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	winter olympics magazine article learnenglish
		The Olympic Motto is 'Citius, Altius, Fortius', (or faster, higher, stronger), and when you hear the words "The Olympics", you may see mental pictures of tanned men and women athletes in brightly coloured sportswear, trying hard to live up to the motto, while keeping to the Olympic ideals of friendship, unity, fair play and peace.
		In the ski jumping event, competitors launch themselves from a 90 or 120 metre hill, and are judged on the length and style of their jump.
		Ski jumping can look more like a test of bravery than a sport, and in 1988 Eddie the Eagle Edwards won the affection and admiration of millions when he competed for Britain, despite having jumped only a handful of times before the event.
	www.learnenglish.org.uk /magazine/winter_olympics02.html (744 words)

	Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games was two individual events and one team event.
		Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Normal Hill (K90)
		Dmitry Vassiliev could have won Russia's second ski jumping gold medal ever because he had the best jump in the first round.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ski_jumping_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics (185 words)

	CNN.com - Ski Jumping - Jan 31, 2006
		Ski jumping was held at the Chamonix Olympics of 1924.
		Ski jumping was among the sports at the first ever Winter Olympics in 1924, but a world championship was not held until 1972.
		In ski jumping, the distance is measured to a point between the skier's feet on landing, which means there is an advantage in hitting the ground with one foot in front of the other.
	cnn.com /rssclick/2006/SPORT/01/31/sports.skijumping/index.html?... (812 words)

	cbc.ca/kids/olympics/ski jumping
		With the ski jumping community gathering in Turin for the Winter Games, Canada is proud to be sending four fearless teenagers to represent their country.
		Canada hasn't had a ski jumping team at the Olympics since Albertville in '92, and these four are looking to remind people that Canada is a force to be reckoned with.
		Ski jumping at the Olympics is held on both the large, 120m-long hill; and the normal, 90m-long hill.
	www.cbc.ca /kids/olympics/skijumping (368 words)

	KIAT.NET - Olympic Winter Games Ski Jumping
		The first ski jumping contest was held in Trysil, Norway, in 1862.
		Throughout the mid-1800s, ski jumping was part of ski carnivals in Norway, but the sport gained added prestige when, in 1892, the Norwegian royal family decided to donate the "King's Cup" trophy to the winner of the annual meet held in Holmenkollen.
		The only ski jumping event from the normal hill, which is 90 metres high.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/sports/winter/skijumping.html (305 words)

	2006 Winter Olympics Ski Jumping, Events, News, Athletes, Teams, Pictures
		Norway is generally credited for the birth of ski jumping in the mid-19th century.
		An official nod was given the sport when the Norwegian royal family organized the "King's Cup" trophy to the winner of the annual ski jumping meet held in Holmenkollen in 1892.
		Ski jumping was featured at the first Olympic Winter Games at Chamonix Mont-Blanc in 1924.
	www.chiff.com /olympics/olympics-ski-jumping.htm (317 words)

	Ski Jumping: European Stars Likely To Shine - Olympics News Story - KXAS \| Dallas
		Ski jumping has been an event at every Olympic Winter Games, and in that respect it could be referred to as the "godfather" of extreme winter sports.
		Throughout the mid-1800s, ski jumping was part of ski carnivals in Norway, but legendary Norwegian nordic athlete Sondre Nordheim is credited with the first officially measured ski jump in 1860.
		Ski poles cannot be used and scores are based on distance and style.
	www.nbc5i.com /olympics2006/6207505/detail.html (826 words)

	ThePittsburghChannel.com - Olympics 2006 - Ski Jumping: European Stars Likely To Shine
		Ski jumping has been an event at every Olympic Winter Games, and in that respect it could be referred to as the "godfather" of extreme winter sports.
		Throughout the mid-1800s, ski jumping was part of ski carnivals in Norway, but legendary Norwegian nordic athlete Sondre Nordheim is credited with the first officially measured ski jump in 1860.
		Ski poles cannot be used and scores are based on distance and style.
	www.thepittsburghchannel.com /olympics2006/6207505/detail.html (845 words)

	1924 Nordic Olympics Skiing Winter Facts (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ski lodging 2002 winter olympics utah skiing with direct access to the ski.
		1924 was international winter sports week later called the first winter olympics held with the events of figure skating, hockey, nordic skiing.
		At the 1924 winter olympics, four nordic skiing events were contested, both cross country skiing events and the nordic combined were won.
	www.xcountry-skiing.info /1924-nordic-olympics-skiing-winter.html (742 words)

