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	World Almanac for Kids
		The winter Olympics were begun in 1924 and were held in the same year as the summer games until the 1994 winter games in Lillehammer, Norway, when the alternating cycles began.
		A total of eight sports were included in the winter Olympics in 1998: biathlon (cross-country skiing and rifle marksmanship), bobsled, curling (for the first time), ice hockey (which included women’s hockey for the first time), luge (toboggan), figure skating, speed skating, and skiing (which, for the first time, included snowboarding as a medal sport).
		The Olympic games are competitions of individual athletes, not of nations, and the IOC does not keep national scores; however, the media of all nations report national standings according to one of two scoring systems.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/sports/olympics.html (1093 words)

	ipedia.com: Winter Olympic Games Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This decision caused the Swiss and Austrian skiers to boycott the Olympics.
		The 1940 Winter Olympics had originally been awarded to Japan, and were supposed to be held in Sapporo, but the IOC voted to take back the Games from Japan because of their involvement in the war in China.
		Winter pentathlon, a variant to the modern pentathlon, was included as a demonstration event in 1948.
	www.ipedia.com /winter_olympic_games.html (5171 words)

	Soviet Union at the Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At seven Winter Olympics USSR was on the first place by total number of gold medals won, at two Winter Olympics it was second by this count.
		The Olympic Committee of the USSR was formed on April 21, 1951 and was recognized by the IOC on its 45th session (May 7, 1951).
		Although the USSR ceased to exist on December 26, 1991, The Olympic Committee of the USSR formally existed until March 12, 1992, when it was self-disbanded.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USSR_at_the_Winter_Olympics (268 words)

	1980 winter olympics - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		The XIII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, United States of America.
		Aleksandr Tikhonov of the USSR earned his fourth straight gold medal.
		Nikolay Zimyatov of the USSR earned three gold medals in cross-country skiing.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/1980-Winter-Olympics (233 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)

	1956 Winter Olympics Encyclopedia Article @ Endured.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games, were held in
		USSR won the Games with 16 medals, 7 of them being gold, 3 silver and 6 bronze.
		USSR competed at the Winter Games for the first time.
	www.endured.net /encyclopedia/1956_Winter_Olympics (316 words)

	Soviet Union - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Politically the USSR was divided (from 1940 to 1991) into 15 constituent or union republics — Armenian SSR, Azerbaijan SSR, Byelorussian SSR, Estonian SSR, Georgian SSR, Kazakh SSR, Kirghiz SSR, Latvian SSR, Lithuanian SSR, Moldavian SSR, Russian SFSR, Tajik SSR, Turkmen SSR, Ukrainian SSR, and Uzbek SSR — joined in a strongly centralized federal union.
		A referendum for the preservation of the USSR was held on March 17, 1991, with the population voting for preservation of the Union in most republics.
		(Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the All-Russian Congress of Soviets (1917-1922); Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR (1922-1938); Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (1938-1989); Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (1989-1990); President of the Soviet Union (1990-1991))
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/USSR (6076 words)

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		The USSR was created and expanded as a union of Soviet republics formed within the territory of the Russian Empire abolished by the Russian Revolution of 1917 followed by the Russian Civil War of 1918-1920.
		A referendum for the preservation of the USSR was held on March 17, 1991, with the majority of the population voting for preservation of the Union in most republics.
		On December 25, 1991, Gorbachev yielded to the inevitable and resigned as the president of the USSR, declaring the office extinct.
	www.gamecheatz.net /games.php?title=Soviet_Union (7278 words)

	winter olympics magazine article learnenglish
		This was not the first time that the issue of professionalism had caused controversy Winter Olympics alpine skiing.
		His eventual eight medals in two Olympic games (1992 and 1994) would place him one medal behind the all time Winter Games medal winner, Sixten Jernberg of Sweden, who won nine medals between 1956 and 1964.
		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.
	www.learnenglish.org.uk /magazine/winter_olympics.html (1205 words)

