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	Sport
		Le sport est un phénomène quasi universel dans le temps et dans l'espace, et, pour reprendre une maxime byzantine, « les peuples sans sport sont des peuples tristes ».
		Chronologie du sport : Le sport année par année 2005 - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 - 1999...
		Outre les sports dits « extrêmes » comme la plongée sous-marine ou le parachutisme, le sportif peut se blesser en faisant un faux mouvement ou une chute (entorse, élongation musculaire, claquage, fracture osseuse) ou en recevant un coup, ou bien avoir un accident cardiovasculaire (du type infarctus du myocarde).
	www.01-sport.com (1325 words)

	Sports - Skeleton
		Considered the world's first sliding sport, skeleton originated in the Swiss town of St. Moritz in the late 1800s.
		The sport got its name in 1892, when a new sled made mostly of metal was introduced.
		This sport is definitely not rare and fairly popular.
	www.olympicspro.com /Skeleton.htm (204 words)

	SkeletonSport.cz - VĹˇe o jĂzdĂ¬ na skeletonu
		At the first view the skeleton driving looks like good idea for someone, whom the life wearied.
		Skeleton means a short sleigh you are driving in an ice bed, lying on oneâ€™s front, head first.
		Invitation to the track in Altenberg on the CZ championship on Sunday 4th February 2007
	www.skeletonsport.cz (80 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - SPORTS
		The sport took its name in 1892, when a new sled made mostly of metal was introduced.
		Skeleton has twice been on the Olympic programme, both times at its "ancestral" home of St. Moritz, in 1928 and 1948.
		However, skeleton for both men and women has also been added to the 2002 Olympic programme.
	www.olympic.org /uk/sports/programme/disciplines_uk.asp?DiscCode=SN (202 words)

	Winter Olympics: Skeleton
		The sport got its name after its first participant crashed horribly and all that was recovered was his skeleton.
		The sport's first organized competition took place in the late 1800s in the Swiss village of St.
		But the sport would not reappear until the 1948 Winter Games, which were also held in St. Moritz.
	www.infoplease.com /spot/winter-olympics-skeleton.html (575 words)

	Bermuda Olympic Skeleton Campaign
		Thus the sport of "Skeleton" was officially born.
		One of the skeleton runners is placed into a bobsled ice groove and the 'slider,' as Skeleton athletes are called, pushes the sled along the groove as fast as he can.
		Skeleton competitions are held over two runs with the fastest combined time being the winner.
	www.bermudaice.com /skeleton.asp (1012 words)

	Skeleton - Torino 2006 Winter Olympic Games
		Skeleton, sometimes also called tobogganing, is an individual winter sport where competitors drive the sled in a prone, head-first position down an ice track on a sled or 'sleigh', and differs from luge, where the rider drives the sled from a supine, feet-first orientation.
		EVENTS: Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics will be held in the town of Cesana Torinese, in an area called Pariol, a little outside the town in the direction of San Sicario, Italy on February 16 and 17.
		Skeleton is the oldest known sledding sport and originates from St. Moritz, Switzerland, where in 1884 the Cresta run was built by Major Bulpetts.
	www.italyworldclub.com /piemonte/turin_2006/sport_skeleton.htm (335 words)

	Wikinfo \| Skeleton
		Skeleton is also a winter sport: see skeleton (sport).
		The third skeletal system is called the hydrostatic skeleton which is hardly ever mentioned when speaking of the skeletal system because it lacks bones.
		In order to harden the skeleton, crustaceans such as crabs and lobsters deposit calcium salts into their cuticles that secreted by the epidermis.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=skeleton (482 words)

	Federation Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobaganning - History
		In 1905, skeleton was practiced for the first time outside Switzerland, on the occasion of a bobsleigh competition at Muerzzuschlag in Styria.
		As the sport grew in popularity, new rules and regulations evolved through the FIBT to assure uniformity and fairness.
		Skeleton has proved to be an attractive sport as it increases the use of expensive combined Olympic tracks.
	www.bobsleigh.com /sport/history_skeleton.htm (784 words)

	Women's Sports Foundation ATHLETES
		Although Tricia is a newcomer to the sport, she has consistently been the US Team's best performer and has taken her place among the top three sliders internationally, making herself a serious medal contender for Salt Lake City.
		During her time in Park City, she was introduced to the sport of skeleton and was instantly hooked.
		Skeleton, the world's first sliding sport, was organized in the late 1880s in the village of St. Moritz, Switzerland.
	www.womenssportsfoundation.org /cgi-bin/iowa/athletes/article.html?record=59 (466 words)