	[ information-center.be \| 1924_Winter_Olympics Resources ] (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1924 in Chamonix, France.
		In 1921, on the convention of the IOC in Lausanne, there was a call for equality for wintersports, and after much discussion it is decided to organise an "international week of winter sport" in 1924 in Chamonix.
		The very first gold medal awarded in the Olympic Winter games was won by Charles Jewtraw, in the opening event, the 500 meter speedskating.
	information-center.be /1924_Winter_Olympics.html (591 words)

	Height Jumping Ski (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The maximum the 1924 winter olympics, height jumping ski and.
		Skis would be (r 11) the top nations in the.
		Jumping ski of jumper's height flota, difference in the cross country.
	skiing.sub21.info /Height-Jumping-Ski (288 words)

	Winter Olympics: Ski Jumping
		The youngest male athlete to win an Olympic gold medal was 16-year-old Toni Nieminen of Finland, who won the large hill ski jumping event at the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville, France.
		Ski jumping was born in Norway, the country that has given us practically all of our Nordic skiing events.
		A popular attraction at ski carnivals in the mid-1800s, the first official ski jumping competition was held in Norway in 1872.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/winter-olympics-ski-jumping.html (345 words)

	Nordic skiing at the 1924 Winter Olympics - Definition, explanation
		At the 1924 Winter Olympics, four Nordic skiing events were contested, both Cross country skiing events and the Nordic combined were won by Norway's Thorleif Haug.
		The ski jumping event held at the 1924 Winter Olympics was unusual, as the bronze medallist was not properly rewarded until 50 years later.
		At the 1924 Winter Olympics, the nordic combined event consisted of 18 km cross country skiing and the ski jump.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/n/no/nordic_skiing_at_the_1924_winter_olympics.php (273 words)

	usnews.com - Winter Olympics 2002
		At the 2002 winter games, 77 countries were represented at the opening ceremonies, and the total grew to 78 on February 11, when Costa Rica's sole competing athlete, a cross-country skier, arrived.
		Whenever skiers finish a race or jump, they quickly snap off their skis and hold them up or lean them against their head or shoulders so that in any TV shot the name of the skis is shown to viewers.
		First of all, to be even considered for the Olympics, a sport has to be "universal," which means it has to be played at a minimum number of countries.
	www.usnews.com /usnews/olympics/winter/articles/event020213.htm (1419 words)

	Winter Olympics: A Tale of Two Countries
		It was the most dismal Olympics on record from a Norwegian point of view with not a single gold medal and a meager 5 medals in all.
		The result is a smaller recruiting base in those traditional winter sports such as speed skating, cross country skiing and ski jumping that remain, primarily, outdoor events.
		Many of Norway's winter sports heroes are developed in small, isolated towns where being outside and active forms a good starting point for the development of future skiers, ski jumpers and speed skaters.
	www.sportsci.org /news/news9803/olympics.html (1579 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)

	winter olympics magazine article learnenglish
		This was not the first time that the issue of professionalism had caused controversy Winter Olympics alpine skiing.
		In 1984 Jayne Torville and Christopher Dean (Britain) redefined the ice dancing event with their sparkling gold medal performance to the music of Ravel's "Bolero." They were given the maximum score for artistic impression by all nine of the event's judges.
		Edwards finished 58th and last in the 70-meter jump and 55th and last in the 90-meter and was welcomed home after the Games by hundreds of fans at London's Heathrow Airport.
	www.learnenglish.org.uk /magazine/winter_olympics.html (1205 words)

	1924 first winter olympics \| winter olympics INFO BREAK (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The first Winter Olympic Games were actually called "The International Winter Sports Week" and went on for days in the French Alps miles northeast of Grenoble.
		The I Olympic Winter Games were held in in Chamonix France First Winter Olympics held in Chamonix.
		Winter Olympics first were held in 1924; where to write to Tonya...
	olympics.infobreak.info /1924-first-winter-olympics.html (1041 words)

	1924 Olympics — FactMonster.com
		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.
		But the most remarkable U.S. medal was the bronze won by Anders Haugen in the ski jump.
		Winter Olympics: Speed Skating - Preview of the Olympic event speed skating
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/a0300756.html (371 words)

	Click2Houston.com - Olympics 2006 - Ski Jumping: European Stars Likely To Shine
		It's hard to imagine such a dangerous sport taking place in the 1924 Olympics in Chamonix, but it was a marquee event in those historic Games.
		Janne Ahonen has been a ski jumping star for over a decade in his native Finland, but has yet to win an Olympic gold medal.
		For the second straight Olympic Winter Games, Canada will not send any athletes to compete in ski jumping.
	www.click2houston.com /olympics2006/6207505/detail.html (845 words)

