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	ninemsn 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.
		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.
		Nordic skiing is the term that covers cross-country skiing, biathlon, ski jumping, and nordic combination (cross-country skiing and ski-jumping events combined).
	au.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761572547/Winter_Olympics.html (1248 words)

	1928 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The II Olympic Winter Games were held in 1928 in Sankt-Moritz, Switzerland.
		The 1928 Games were the first true Winter Olympics, held on its own, and not in conjunction with a Summer Olympics.
		All preceding Winter Events of the Olympic Games were the winter sports part of the schedule of the Summer Games, and not as a separate Winter Games.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/1928_Winter_Olympics (173 words)

	Learn more about Olympic Games in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		A special edition for winter sports, the Winter Olympic Games, started in 1924; since 1994 these are no longer held in the same year as the Games of the Olympiad.
		The Olympic Games were part of the Panhellenic Games, four separate games held at two- or four-year intervals but arranged so that there was one set of games every year.
		Olympic uses varous types or airplanes, like the Boeing 747 and Airbus A340 for international routes, and the Boeing 727 and Boeing 737 for domestic routes.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /o/ol/olympic_games.html (1183 words)

	mor_1928 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		German athletes were admitted to Olympic competition for the first time since the World War I. Athletes form 25 nations praized the proposed timetable of events for these Winter Olympics.
		Nordic skiing was affected, too, as the outcome of the 50-kilometer cross-country skiing event very much depended on the right choice of ski wax.
		The Norwegian Johan Grottumsbraaten won the Nordic combined and the 18-kilometer cross-country skiing, while Clas Thunberg of Finland was victorious in the 500-meter and 1,500-meter speed skating events.
	www.sportz4u.com /isport/olympics/fnlsite/History/fhist/1928w.html (379 words)

	Winter History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Winter Games took a more definate shape when nordic skiing was added aas a n event in the 1916 games and then in 1920 ice hockey was added.
		The 1964 Olympics came with mild weather and the deaths of luger Kazimierz Kay-Skyszpeski and downhill skier Ross Milne.
		In Albertville, France, the first Olympics since the reunification of Germany in 1990 and the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 resulted in a record 2,174 athletes from 65 countries as the winter games were staged in the French Alps for the third time.
	www.fccps.k12.va.us /gm/Webs-2002/gr8-3/hillary/winterhistory.html (2060 words)

	wiki/1928 Winter Olympics Definition / wiki/1928 Winter Olympics Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Nordic skiingAt the 1928 Winter Olympics, four Nordic skiing events were contested.
		FinlandThe Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomen tasavalta, Swedish: Republiken Finland) is a Nordic country in northeastern Europe, bordered by the Baltic Sea to the southwest, the Gulf of Finland to the southeast and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west.
		Olympic victory is generally considered to be the most prestigious achievement in sports.
	www.elresearch.com /wiki/1928_Winter_Olympics (2678 words)

	KIAT.NET - Olympic Winter Games Nordic Combined
		It involves ski jumping, which requires physical strength and technical control, and cross-country skiing which demands endurance and strength.
		In 1924, 1928, 1932 and 1936, the nation swept the medals in the individual event.
		It was not until 1960 that the Scandinavian grip on the Nordic combined was finally broken when West German Georg Thoma won the gold medal at Squaw Valley in 1960.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/sports/winter/nordiccombined.html (559 words)

	SHORT HISTORY OF SKIING
		Alpine skiing is the mainstay of winter recreation in the northern tier of American states and in the entire Appalachian chain down to the Carolinas, in the Canadian Laurentians, in the northwest’s Cascades, in the western Rockies and the far western Sierra Nevada.
		Skiing became a defining Norwegian characteristic, implying strongly that Norwegians were too courageous and independent to be tied down by mere Swedes, the rulers of Norway at the time in an arrangement not popular at all with Norwegians.
		Winter ski vacations increasingly became a venue of international society and passion for skiing was a distinguishing mark of the upper middle class.
	www.skiinghistory.org /history.html (8651 words)