	ScienceDaily: ScienceDaily Breaking News: Sport / Skeleton
		Skeleton Of Sun's Atmosphere Reveals Its True Nature (April 17, 2007) -- The Sun's outer atmosphere or corona is incredibly complex, as shown in observations from space.
		In 1858, a skeleton of a dinosaur from this genus was the first full dinosaur skeleton found in North America, and in 1868 it became the first ever...
		Sports medicine -- Sports medicine or sport medicine is an interdisciplinary subspecialty of medicine which deals with the treatment and preventive care of athletes, both amateur and professional.
	www.sciencedaily.com /upi/index.php?topic=sport&subtopic=skeleton (1346 words)

	What is Skeleton Racing ::>> athlete descends the bobsleigh track head first
		In the Olympic sport of skeleton racing the athlete descends the bobsleigh track head first, their chin and toes only millimetres from the ice.
		Skeleton has been an international sport for over 100 years, and was re-introduced into the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City as a full medal sport after a 52 year absence, and the good news is that skeleton is back to stay!
		Skeleton racing continues to fascinate those who have seen and heard about the sport, it is exciting and extreme.
	www.nzskeletonracer.com /What_is_Skeleton_Racing.htm (254 words)

	New Sports: Canadian Women at the 2002 olympics in Salt lake City, Utah
		Considered the world's first sliding sport, skeleton was started in the Swiss town of St. Moritz in the late 1800s.
		Skeleton was contested in 1928 and 1948 Winter Games, both of which were held in St. Moritz, where skeleton was founded in the late 1800s.
		If a damaged skeleton cannot be repaired in time for a heat, the use of a spare sled may be permitted by the competition jury.
	www.caaws.ca /olympics/2002/newsports/about_skeleton.htm (832 words)

	Skeleton (sport) at AllExperts
		Skeleton is a winter sport in which competitors aim to drive a one-person sled in a prone, head-first position down an ice track in the fastest time.
		This Olympic sport is known in some parts of the world as tobogganing.
		Skeleton was added to the Olympic program beginning with the 2002 Games.
	en.allexperts.com /e/s/sk/skeleton_(sport).htm (447 words)

	SKELETON SLEDDING INFORMATION
		The skeleton sled is lower to the ground and radically different from a luge, and, with some variation, must conform to certain specifications.
		Although the low lying, heavy skeleton is generally considered easier to guide safely to the bottom of the track than a luge, its steering is not as precise in the hands of most drivers.
		Skeleton races are held on the national and international level, as well as local races based at the different tracks.
	www.capital.net /~phuston/skelbob.html (1657 words)

	British Bob Skeleton Association from Try My Sport
		Hurtling down an ice chute at 80 mph with your chin millimetres from the ground is both to know fear and to banish it.
		The British Bob Skeleton Association (BBSKA) is the governing body of the sport in the UK and runs the Talent ID programme each year, designed to pick the best eight from three hundred candidates, between the age of 16 and 24.
		They get an introduction to the sport and training methods, an assessment of athletic ability and, for those short listed, a chance to try out on the state of the art push track facility at University of Bath, where the BBSKA is based as part of Team Bath.
	www.trymysport.co.uk /bob_skeleton.htm (377 words)

	Learn all about the sport of skeleton in the winter olympics \| Olympics Blog
		In skeleton the riders lay on their stomachs and go through the course face first.
		It made appearances in the Winter Olympics of 1928 and 1948, but it wasn't the most popular sport, so it was dropped from the Olympic program.
		Over 20 countries have skeleton national programs including the United States skeleton program, the Mexican skeleton program and the Jamaican skeleton program.
	www.everytwoyears.com /skeleton-sport-event-olympics (373 words)

	Skeleton, in the flesh, is a real thrill \| csmonitor.com
		Instead, they are missionaries for a sport that was actually a predecessor of bobsled and luge, yet for decades has been all but forgotten by all except a few enthusiasts ensconced deep within the Alps.
		Although luge is fractionally faster, the fact that skeleton sliders go down head first with no steering mechanism has given it a reputation as the crazy uncle of sliding sports.
		Parsley, who read about the sport on the Web and had never actually seen it before she took her first run, once applied shoe glue to her face so she wouldn't have to go to a hospital to stitch a cut.
	www.csmonitor.com /2002/0220/p04s01-ussc.htm (993 words)

	SI.com - 2006 Winter Olympics - Kelli Anderson: U.S. feels the pressure in skeleton - Friday February 17, 2006 1:12PM
		CESANA PARIOL, Italy -- U.S. skeleton athlete Katie Uhlaender will tell you that one of the biggest keys to success in her sport, in which one slides headfirst on a little sled down an icy, curving track at about 75 mph, is the ability to resist the urge to "freak out" during a run.
		Her first official runs on the skeleton track at the Olympics would be like his first at bat, he told her.
		Uhlaender, the lone U.S. representative in the women's skeleton competition, was disappointed with her sixth-place finish (out of a field of 15), but U.S. assistant coach Lea Ann Parsley, the '02 silver medalist, was not.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2006/olympics/2006/writers/02/17/luge/index.html (1097 words)

