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	1988 Winter Olympics
		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...
		CTV was also the host broadcaster for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, which was the last time the Olympics were held in Canada.
		Previously, it was home to the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.
	www.olympicsexperts.com /1988-Winter-Olympics.html

	1980 Winter Olympics Finland
		Winter Olympics Through The Years 1980 Olympics Lake Placid Top 10 Standings Leading Medal Winners Alpine Skiing Biathlon...
		The winter Olympics were begun in 1924 and were...
		USA, is where the year 2002 Winter Olympics were held.
	www.olympicsexperts.com /1980-Winter-Olympics-Finland.html

	1980 Winter Olympics
		At the Winter Olympic Museum you can see historic 1980 Olympic memorabilia including Beth Heidens speed skates, and other exhibits featuring the famous "miracle on ice" where the underdog USA Hockey team upset the powerful Soviet Team to become heroes of the 1980 Winter Olympic Games.
		In 1980, the United States welcomed the best winter sport athletes in the world to the Adirondack village of Lake Placid, New York.
		Gold Medalists of the 1980 Olympic Winter Games
	lpcs.neric.org /highschool/trip/om3.htm

	Skiing - Winter Sports
		facilities and home of the 1932 and 1980 Winter Games the Hotel is convenient to shopping arts and many four season sports venues and outdoor activities.
		Winter Ski and Snowboard Take you're next ski or snowboard vacation with TWA.
		Winter vacation spots are embracing it as an alternative to snow sports—especially
	www.anyskiing.com /wintersports

	Marathon & Beyond -- The web site for marathoners and ultrarunners.
		One of the more famous locales in the region is Lake Placid, which holds the distinction of being one of only two sites in the world to host two winter Olympics: in 1930 and 1980.
		Among the leaders was an ebony-colored man of medium stature who ran with a graceful, almost effortless stride.1 He wore white, loose-fitting shorts, a sleeveless shirt, and a cloth tied around his head, which gave him the look of a desert nomad.
		Her skates are on display at the Olympic museum.
	www.marathonandbeyond.com /tocvol5.htm

	Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com
		The events in the Winter Olympics include: ice hockey, figure skating, speed skating, snowboarding, luge, bobsleigh, skeleton (a type of sledding), curling, cross-country skiing, freestyle skiing, slalom, downhill (Alpine) skiing, ski jumping, Nordic combined (skiing plus ski jumping), and biathlon (skiing and shooting).
		The Olympic flag was first used in the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium.
		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 (1129 words)

	SLAM! NAGANO: Winter Olympic Records
		Most Medals, Single Olympics, Women -- 5, Manuela Di Centa, Italy, nordic skiing, 1994 (2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze) and Lyubov Egorova, Unified Team, nordic skiing, 1992 (3 gold, 2 silver).
		Most Medals, Single Olympics, Men -- 5, Eric Heiden, United States, speedskating, 1980 (5 gold).
		Most Bronze Medals, Women -- 4, Yelena Valbe, Unified Team, nordic skiing, 1992.
	www.canoe.ca /SlamNaganoHistory/records.html (390 words)

	Games fell to Lake Placid by default
		The 1932 Olympic Arena, Whiteface Mountain (alpine skiing), Mt. Van Hoevenberg (Nordic skiing and bobsledding) and the speed-skating oval were refurbished to accommodate a modern Olympics.
		The 77-year-old Lake Placid native son was part of four Olympic ski-jumping teams (1948, 1952, 1956 and 1960), flew bombers in World War II, owns the Lake Placid motel that bears his name and called ski jumping for CBS and ABC from 1960 until 1992.
		From a sports standpoint, the Games brought important new construction: the Olympic Center, luge run and 90-meter ski jump were built for the Games.
	www.pressrepublican.com /Archive/2000/02_2000/021320006.htm (2675 words)

	The Winter Olympics
		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.
		Winter Sports: Gold rush in the hills; Sestriere's preparations for next year's Winter Olympics are well underway.Sarah Barrell checks up on progress in the Italian Alps and finds a world-class ski resort taking shape.(Features)
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0115111.html (723 words)

