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	2007 CANADA WINTER GAMES TORCHES
		Prior to each Canada Games, a Torch Relay is conducted to herald the beginning of the competition and knit the country in common purpose.
		John Furlong, Chief Executive Officer Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC), and Lara Mussell-Savage, VANOC Aboriginal Participation Specialist inspired students at Elijah Smith Elementary School in Whitehorse while participating in the Kwanlin Dun Torch Relay, January 10, 2007.
		The Canada Games Torch was renamed the Roly McLenahan Torch in 1985, in honour of the late Roly McLenahan, who was an original member of the Canada Games Council and demonstrated a life-long commitment to youth and their participation in sport.
	www.shanewilson.com /cwg-main.html (1289 words)

	Winter Olympic Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1940 Winter Olympics had originally been awarded to Japan, and were supposed to be held in Sapporo, but Japan had to give the Games back in 1938, because of the Japanese invasion of China in the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945).
		In 1952, the Winter Games came to Norway, considered to be the birthplace of modern skiing.
		Winter pentathlon, a variant to the modern pentathlon, was included as a demonstration event in 1948.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Winter_Olympic_Games (5992 words)

	Winter Olympic Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Sankt Moritz was appointed by the Swiss organizers to host the second Olympic Winter Games, held from February 11 to 19 in 1928.
		The Bavarian twin towns of Garmisch and Partenkirchen joined to organize the 1936 edition of the Winter Games, held from February 6 to 16.
		Originally, the 1976 Winter Games had been awarded to Denver, but in a 1972 plebiscite, the city's inhabitants voted against organizing the Games.
	www.birmingham.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Winter_Olympic_Games (5395 words)

	Olympic Winter Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Some 30 X games participants are said to be part of their Olympic teams this year, and will be heading to Torino after their X Games events are over.
		Organizers of the Winter Gravity Games cancelled their 2006 event claiming the schedule was already full, though those games had only been held twice in the past six years.
		One group, the No Games 2010 Coalition in Vancouver, vowed to be the "watchdog" of the committee, making sure that not too much money would be spent on the games, and stating they would be on the watch for corruption.
	www.internationalgames.net /olympicwtr.htm (3863 words)

	IOC approves skicross for 2010 Winter Games, rejects women's ski jumping - USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		KUWAIT CITY — The rough-and-tumble freestyle event of skicross is in for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
		The IOC executive board also overhauled the process for selecting sports for future Summer Games, and partially lifted its freeze on payments to the international amateur boxing association to encourage reforms in judging and scoring.
		While the IOC is eager to have gender equity in all sports, officials said women's jumping hasn't yet been fully established, noting that the first world championships in the event aren't scheduled until 2009.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/winter/2006-11-28-ioc-skicross_x.htm (852 words)

	City of Vancouver: 2010 Winter Games Update
		The 2010 Winter Games are about more than sports.
		Paralympic Winter Games - March 12 to 21, 2010
		The Paralympic School Day is an effort to excite a new generation about the Paralympic Games and spread the true spirit of celebrating the possible.
	www.city.vancouver.bc.ca /olympics (215 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		From 17 to 27 January 2007, the 23rd edition of the Winter Universiade is taking place in Turin, Italy, which was the host city of the XX Olympic Winter Games in February 2006.
		On 19 June 1999 in Seoul, Korea, the 109th IOC Session elected Turin, Italy as the Host City for the XX Olympic Winter Games in 2006 from a total of six Candidate Cities.
		The Organising Committees of the Olympic Games (OCOGs) organise the Olympic Games in collaboration with their National Olympic Committee and the host city.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/torino/index_uk.asp (279 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").
		Women were neither allowed to compete in the games nor to watch them, because the games were dedicated to Zeus and were therefore meant for men.
		The flame is then carried around the country where the games are to be held, using a series of torches carried by people running, walking, riding horses and camels, scuba diving, and using other means of human conveyance.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /olympics (1298 words)

	NPR : 2002 Winter Olympics, A Special Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Shorter, who won the gold in the 1972 Olympic marathon and silver in the 1976 games, talks about the drugs involved in doping, and says it has become much easier to detect their use.
		The Mormon church says it's in bad taste to preach to the throngs of Olympic spectators during the Games, but it is focusing its attention on another large group of visitors.
		But the Winter Olympic rules say the games must be played on ice or snow.
	www.npr.org /programs/specials/olympics2002 (2380 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		The city of Vancouver was elected Host City of the XXI Olympic Winter Games in 2010 at the 115th IOC Session in Prague on 2 July 2003.
		Eight cities applied to host the Games: Andorra la Vella in Andorra, Bern in Switzerland, Harbin in China, Jaca in Spain, PyeongChang in Korea, Salzburg in Austria, Sarajevo in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Vancouver in Canada.
		The city of Vancouver has been elected the Host City of the XXI Olympic Winter Games in 2010 in the second round of votes.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/vancouver/index_uk.asp (208 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Winter Olympics 2002 \| Front Page
		The 2002 Winter Olympics come to an end with controversy still raging.
		Germany add gold in the four-man bobsleigh event to their two-man triumph earlier in the Games.
		China's most successful Winter Olympian wins her second gold of the Games in the women's 500m short track final.
	news.bbc.co.uk /winterolympics2002/default.stm (393 words)