	The Winter Olympics — FactMonster.com
		The move toward a winter version of the Olympics began in 1908 when figure skating made an appearance at the Summer Games in London.
		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 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.factmonster.com /ipka/A0115111.html (617 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Winter Olympics 2002 \| Front Page \| Enter the Russians
		She had been a double-gold medalist at Squaw Valley and now she won all four speed skating events, the first person to claim four gold medals at a single Winter Olympics.
		In 1968, the Winter Olympics moved to Grenoble in France and a native athlete stole the show.
		The USSR (27) won the most medals and their speed skater Tatiana Averina claimed four of them.
	news.bbc.co.uk /winterolympics2002/hi/english/front_page/newsid_1630000/1630070.stm (453 words)

	1980 Summer Olympics
		Vladimir Salnikov (USSR) wins three gold medals in the swimming pool.
		Women's field hockey is Olympic for the first time, but all major nations boycott the tournament.
		The team of Zimbabwe is invited just a week before the start of the Games, but it wins the nation's first gold medal.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/19/1980_summer_olympics.shtml (273 words)

	1988 - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		Despite a pall cast over Calgary by the gruesome death of an Austrian team doctor on the alpine slopes, the 1988 Games are deemed popular among athletes and spectators alike.
		The 1998 Games feature a dramatic increase in TV revenue, as ABC pays $309 million for the broadcasting rights p accommodate more television advertising, the Winter Olympics are expanded from 12 to 16 days.
		The long-standing rivalry between Communist superpowers the Soviet Union and East Germany is featured for the final time in the Winter Olympics, with the USSR edging GDR in both gold-medal and overall-medal totals.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,4,00.html (232 words)

	1956 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1956 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
		Bolivia, Iran, and the USSR competed at the Winter Games for the first time.
		Korea, Liechtenstein, and Turkey returned after having missed the 1952 Winter Olympics.
	enc.qba73.com /link-1956_Winter_Olympics (534 words)

	1980 Olympics — FactMonster.com
		Over 1,100 athletes from 37 countries participated in the 1980 Winter Games, but the only ones most people will ever remember are 21–year-old American speed skater Eric Heiden, who won five individual gold medals, and the U.S. hockey team—a bunch of college kids (average age 22) who beat the unbeatable Russians.
		No one before or since Heiden has won five individual gold medals in a single Olympic Games (three of swimmer Mark Spitz's seven gold medals were for relay races).
		That game was played on Feb. 22—five days short of exactly 20 years after the 1960 U.S. team beat the USSR, 3–2, on their way to the gold medal at Squaw Valley.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0300770.html (494 words)

	Village Cinemas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		After being defeated by the USSR in the Winter Olympics from 1964-1976, the US hockey team was desperate to regain winning form and the man for the job was Herb Brooks (Kurt Russell).
		His young guns lacked talent, experience and coordination but, under the guidance of their devoted coach, and with hours on the ice and the nation on their side, the boys were able to fulfil Brooks’ lifelong dream to coach Team USA to Olympic gold.
		For a country entangled in a decades-long “Cold War” with the USSR, the sports victory was seen as patriotic and symbolic of “our side” beating “theirs”.
	www.villagecinemas.com.au /movie/movie_13801.htm (151 words)

	Winter Olympics 1998 \| Back In Time
		Although the Soviet Union would finish the Sarajevo Games with the most medals, 25, it was the East Germans who would strike gold the most, with individuals and teams finishing first in ski jumping, women's figure skating, women's speedskating, women's luge, and the two-man and four-man bobsled -- for a total of nine gold medals.
		Fellow American Bill Johnson captured the gold in the men's downhill, giving the United States one of its best showings in Olympic Alpine skiing.
		Andrea Schone completed the East German sweep of the women's speed skating events with a gold medal in the 3,000m.
	www.enquirer.com /olympics/olymain/past/html/1984.html (304 words)

	kiat.net: Winter Olympic Games Albertville 1992
		After not winning an alpine skiing medal since 1952, the Norwegians claimed four, led by Kjetil-Andre Aamodt, who won a gold in the super G and a bronze in the giant slalom.
		Particularly difficult to swallow was his fourth-place finish in the 500m, as he was the world-record holder.
		Once again Bonnie Blair carried the spirits of the U.S. speed skating team, defending her Olympic gold in the 500m and taking a gold in the 1,000m.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/history/winter/w16albertville.html (394 words)

	CBC.CA - Torino 2006
		Olympic ice hockey has hosted its share of dynasties and upsets.
		Olympic rules put a premium on a player's hockey sense — the ability to act quickly and positively with the puck and the discipline to know what to do without it.
		A five hole is slang for the space between the goalie's legs.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/sports/icehockey (657 words)