	Find Winter Olympics 1980 Ice Hockey Information
		winter sports week with speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey and nordic skiing was planned, but the 1916 Olympics...
		The young Americans' upset of the mighty Soviets in the 1980 Winter Olympics...
		The Olympic Center in Lake Placid is the site of the 1980 Miracle on Ice hockey game when the underdog U.S. hockey team upended the Soviet Union and ultimately won the Olympic gold medal.
	www.abovethefold.net /nhl/6/winter-olympics-1980-ice-hockey.html (308 words)

	Find Winter Olympics 1980 Ice Hockey Information
		winter sports week with speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey and nordic skiing was planned, but the 1916 Olympics...
		The young Americans' upset of the mighty Soviets in the 1980 Winter Olympics...
		The Olympic Center in Lake Placid is the site of the 1980 Miracle on Ice hockey game when the underdog U.S. hockey team upended the Soviet Union and ultimately won the Olympic gold medal.
	www.abovethefold.net /nhl/6/winter-olympics-1980-ice-hockey.html (308 words)

	The Sports Network - Olympics
		participated in the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria and competed in Nordic skiing.
		It was at the 1980 Olympics that Jim Jr.
		Living in Lake Placid helped Shea to appreciate winter sports, ever since the U.S. Olympic hockey team's incredible performance at the 1980 Games.
	www.sportsnetwork.com /?c=sportsnetwork&page=olymp/news/BON1877402.htm (958 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 (958 words)

	The Winter Olympics
		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.
		Organizers of the 1916 Summer Games in Berlin planned to introduce a “Skiing Olympia,” featuring nordic events in the Black Forest, but the Games were cancelled after the outbreak of World War I in 1914.
		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.
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0115111.html (749 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...
		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...
		Winter Olympics - 1988 The 1988 Calgary Olympic Games were a wonderful event.
	www.nethorde.com /winter/1988-winter-olympics.html (749 words)

	Nordic skiing World Championships - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Championship events include Nordic skiing's three disciplines: Cross-country skiing (aka XC skiing), Ski jumping, and Nordic combined (the latter being a combination sport consisting of both XC skiing and Ski jumping).
		The Nordic skiing World Championships (officially the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships) have been held in various numbers and types of events since 1925 for men and including women since 1954.
		Until 1980, the Winter Olympics also counted as World Championship events.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nordic_skiing_World_Championships (263 words)

	Find Winter Olympics 1980 Ice Hockey Information
		winter sports week with speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey and nordic skiing was planned, but the 1916 Olympics...
		The Olympic Center in Lake Placid is the site of the 1980 Miracle on Ice hockey game when the underdog U.S. hockey team upended the Soviet Union and ultimately won the Olympic gold medal.
		The men's hockey gold medals are heading back to the game's birthplace for the first time in 50 years.
	www.abovethefold.net /nhl/6/winter-olympics-1980-ice-hockey.html (308 words)

	Find Winter Olympics 1980 Ice Hockey Information
		winter sports week with speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey and nordic skiing was planned, but the 1916 Olympics...
		The Olympic Center in Lake Placid is the site of the 1980 Miracle on Ice hockey game when the underdog U.S. hockey team upended the Soviet Union and ultimately won the Olympic gold medal.
		The young Americans' upset of the mighty Soviets in the 1980 Winter Olympics...
	www.abovethefold.net /nhl/6/winter-olympics-1980-ice-hockey.html (308 words)

	1998 Olympic Nordic Skiing and Ski Jumping
		When the Winter Olympics open from February 7-22 in Nagano, it will be a grand spectacle, great racing, and a dream come true for the organizers who have worked hard to prepare a hearty welcome.
		The USA Women's team is led by Alaska's Nina Kemppel, who will be skiing in her third Olympics, along with likely Olympic Team candidates Vermonter Kerrin Petty — who lives most of the year in Sweden, and perhaps Laura Wilson.
		Austria's talent wunderkind, and a former Austria Athlete of the Year, was given the boot by the OSV (Austrian Ski Association) when he was charged with using cocaine at a Vienna disco.
	classic.mountainzone.com /olympics/nagano/nordic.html (308 words)

	Find Winter Olympics 1980 Ice Hockey Information
		winter sports week with speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey and nordic skiing was planned, but the 1916 Olympics...
		The Olympic Center in Lake Placid is the site of the 1980 Miracle on Ice hockey game when the underdog U.S. hockey team upended the Soviet Union and ultimately won the Olympic gold medal.
		The men's hockey gold medals are heading back to the game's birthplace for the first time in 50 years.
	www.abovethefold.net /nhl/6/winter-olympics-1980-ice-hockey.html (308 words)