	sport.iafrica.com \| olympics
		Italy claimed their third gold medal of the Winter Olympics in the men's team cross country relay Sunday, driven through mist and driving snow by a rapturous home crowd at Pragelato.
		The form book was ripped into shreds at the Winter Olympics on Tuesday with the underdog lifting the spoils in five out of the six gold medal events.
		The 20th Winter Olympics opened on Friday to be greeted by plummeting temperatures and rising anger over the suspension of 12 athletes and the first drugs banishment of the showpiece.
	sport.iafrica.com /olympics (530 words)

	Olympic Cauldron Park
		At the park's center stands the cauldron itself, a technological marvel of glass and steel that cradled the Olympic Flame from February 8 to 24, 2002.
		And the chills, thrills and spills come rushing back to life at the Salt Lake 2002 Visitor Center, where an incomparable art gallery and theater present the greatest moments of the Games in startlingly familiar and unfamiliar ways.
		The jolt of Opening Ceremony; the whirring rush of athletes in action; the cries of celebration and the hush of winter in its finest coat: all of the Olympic delight becomes spine-tingling once again in an unforgettable, 180-degree cinematic experience.
	www.saltlake2002.com /main.html (357 words)

	Vancouver 2010 - Welcome
		Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games tickets on sale one year from today (2007.10.11)
		Register at vancouver2010.com for the latest ticket information before ticket sales begin Tickets to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games will go on sale one year from today, o...
		Canadians ready for "experience of a lifetime" at 2010 Winter Games Vancouver, BC – The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic...
	www.vancouver2010.com (326 words)

	Empire State Games - Winter Games
		The Empire State Winter Games is an amateur athletic event for New York Residents, conducted by
		Join us at the Empire State Winter Games Opening Ceremonies in the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, 6:00pm Friday, February 22nd.
		To find out how to qualify for the Empire State Winter Games, please visit the page for the sport in which you are interested by selecting a sport link below or to the left.
	www.empirestategames.org /winter (161 words)

	Winter Games - Miniclip Games - Play Free Games
		Winter Games - Miniclip Games - Play Free Games
		Nordic Chill Compete in 4 winter sports events in this challenging game.
		Winter Workout Help Santa complete four winter themed events.
	www.miniclip.com /games/en/christmas.php?open (249 words)

	Canada Winter Games 2007
		Now that the 2007 Canada Winter Games in Whitehorse have ended and been proclaimed a rousing success
		During the 2007 Canada Winter Games, visitors to Whitehorse were treated to an impressive array of northern talent.
		Click here to see photos from the 2007 Canada Winter Games
	www.2007canadagames.ca /en (70 words)

	Kaboose - Winter Games
		Drag items to their correct places based on clues within the pictures (winter, summer, eg.).
		Enjoy three different wordsearch games with words themed to Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa.
		Help Nobby collect enough nuts to last him all winter.
	resources.kaboose.com /games/winter.html (489 words)

	Winter Olympics 2006 \| Torino, Italy
		The Winter Games were held in Italy once before 2006.
		The first Winter Olympics didn't take place until 1924.
		The Winter Games were held in Italy once before.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/winter-olympics.html (249 words)

	Georgetown Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		WINTER GAMES TURIN 2006; Plushenko Claims the Russian Throne; His Skating Gold is Never in Doubt
		Turin, Italy The truth, as former Canadian pairs skater David Pelletier so aptly put it, was that Russia's Evgeni Plushenko was going to win the Olympic gold medal Thursday unless he missed the bus to the Palavela.
		That's bad news for the 21-year-old Weir and any other skater who plans to compete in the 2010 Winter Games.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=16149981&BRD=2081&PAG=740&dept_id=226966&rfi=6 (837 words)

	Some Shows Turn NBC Olympics Into Also-Ran - New York Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Games are a valuable franchise for NBC Universal, which has committed $5.7 billion for the Olympic television rights from 2000 to 2012, including $613 million for the rights to carry the Turin Games.
		Through six nights, NBC's average Nielsen rating of a 12.5 was down 24 percent from the 16.4 that CBS recorded during the same period in 1998 for the Winter Games in Nagano, Japan.
		It is also 36 percent lower than the rating for the Salt Lake Games four years ago, but a domestic Olympics is always a magnet for viewers.
	www.nytimes.com /2006/02/17/sports/olympics/17tv.html?ex=1140757200&en=9c29d800e53f950d&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVERNEWS (1220 words)