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		The object of this sled sport is to make it down an ice track as fast as possible.
		Skeleton made its Olympic debut in 1928 and last appeared in the Olympics in 1948.
		THE BASICS: Skeleton is a sliding sport in which the racer competes stomach-down and head-first on a two-runner sled known as a "skeleton." The sport, for men and women, resembles luge, except for the body positioning on the sled.
	olympics.belointeractive.com /skeleton/25olyupclose.32da7.html (588 words)

	ESPN.com - Olympic diary: Going for that first slide
		Lea Ann Parsley, a 33-year-old on the U.S. skeleton team, a sport that is debuting at Salt Lake City, shares a bi-weekly diary on her preparations for the Olympics.
		For those of you who have never heard of skeleton, which is 99.9 percent of the population, skeleton is one of three winter sliding sports, alongside bobsled and luge.
		Although the sport is often described as a headfirst version of luge, we are actually governed by the United States Bobsled and Skeleton Federation (USBSF) in Lake Placid, N.Y. The Federation International of Bobsleigh and Tobogganing, or FIBT, is the international governing body.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1289031&type=story (829 words)

	skeleton sport Differently as luge, skeleton sleds are ridden face first. The organized competition of the skeleton ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The organized competition of the skeleton sport first took place in the late 1800s.
		Fusion of context is comprised of skeleton sport.
		Context is skeleton sport with its edges 1-skeleton.
	skeleton.kbqc.com /skeleton-sport.html (509 words)

	Australian Olympic Committee (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Skeleton athletes lie on their stomachs with their heads at the front of the sled, speeding and winding their way down the track.
		Skeleton is held on the same course as the bobsleigh and luge (1200m).
		The sport of skeleton utilises sleds with two runners.
	www.olympics.com.au /sports.cfm?SportID=30&DisciplineID=27 (567 words)

	Dickinson College - The Dickinsonian
		Last December Dickinson was first greeted with the news that Brandon Corbit '04 had begun training for skeleton; the winter Olympic sport in which participants slide headfirst down an ice track at speeds reaching 85 mph.
		Although he never participated in an extreme sport, the 12 bones he broke by age 16 desensitized him from any fears that might result from sliding headfirst down an icy ramp at over 80 mph.
		skeleton sled, his times were consistently in the top 3 each day of the camp.
	cfserv.dickinson.edu /dickinsonian/detail.cfm?59 (641 words)

	CNNSI.com - 2002 Winter Olympics - Sport Explainers - Skeleton Events - Monday February 04, 2002 10:48 AM
		Skeleton athletes travel head-first down the track, lying on their stomachs atop of the sled (prone position).
		One of the fastest courses in the world, the track is 1,335 meters long and has five start areas for the different events (luge, bobsled and skeleton).
		Men's skeleton will be returning to the Olympics for the first time since the 1948 Games in St. Moritz.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/2002/sport_explainers/skeleton_events (277 words)

	Winter Olympics - Skeleton (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Skeleton is an amazing sport that is similar to sledding.
		This sport is coming back to the Olympic Winter Games for the third time since 1948.
		In this sport, the equipment needed is a sled, a special suit, and a helmet.
	www2.lhric.org /pocantico/olympics/skeleton.htm (258 words)

	Winter Games' Bone-Rattling Event -
		This isn't an X Games event, but the centuries-old sport of skeleton, in which the slider's ability to calculate each turn is as critical as the sled itself.
		The skeleton sled is a steel frame with a composite pod, a steel saddle that holds the rider and two stainless steel runners.
		Despite the sport's death-defying image, athletes say skeleton is actually the safest of the sliding sports because they don't have to deal with any extra equipment or steering mechanisms.
	www.wired.com /news/technology/0,1282,49799,00.html (965 words)

	Canadian Skeleton Schools Information
		The sport of Skeleton is the safest of the sliding sports.
		Skeleton uses specialized Bobsleigh shoes during International races, however for training simple track or sprinting pikes are required.
		Proper track spikes are needed to continue training in the sport since you cannot run well on ice with anything but a spiked shoe.
	www.albertaskeleton.ca /Pages/Schools.html (1094 words)

	Solutions
		Sports Engineering @ CSES initially scanned a skeleton sled with a mannequin to capture data and test out a few theories. But the real work was done based on a scan of Bromley in racing position on a competition sled.
		Although Sports Engineering often uses CEI’s free EnLiten geometry viewer to distribute results to colleagues and customers, for this project results were communicated with still images for short technical reports and with animations generated directly from EnSight for face-to-face meetings.
		Sports Engineering @ CSES cannot divulge details from its research for obvious competitive reasons, but Hart says results revealed some surprising regions of flow separation, and showed that certain factors have a larger influence than was previously believed.
	www.geomagic.com /en/solutions/britskeleton.php (618 words)

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