International Institute For Sport And Olympic History winter sports such as skiing, mountain sports, winter sports such as bobsled. linksto pages about the International Institute for Sport and olympic history. http://www.harveyabramsbooks.com/501c3buildingplans.html
Extractions: and Olympic History Future spot for architect's drawing! The IISOH effectively has two divisions the Library and the Museum. The Board of Directors are seeking benefactor(s) to endow each division with a $25 million donation. An endowment will also be sought for the theatre in the amount of $25 million. The benefactor(s) will then be offered the opportunity to name the Library, Museum or theatre, subject to the final approval of the Board of Directors. Our plans are to construct facilities on a campus approximately 300 acres in size. This will allow us have room for expansion in the decades to come as we increase the endowment and add sports facilities to the educational program. Sports fields are desirable in order to teach through participation and play. If we have a baseball field we can teach the history of baseball by playing a game using 1860 rules for 3 innings, then playing by modern rules for 3 innings. In the basement of the Museum we could have a bowling alley from the 1800's where the pins have to be set by hand, and right next to it have a modern bowling alley that is fully automated. Our visitors can go bowling either way. Consider the possibilities for each and every sport this means a lot of space is needed.
Utah Olympic Park history / Legacy Construction of the Utah olympic Park began in 1991 with the Park,ski jump The bobsled, skeleton and luge track became operational in 1997. http://www.utaholympicpark.com/aboutus/history.html
Extractions: History / Legacy Originally known as the Utah Winter Sports Park, the facility was funded as part of the $59 million tax diversion approved by Utah taxpayers in 1989. The facility was a critical element in the Salt Lake Bid Committee's efforts to capture a future Olympic Winter Games. Construction of the Utah Olympic Park began in 1991 with the Park, ski jump facilities and freestyle aerials splash pool opening in 1993. The bobsled, skeleton and luge track became operational in 1997. In July 1999, ownership of the Utah Winter Sports Park transferred from the Utah Sports Authority to the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, and the venue became recognized as the Utah Olympic Park. The facility underwent a series of upgrades and renovations for the Games, including the construction of the K120 jump and reconfiguration of the K90. Additionally, the master plan included design of the venue's common areas, infrastructure, transportation system and entrances. The design and engineering phase of all projects was completed in September 1999 with construction completed in the fall 2000. General construction costs were $33 million for sliding track, $21 million for ski jumps, $6 million for infrastructure and $2.5 million for Day Lodge and pool. During the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, the venue welcomed more than 300,000 visitors during 16 days of competition. The Utah Olympic Park was the site of 14 events with three in ski jumping, three in nordic combined, three in bobsled, three in luge and two in skeleton.
United States Bobsled And Skeleton Federation It conducts championships for its 48 affiliated national bobsled federations. Championshipsas well as participation in the olympic Games. FOR MORE history. http://www.usbsf.com/bobhistory.htm
Extractions: Past How did it start? - in the late 1880's in Albany, New York racing lumber sleds. At that time, the sport also became popularized in Swiss winter resorts. The first sleds had rope steering and no brakes. They were stopped by using a garden rake. Bobsled first appeared in the Olympics in 1928 when Billy Fiske of the USA won a gold in the five-man race. The last U.S. Olympic medal was won by Art Tyler in the 1956 Cortina, Italy Games. He took a bronze in four-man. A Kodak engineer, he designed, built and raced his own sleds, the first sled ever to use an articulated front and back. The last World Championship medal won by the U.S. was a bronze in the four-man by Brian Shimer, Chip (Mr. World Class) Minton, Randy Jones, and Robert Olesen at the 1997 St. Moritz World Championships. Brian Shimer and Robert Olesen also won the bronze medal for the 1997 World Championships in two-man. Present In Olympic competition, there are two-man and four-man races with 1300
Germany Wins Four-man Bobsled Four years after he became the only man in olympic history to get disqualified froma bobsled race because of sled runners that were warmer than the rules allow http://www.canoe.ca/SlamNaganoBobsled/feb21_four.html
Extractions: Saturday, February 21, 1998 Results Four-man final 1. Germany 2 (Christoph Langen; Markus Zimmermann; Marco Jakobs; Olaf Hampel), Two minutes, 39.41 seconds; 2. Switzerland 1 (Marcel Rohner; Markus Nuessli; Markus Wasser; Beat Seitz), 2:40.01; 3. (tie) Britain 1 (Sean Olsson; Dean Ward; Courtney Rumbolt; Paul Attwood), 2:40.06; France 1 (Bruno Mingeon; Emmanuel Hostache; Eric Le Chanony; Max Robert), 2:40.06; 5. U.S. 1 (Brian Shimer; Nathan Minton III; Randy Jones; Garrett Hines), 2:40.08. 11. Canada 2 (Chris Lori, Windsor, Ont.; Ben Hindle, Calgary; Matt Hindle, Calgary; Ian Danney, Edmonton), 2:41.14 ; 12. U.S. 2 (Jim Herberich; Darrin Steele; John Kasper; Robert Olesen), 2:41.27; 13. Czech Republic 1 (Pavel Puskar; Peter Kondrat; Pavel Polomsky; Jan Kobian), 2:41.29; 14. Italy 1 (Guenther Huber; Antonio Tartaglia; Massimiliano Rota; Marco Menchini), 2:41.43.