	1928 — St. Moritz, Switzerland - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		While Olympic organizers had hoped that a single country would host both the winter and summer games every four year, that thought doesn’t last long.
		The second Winter Olympiad are held in a different country than its summer counterpart, which are contested in the Netherlands in the summer of 1928.
		She would repeat the feat in the subsequent two Winter Olympics.
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	Nordic skiing at the 1928 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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		At the 1928 Winter Olympics, four Nordic skiing events were contested.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nordic_skiing_at_the_1928_Winter_Olympics (71 words)

	Bobsled, skeleton have had long ride through history - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		But in terms of Olympic events, skeleton was included in only two previous Winter Games, those of 1928 and 1948, both in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
		According to the U.S. Olympic Committee, the organizers of the 1960 Games in Squaw Valley, Calif., refused to build a track and the sport was removed from the Olympic schedule.
		During the 1928 Winter Games, for the only time, a five-man sled was used.
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	BBC SPORT \| Winter Olympics 2002 \| Front Page \| How the Winter Games were born
		By 1908 figure skating had been included in the Summer Olympics and from there it seemed a matter of time before winter sports got their own Games, which arrived in 1924.
		The 1928 Winter Olympics in St Moritz, Switzerland, attracted an 84 percent increase in participants.
		The Winter Games were cancelled in 1940 and 1944 due to World War II and returned in 1948 in St. Moritz.
	news.bbc.co.uk /winterolympics2002/low/english/front_page/newsid_1628000/1628703.stm (408 words)

	The First Four Olympics (I.S.H.A.)
		As it happened, the foremost ski countries, the Scandinavian nations of Finland, Sweden and Norway, had their own ideas about the way in which international ski events ought to be contested, that is, in an atmosphere of purity and amateurism free from commercial taint.
		The Winter Olympics were on course, hosting a truly international quadrennial ski meet, attracting participants from the far corners of the ski world.
		A second American woman, Clarita Heath, had learned to ski only a year before the Olympics on a ski vacation with her mother at Kitzbühel, and was such a natural she became good enough to enter regional races in the Tyrol.
	www.skiinghistory.org /OlympicStory.html (9057 words)

	kiat.net: Winter Olympic Games Chamonix 1924
		The Chamonix Games were originally known as an "International Winter Sports Week," due to objections by Scandinavian countries that felt a Winter Olympics would detract from their Nordic Games.
		It was not until 1926 during the 25th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lisbon, Portugal that the Chamonix Sports Week was retroactively given the name of Olympic Winter Games.
		The first Winter Games, or "White Olympics" as it was called then, consisted of 14 events in five sports (Nordic skiing, figure skating, speedskating, hockey and bobsledding).
	www.kiat.net /olympics/history/winter/w01chamonix.html (370 words)

	Nordic gold - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Nordic gold (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Nordic gold - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Nordic gold.
		Nordic gold is the alloy from which the middle three denominations of euro coins, 50 cent, 20 cent, and 10 cent coins are made.
		It has also been in use for a number of years in other countries.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Nordic-gold.html (133 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.
		Calgary's Olympics in 1988 were well received by both athletes and spectators, however, there were some concerns regarding the facilities, and the choice of competition sites.
	www.saltlakecity.coolattractions.com /history.html (862 words)

	The Winter Olympics (Reference)
		Despite the objections of Modern Olympics' founder Baron Pierre de Coubertin and the resistance of the Scandinavian countries, which had staged their own Nordic championships every four or five years from 1901-26 in Sweden, the International Olympic Committee sanctioned an “International Winter Sports Week” at Chamonix, France, in 1924.
		The 11-day event, which included nordic skiing, speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey and bobsledding, was a huge success and was retroactively called the first Olympic Winter Games.
		The event ended the four-year Olympic cycle of staging both Winter and Summer Games in the same year and began a new schedule that calls for the two Games to alternate every two years.
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	Eagle Bluff Cross Country or Nordic Skiing Curriculum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Cross-country skiing is divided into two different styles; classic skiing (also called traditional or diagonal) which involves a straight ahead gliding motion, and ski skating (also called Freestyle) which involves a V-style glide and edge motion similar to ice skating or roller blading.
		Ski Orienteering: Nordic sport where a skier must locate a series of control points with the aid of a topographic map and compass.
		Waxless skis: Skis with small ridge patterns on the middle third of the base to provide grip during the classic motion.
	www.eagle-bluff.org /pages/crosscountry.html (4403 words)

