.
		It is the venue for the Biathalon, all Cross-Country Skiing events and the Nordic Combined in the 2002 Winter Olympics.
		Sundance is a combination ski area, arts complex and year round resort with restaurants, lodging, snow skiing, cross country skiing, snow mobiling, dog sledding, fly fishing, sleigh riding, and, horseback riding.
	www.hebervalleyproperty.com /cobblestone/areainfo.html (481 words)

	Category:2002 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For more information, see the article about 2002 Winter Olympics.
		Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics
		This page was last modified 15:54, 21 December 2004.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:2002_Winter_Olympics (53 words)

	Len's Torch Talk - 02.08.2002
		The official opening of the 2002 Winter Olympics.
		The first events of the Olympics that were scheduled for today did not happen.
		One is cross country skiing at Soldier Hollow where I will be working, the other is the jumping part of the Nordic combined event which takes place at Utah Olympic Park.
	www.cata.org /news/archives/torchtalk/torchtalk_archive/ttarchive_feb08.html (509 words)

	Chris Wyman's Pictures From the Salt Lake 2002 Winter Games
		Playing for Olympic crowds was perhaps the most rewarding playing experience I have ever had.
		With the Olympic flame burning 24 hours a day, even a simple trip to the lab was a reminder that the world's eyes were turned to Salt Lake.
		More information about the TV coverage of the Spirit Band is available at my "TV Coverage During the Olympics" page available here, including the footage itself in both Quicktime and Windows Media formats.
	www.cs.utah.edu /~wyman/personal/olympics (1066 words)

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