	Olympic Winter Games News
		Olympic Winter Games news continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
		The Winter Olympics opened with the best-known U.S. athlete, Michelle Kwan, withdrawing after being injured in her first practice session.
		SALT LAKE CITY Some Utah officials are already considering another bid on the Winter Olympics, based on feedback they've been hearing in Turin, Italy, about Salt Lake City's games in 2002.
	www.topix.net /olympics/winter (588 words)

	X Games 2000
		At Mount Snow, Vt., ESPN's Winter X Games came to a close February 6 with high-flying action.
		Peter Line and Tara Dakides won Snowboard Big Air golds -- Dakides was the only athlete to win a pair of gold medals.
		The total attendance of 83,500 was the best in the four-year history of Winter X. Take a run with an X athlete in 360° i-video
	espn.go.com /extreme/winterx00 (292 words)

	Torino 2006 - Speedskating: Timmer wins women’s 1,000-metre gold medal Â» (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Marianne Timmer from the Netherlands won the women's speedskating 1,000-metre gold medal at the Turin Winter Olympics on Sunday.
		Cindy Klassen from Canada took the silver and Anni Friesinger of Germany won the bronze.
		The Eighth Day of the Games: a riot of medals Â»
	www.torino2006.org /ENG/OlympicGames/home (161 words)

	Kids Domain - Winter Games
		Drag items to their correct places based on clues within the pictures (winter, summer, eg.).
		Enjoy three different wordsearch games with words themed to Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa.
		Scylla the wicked witch is flying around on her broomstick - see if you can hit her with snowballs.
	www.kidsdomain.com /games/winter.html (449 words)

	Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks & Wildlife Foundation
		Team Alberta North is gearing up to send over 200 athletes, coaches and mission staff to the northern most state from March 5 - 11, 2006 to participate in 18 traditional and non-traditional winter sporting events.
		All participants attending the 2006 Arctic Winter Games are required to complete the Team Alberta North Registration Package and submit it to their sport coordinator prior to the deadline below.
		Please note, Individual Sport Associations are responsible for the selection and training of teams for the 2006 Arctic Winter Games, therefore, please contact your Sport Coordinator to verify details.
	www.cd.gov.ab.ca /asrpwf/programs/games/arcticgames/index.asp (215 words)

	Gateway to The Winter Games
		Keep the spirit of the Winter Olympic Games alive in your classroom with cross-curricular official Olympic-themed lesson plans developed by Griffin Publishing Group.
		Relive the excitement of the Winter Games with Olympic news, photos, and activities from USA TODAY Education.
		Check out answers from a USA TODAY reporter to questions Olympic fans asked during the Winter Games.
	www.edgate.com /wintergames/design (112 words)

	TIME 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games
		The Winter Games, once the playground of the few, have become an all-inclusive melting pot
		For the 11 athletes who are the sole representatives of their countries, the games are a very different experience
		Snowboarding comes of age as the U.S. boarders discover to their surprise that they are really stoked about these Olympic games
	www.time.com /time/olympics2002 (178 words)

	EXPN.com - Winter X Games VIII (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Live, un-cut, exclusive video straight from X Games IX.
		The best of X Games past and present.
		Now you can talk with the X Games elite.
	expn.go.com /expn/winterx/2003/index (62 words)

	CNNSI.com - 2002 Winter Olympics
		Team Canada and Team USA react, SI’s Michael Farber provides analysis and CNNSI.com’s Phil Jones reviews the final day of the Games.
		Your guide to the biggest stories of the Games.
		What was the most memorable event of the Games?
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/2002 (170 words)

	DesMoinesRegister.com
		Kwan decided in the middle of the night to withdraw from the Winter Games because of a groin injury.
		Turin, Italy — Figure skating lost its Olympic star, medal contender or not, when Michelle Kwan made a middle-of-the-night decision to withdraw from the Winter Games on Sunday because of a groin injury.
		Bezic said she talked with one of the judges who evaluated Kwan in the last two weeks and "she was in game form."
	www.desmoinesregister.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060213/SPORTS13/602130347/1023/SPORTS13 (689 words)

	Vancouver 2010 - The Winter Games
		Quick Facts about the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games
		© 2007 The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
		Olympic and Paralympic Games photography © Getty Images, unless otherwise stated.
	www.vancouver2010.com /en/WinterGames (73 words)

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