	Find Winter Olympics 1980 Ice Hockey Information
		winter sports week with speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey and nordic skiing was planned, but the 1916 Olympics...
		The Olympic Center in Lake Placid is the site of the 1980 Miracle on Ice hockey game when the underdog U.S. hockey team upended the Soviet Union and ultimately won the Olympic gold medal.
		The men's hockey gold medals are heading back to the game's birthplace for the first time in 50 years.
	www.abovethefold.net /nhl/6/winter-olympics-1980-ice-hockey.html (308 words)

	SLAM! NAGANO: Winter Olympic Records
		Most Medals, Single Olympics, Women -- 5, Manuela Di Centa, Italy, nordic skiing, 1994 (2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze) and Lyubov Egorova, Unified Team, nordic skiing, 1992 (3 gold, 2 silver).
		Most Medals, Single Olympics, Men -- 5, Eric Heiden, United States, speedskating, 1980 (5 gold).
		Most Silver Medals, Women -- 5, Andrea Ehrig, East Germany, speedskating, 1976, 1984-88 and Raisa Smetanina, Soviet Union-Unified Team, nordic skiing, 1976-88.
	www.canoe.ca /SlamNaganoHistory/records.html (308 words)

	SLAM! NAGANO: Winter Olympic Records
		Most Medals, Single Olympics, Women -- 5, Manuela Di Centa, Italy, nordic skiing, 1994 (2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze) and Lyubov Egorova, Unified Team, nordic skiing, 1992 (3 gold, 2 silver).
		Most Medals, Single Olympics, Men -- 5, Eric Heiden, United States, speedskating, 1980 (5 gold).
		Largest Margin of victory, Women -- 4.7 seconds, Madeleine Berthod, Switzerland, Downhill, 1956.
	www.canoe.ca /SlamNaganoHistory/records.html (390 words)

	Lake Placid 1980 Olympic Winter Games - Figure Skating
		Lake Placid 1980 Olympic Winter Games -Nordic Skiing
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	www.geocities.com /SouthBeach/Island/3737/cca0006.html (390 words)

	National Sports Academy - Nordic Skiing
		The spectacular airborne sport of ski jumping is one of the Winter programs offered at the National Sports Academy as is nordic combined which as its name implies combines the Nordic sports of ski jumping and cross country skiing.
		Here in Lake Placid the Nordic sports have a long tradition going back to before the 1932 Olympics in which Skiing by definition meant Cross Country and Jumping.
		Whether their aspirations are to the Olympic level or to just doing the best they can, our program wants to give the skier opportunity to develop to the best of their ability.
	www.nationalsportsacademy.com /jgrant/html/nordic.htm (490 words)

	Multi-sport event - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		These Games were held in Scandinavia, and the sports conducted were winter sports such as cross country skiing and speed skating.
		The Nordic Games were last held in 1926, after which the 1924 Winter Sports Week in Chamonix was declared the first Olympic Winter Games.
		Goodwill Games, held first in 1986, held as an alternative after the boycotted Olympics of 1980 and 1984.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Multi-sport_event (562 words)

	Casey Simons Wins Junior Olympic Sprint :: The freshman skied first in the 18-19 age division
		Lake Placid and the Verizon Sports Complex Cross Country Center at Mt. Van Hoevenberg have a rich history in nordic skiing dating back to the 1980 Olympic Winter Games and are proud to welcome these future Olympians to Lake Placid.
		The Junior Olympics is the national championship for skiers ages 14 to 19 and features over 400 skiers from nine divisions around the country.
		The nordic skier qualified for the 18-19 age group sprint elimination round after a fourth-place finish (2:03.42) in the qualifying round.
	utahutes.collegesports.com /sports/c-ski/spec-rel/031104aaa.html (562 words)

	Find Winter Olympics 1980 Ice Hockey Information
		winter sports week with speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey and nordic skiing was planned, but the 1916 Olympics...
		The Olympic Center in Lake Placid is the site of the 1980 Miracle on Ice hockey game when the underdog U.S. hockey team upended the Soviet Union and ultimately won the Olympic gold medal.
		Miracle On Ice - How The 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team Won Gold
	www.abovethefold.net /nhl/6/winter-olympics-1980-ice-hockey.html (308 words)

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