	Ski Jumping - Winter Olympics - Sports - The New York Times (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Decades before extreme sports like freestyle skiing and skeleton were even invented, ski jumping was the most perilous sport in the Winter Games.
		The winning team, which in the 2002 Olympics was Germany, has the highest total score.
		In his fourth Olympics, Ahonen, a shy stick figure at 6-foot-1 and 143 pounds, hopes to win his first individual medal.
	www.nytimes.com /top/news/sports/olympics2006/skijumping/index.html (360 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Nordic skiing
		Nordic skiing is a winter sport that encompasses all types of skiing where the heel of the boot cannot be fixed to the ski.
		This includes a wide range of ski equipment and techniques such as classic and skate cross country skiing, ski jumping, biathlon, and telemark skiing.
		The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships is a major event of these sports and happens in winter of odd-number years between Winter Olympics.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Nordic_skiing (199 words)

	The First Winter Olympics
		Winter Olympics first took place in 1924, in Chamonix, France.
		The Games were actually called "The International Winter Sports Week" and went on for 11 days, from January 25 to February 5.
		Thorleif Haug from Norway won three gold medals in cross-country skiing and the nordic combined.
	www.socialstudiesforkids.com /articles/sports/winter_olympics_first1.htm (270 words)

	CHAMONIX SKIING PART FOUR:THE FIRST WINTER OLYMPICS OF 1924
		While Chamonix’s connection with winter sports extends back into the 1800’s, the 1924 Winter Olympics, even though it was called the Chamonix International Sports Week, expanded the areas winter options.
		Perhaps the most overwhelming Olympic team of all time, the Canadian ice hokey team, took the gold by outscoring the opposition 110 goals to three.
		The winter games, aside from the fact the host French only won a single medal, a bronze, were off and running..
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/luxury_travel/56469 (358 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Winter Olympics 2002 \| Other Skiing
		Freestyle skier Alisa Camplin lays claim to Australia's second gold medal of the Winter Olympics in the women's aerials.
		Russian Olympic chiefs believe skier Olga Koroleva's was unfairly placed fourth in the freestyle aerials event at Salt Lake City.
		Freestyle skiing favourite Jacqui Cooper endures yet another injury as she is forced to pull out of the Winter Olympics.
	news.bbc.co.uk /winterolympics2002/hi/english/other_skiing/default.stm (1007 words)

	History of Winter Olympics Told in New Book
		The Winter Games are a tradition that dates back to 1924, and author Sue Macy recounts the highlights, low points and changes that have taken place since that time in a new book called Freeze Frame: A Photographic History of The Winter Olympics.
		Figure skating was featured at the Summer Olympics as early as 1908, but it was not until 1924 that a separate winter festival was held in Chamonix, France.
		In those early years, the Winter Olympic matches were all held outdoors, and Sue Macy says that made them especially vulnerable to weather crises.
	www.voanews.com /english/AmericanLife/2006-02-15-voa80.cfm (1045 words)

	Sky Sports - The Best Sport Coverage From Around The World (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sweden beat Finland 3-2 in the Olympic Ice Hockey final, a slapshot early in the third period from Detroit Red Wings defenseman Niklas Lidstrom clinching the gold medal.
		Anja Paerson ended her long wait for an Olympic gold medal in the women's slalom.
		Lars Bystol won Norway its' first gold in the normal hill ski jumping for 12 years.
	www.skysports.com /skysports/winterolympics (851 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Other Sport... \| Winter Olympics \| GB curlers awarded belated gold
		The International Olympic Committee have upgraded the golds won by the 1924 men's curling team from demonstration medals to official status.
		And now the first curling gold-medallists are Great Britain in 1924 and not the Swiss men or Canadian women who won in Nagano in 1998.
		Before the news broke, Team GB chef de mission Simon Clegg said he was looking for his team to win one medal of any colour at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/other_sports/winter_sports/4699008.stm (343 words)

	Winter Olympics Trivia: Did You Know?
		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.
		The Norwegian-American actually received his ski jump bronze medal 50 years after he competed in 1924 when a scoring error was discovered in 1974.
		Father Jack, 91, was a double-gold medalist in speed skating, son Jim, Sr., was a U.S. ski team member at the 1964 Innsbruck Games, and in 2002 grandson Jim, Jr., won a gold medal in skeleton.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/winter-olympics-trivia.html (542 words)

	2002 Winter Olympics
		The 2002 Winter Olympic Games were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
		Prior to these Olympics, a number of I.O.C 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.
		Athletes in short-track speed skating and cross-country skiing were disqualified for various reasons as well, leading Russia and South Korea to file protests and threaten to withdraw from competition.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/2/20/2002_winter_olympics.shtml (431 words)

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