SLAM! NAGANO: Winter Olympic History AllTime olympic records By Sport. All-Time olympic medallists. Biathlon MEN- 10k,20k, 4x7.5 relay; WOMEN- 7.5k, 15k, 4x7.5 Relay bobsled 2 Man, 4 Man Hockey http://www.canoe.ca/SlamNaganoHistory/home.html
Washingtonpost.com: Just A Bad Day For U.S. Bobsleds driver of USA2, was disqualified from today s four-man competition because the bobsled srunners were too warm, the first time in olympic history that a team http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/history/1994/a
Extractions: Brian Shimer, driver of USA-2, was disqualified from today's four-man competition because the bobsled's runners were too warm, the first time in Olympic history that a team has been disqualified for such a thing. Meanwhile, the other U.S. sled, USA-1, driven by Randy Will, had the ignominious distinction of finishing behind the Jamaican bobsled team, the extremely popular but highly unskilled group that crash-landed into the Games just six years ago. Will's problem, it turns out, also had to do with the runners. He used the wrong kind. He had warm-weather runners on his sled, he said, because he didn't have the $5,000 necessary to buy the right kind of runners. Will, in his final Olympic race, finished 15th, one-hundredth of a second behind the Jamaicans. Germany-2, driven by Harald Czudaj, won the gold medal over Switzerland's Gustav Weder, while Wolfgang Hoppe of Germany-1 won the bronze on the Hunderfossen track.
Vonetta Flowers - 2002 Olympics Park City, Utah It was a day of suspense, surprise and most significantly olympic history. For 46 years, the US bobsled team has suffered through a http://www.vonettaflowers.com/2002olympics.asp?record_no=617
Olympic Sports History - Bobsledding olympic Sports history. bobsledDING. The bobsled was developed in Switzerland latein the 19th century when someone put runners on a toboggan to get greater http://www.athenshousing.com/olympicshistory/OlympicSports/bobsledding.html
Extractions: Home Check Availability Browse Accommodations Buy Olympic Event Tickets ... Submit A Special Request Olympic Sports History BOBSLEDDING The bobsled was developed in Switzerland late in the 19th century when someone put runners on a toboggan to get greater speed down the famous Cresta Run at St. Moritz. The sport of racing bobsleds down the mountain quickly became popular among British and American visitors. The new sled got its name because early racers thought they could get even more speed by bobbing their bodies backward and forward. They soon realized it didn't work, but the name stuck. The first organized competition in the new sport was held on the Cresta Run on January 5, 1898, with five-passenger sleds. (Two of the passengers had to be women.) For better steering, they were equipped with four runners, positioned on axles much like the four wheels of a car. With the new design, speeds on the mountainside became dangerously fast, so an artificial bobsled run with a gentler slope was built at St. Moritz in 1902. Bobsledding spread rapidly to other Alpine countries. By 1914, when the first European championships took place at St. Moritz, there were more than a hundred bobsled runs in Europe.
Sound & Video Contractor: Hot Topic: The 2002 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. For the first time in olympic history, womenwill compete in the bobsled event at the 2002 Winter Games. http://articles.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JKW/is_2002_Feb_1/ai_89395184
Extractions: SoundTube Entertainment team members got the opportunity to race the Olympic bobsled track that will be used by Olympic athletes this February. Located just a few miles from SoundTube's corporate offices, Utah's Olympic Park is the venue for Olympic bobsled, luge, ski jumping and Nordic events. Tuffy Latour and Bill Tavares, coaches of the U.S. Olympic Women's Bobsled Team, drove each 4-man SoundTube bobsled. Latour competed in bobsled for eight years at the World Championship level. Tavares competed for five years as a luge athlete, including the 1992 Winter Olympic Games in Albertville, France. For the first time in Olympic history, women will compete in the bobsled event at the 2002 Winter Games. The fifty second, heart-pounding, 80mph ride made SoundTube chairman and CEO David Wiener say, "Wow! After years of Formula One racing, I thought I knew speed. Bobsled racing is an unbelievable ride."
Brian Shimer Bobsledding Four years ago, Shimer became the only man in olympic history to be disqualifiedfrom a fourman bobsled race for having sled runners that were warmer than the http://www.geocities.com/paris/cafe/4117/brianshimer.html
Extractions: World Cup season. (AFP) After Shimer's four-man sled was literally left in the sun too long, his team was disqualified for having runners that were too warm (heated runners make the sled faster). Shimer, 35, has been among the leading drivers in the two- and four-man competitions during this World Cup season. If these Olympics have a trap door, it would seem to be the two uphill portions of the Spiral bobsled and luge track. Said the wary Shimer: "Nobody seems to be able to do that part right two times in a row." Saturday, February 21, 1998 Brian Shimer fails again to medal by two-hundredths of a second NAGANO, Japan (AP) Nobody should have to endure this much pain. A decade ago, Brian Shimer watched Brent Rushlaw lose an Olympic bobsled medal for the United States by two-hundredths of a second. Four years ago, Shimer became the only man in Olympic history to be disqualified from a four-man bobsled race for having sled runners that were warmer than the rules allowed. On Saturday, Shimer lost an Olympic medal that was within his grasp. Incredibly, it, too, was by two-hundredths of a second.