	Winter Olympics Quiz - Quick Version
		This female figure skater won the gold medal at three consecutive Winter Olympics, won the world championship on ten straight occasions, then went on to a long and lucrative show business career.
		At the 1932 Winter Olympics, the Japanese, new to alpine sports, were unsuccessful but game.
		The 1994 Winter Olympics were the first held between Summer Olympics rather than in the same year.
	triviapark.com /quizzes/winolym/quick.html (469 words)

	The Olympics
		The Olympic Games began in 776 B.C. in the the valley of Olympia in Greece.
		Beginning in 1994, the Winter games take place two years from the Summer games, thus, every two years will be an Olympic year.
		The Olympic torch is carried to the hosting country from Greece by a series of runners.
	www.mistupid.com /sports/olympics.htm (167 words)

	The Cincinnati Enquirer Winter Olympics 1998 Special
		Sapporo was originally scheduled to be the site of the 1940 Winter Games, but Japan resigned as the Games' host nation after its 1937 invasion of China.
		Organizers of the Sapporo Winter Olympics turned a tidy profit for the Games, largely as a result of their take of the record $8.47 million for the broadcast rights to the Winter Games.
		The Canadians felt that so-called state-sponsored East European teams were in fact professional in nature, and believed that they too should be allowed to send their best to the Olympics.
	www.enquirer.com /olympics/olymain/past/html/1972.htm (281 words)

	Informat.io on Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics
		However, after Great Britain and France concluded the Munich Agreement with Nazi Germany, the USSR dealt with the latter as well, both economically and militarily, by concluding the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, which involved the engagement of Red Army into Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and the invasion of Poland in 1939.
		The period of legal uncertainty continued throughout 1991 as constituent republics slowly became de-facto independent.
		The fulfillment of the capitalist reforms started in the USSR under Gorbachev can be seen from the fact that in 2005 the Russian Federation became the third country by number of billionaires, who were able to benefit from their former connections in the Communist Party during the post-USSR sale of state property into private hands.
	www.vacilando.eu /?title=union-of-soviet-socialist-republics (6513 words)

	Winter Olympics 2002 \| csmonitor.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		As the Olympics come to the finish line, post your questions to the Monitor's Mark Sappenfield, reporting from Salt Lake City.
		The Monitor’s Mark Sappenfield points out a number of ways technical innovations make a difference in these winter games, from new ways to freeze ice, grooming the downhill slopes, to even more improved slap skates.
		The Boston Globe, a newspaper that has always provided top-drawer coverage of the Olympics offers an informed overview on likely US medal winners.
	www.csmonitor.com /specials/oly2002/olyblog.html (2041 words)

	Soviet Union at the 1972 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		(Redirected from USSR at the 1972 Winter Olympics)
		The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.
		Nations at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USSR_at_the_1972_Winter_Olympics (144 words)

	Soviet Union at the 1976 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		(Redirected from USSR at the 1976 Winter Olympics)
		The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.
		Nations at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USSR_at_the_1976_Winter_Olympics (138 words)

	New York Rangers Official Web Site :: Rangers in the Olympics - Kasparaitis
		In the middle of the event, Kasparaitis' team changed its name from USSR to CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), reflecting the political upheaval at home.
		He helped the team to a 7-1 record and the Olympic gold medal while solidifying his position as a bona fide No. 1 draft choise in that tournament.
		Since the 1992 Olympics, Kasparaitis has gone back to the Games with NHL player in 1998 at Nagano, Japan, and in 2002 at Salt Lake City.
	www.newyorkrangers.com /team/olympics06/profile.asp?Player=Kasparaitis (368 words)

	The Winter Olympics (Reference) - TeacherVision.com
		a–The 1940 Winter Games are originally scheduled for Sapporo, but Japan resigns as host in 1937 when the Sino-Japanese war breaks out.
		c–The Soviet Union (USSR) participates in its first Winter Olympics and takes home the most medals, including the gold medal in ice hockey.
		e–The IOC grants the 1976 Winter Games to Denver in May 1970, but in 1972 Colorado voters reject a $5 million bond issue to finance the undertaking.
	www.teachervision.fen.com /olympic-games/history/8613.html?detoured=1 (561 words)

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