	1948 Winter Olympics - Iridis Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The V Olympic Winter Games were held in St.
		Moritz was also the site of the 1928 Winter Olympics.
		Dick Button became the first American to win a figure skating title for the United States, and also became the first figure skater to perform a double axel during an Olympic figure skating event.
	www.iridis.com /1948_Winter_Olympics (112 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		The 1928 Winter Games, hosted by St. Moritz, Switzerland, were the first to be held in a different nation than the Summer Games of the same year.
		Lighting the Olympic Flame by: For the Winter Games, the flame was lit for the first time in 1952 in Oslo.
		According to the International Olympic Committee's rules at the time, the country of the host city chosen to organize the Summer Olympics took priority should it also wish to organize the Winter Games.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=2&OLGY=1928 (301 words)

	1928 Olympics
		Sonja Henie of Norway was only 11 years old in 1924 when she participated in her first Olympics and finished last in women's figure skating.
		Three years later, she won the world championship at age 14 and the year after that was Olympic champion at 15.
		Otherwise, St. Moritz was plagued with warm weather that slowed bobsled and cross-country runs and cancelled the 10,000–meter speed skating race.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0300757.html (307 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		All preceding Winter Events of the Olympic Games were the Interational Winter Sports Week winter sports part of the schedule of the Summer Games, and not as a separate Winter Games.
		1928 Winter Olympics 1928 Winter Olympics medal count medal count
		There you find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article 1928 Winter Olympics.
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	1928 Winter Olympics Definition / 1928 Winter Olympics Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The 1928 Games were the first true Winter Olympics, held on its own, and not in conjunction with a Summer OlympicsThe Summer Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event held every four years, organised by the International Olympic Committee.
		They were actually part of the 1924 Summer OlympicsThe Games of the VIII Olympiad were held in 1924 in Paris, France.
		These games additionally replaced the now redundant Nordic Games, that were held quadrennially since early in the century.
	www.elresearch.com /1928_Winter_Olympics (230 words)

	1928 Winter Olympics
		The 1906 Olympics were organised by the IOC, but are currently not officially recognised by the IOC.
		The 1940 and 1944 Winter and Summer Games were cancelled due to WWII
		The article about 1928 Winter Olympics contains information related to 1928 Winter Olympics, Highlights, Medal winners and Medal Count.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/1928_Winter_Olympics (183 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Winter Olympics 2002 \| Luge and Skeleton \| Legend of the luge
		It is said that when the German cannot sleep at night he polishes the runners on his luge.
		In Salt Lake City he just missed put on becoming the first winter Olympian to win four consecutive golds in the same individual event.
		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.
	news.bbc.co.uk /winterolympics2002/low/english/luge_and_skeleton/newsid_1815000/1815106.stm (709 words)

	WINTER OLYMPIC STATISTICS
		Alpine skiing downhill women) and for each sport and olympic (e.g.
		The ranking is performed neither according to gold medal nor medal total but according to points (3 points for a gold, 2 for a silver and 1 for a bronze).
		It includes all Olympic results from Chamonix 1924 to Salt Lake City 2002.
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	KnowledgeHQ \| Students' Page
		The Olympic Flame first became a tradition of modern Olympics in 1928 at the Amsterdam Games.
		Emily Dickinson watched the snow as it sifted gently and silently from the leaden sky in a late afternoon.
		The eleven day event, which included Nordic skiing, speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey and bobsledding, was a huge success.
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	1924 Olympics
		The first Winter Olympic Games were actually called “The International Winter Sports Week” and went on for 11 days in the French Alps, 60 miles northeast of Grenoble.
		Norway and Finland won 27 of the 43 medals available, including all four Nordic events and four of the five speed skating races.
		Winter Olympics first were held in 1924; where to write to Tonya Harding.
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		At the 1936 Winter Olympics, four Nordic skiing events were contested.
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