History Of The Olympics + Cartoon Fun By Brownielocks One good example was the Jamaican bobsled team the most controversy so I m givinga link to it.) olympic Museum olympic Stories olympic history Sport s Journal http://www.brownielocks.com/olympics.html
Extractions: The History of the Olympics Since the Olympic games go way back to the early Greeks, to do an entire history on one page is a bit overwhelming. So, I'll give you a brief summation of how it all began, and then provide some further links for additional information. So, how and why did it all begin? In ancient Greece, they often combined religious festivals with sporting events, to honor certain gods. The Greeks held the following: The Pythian Games The Olympic Games It was the last one, the Olympics, that were held for the Greek God Zeus and were also the most popular with the people. The first game is said to be held at Olympia, Greece in 776 B.C. and has been held every 4 years since = 1,168 years! Then, Greece came under the rule of the Roman Empire and the Olympic games were declined, to the point where they actually declined in 393 B.C. by the Christian Roman Emperor, Theodosius I, who objected to what he felt were some "pagan rites" associated with the games. In the beginning, the Olympic games were confined to just one day and one event. That event was a footrace that was the length of the stadium. Soon, additional races were added as the popularity grew, as well as discus and javelin throws (tosses), broad jumps, boxing, wrestling, chariot racing and a pentathlon. The pentathlon was composed of 5 different track and field competitions.
Olympic Winter Sports See the history of the olympics There are three events in olympic bobsledding twoman,four-man and Sleds that look similar to the modern day bobsled have been http://www.spiritof2010mission.com/olympic-sports-winter.html
Extractions: and the Winter Games Go directly to the Mission Spirit of 2010 Olympic Forum Portal The 2010 Olympic winter sports competitions are to be held in Supernatural B.C.. For recreation and sports there is no better place than British Columbia. With our towering mountains carved by glacier fed rivers we have it all for world class winter sports. Olympic sports winter competitions include: Biathlon, Bobsleigh, Curling, Ice Hockey, Luge, Skating, Skeleton, Skiing, Snowboarding. The word biathlon stems from the Greek word for two contests. In this case cross-country skiing and rifle marksmanship which makes it one of the most practical winter sports. Rock paintings found in Norway depict bow hunters on wood skis and date back to about 3000 B.C. It was formally introduced as an Olympic sports winter event in 1960 though it had made many demonstration appearances since the first Winter Sports Olympics in France. See the history of the Olympics There are three events in Olympic Bobsledding: two-man, four-man and two-woman. Sleds that look similar to the modern day bobsled have been raced for more than 200 years. Some historians say the sport started in Switzerland in the late 1800s when someone put runners on a tobbagan to get more spead. Early racerswould bob back and forth in an effort to get more speed. It failed to increase the speed but the name stuck. Probably the most famous bobsled team of all was the 1988 Jamaican bobsled team. On January 5, 1898 the organized competition was held with five-passenger sleds. Two of the passengers had to be women. The winter sport became an Olympic sport when it was included in the first Winter Olympics at Chamonix, France, in 1924.
Winter Olympics - Bobsleigh Women will be competing in the bobsleigh event for the first time in olympic history. Tobe a bobsleigher you need a helmet, a bobsled, suit, and a number on http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/olympics/bobsleigh.htm
Extractions: Do you want to learn about one of the BEST sports in the winter Olympics? If your answer was yes then you have to read this. Imagine yourself bobsledding. You're at the starting line waiting for the buzzer to go off. The crowd is screaming in your ear. Bobsledding is a winter sport. Bobsleighing started in Switzerland in the late 1800s. It is one of the original Winter Olympic sports. A four-man event was included in the very first Winter Olympics in 1924. In 1932, a two-man event was added. Women will be competing in the bobsleigh event for the first time in Olympic history. The women's event will be a two-woman event. Bobsleighs have runners, a main hull, a frame, and a front and rear axle. The hull is made of fiberglass and the runners are made of steel. It can go 90 miles per hour. The events consist of two runs both done on the same day. The winner is the sled team with the lowest time. To be a bobsleigher you need a helmet, a bobsled, suit, and a number on the car. The start for sleds is very important. The three men in the back push the sled to get it started, after the sled is on its way they jump in. They only have 60 seconds to get started. Steering is also important. The driver of the sled steers by gently pulling on two pieces of string that are connected to a steering bolt that steers the sled. In the sled you will need a brake to stop you when get to the finish line. Each team is from a different country like Jamaica or Canada. There was a movie made about the Jamaican bobsled team a few years ago. They were very famous for a while. Prince Albert of Monaco will be competing in the 2002 Winter Olympics. But when he is in the sled, on the course he will be known as just Albert Grimaldi, driver of Monaco.
September 9 Events In History - BrainyHistory September 9 Birthdays in history, 1924 Jane Greer, Wash DC, actress (Prisoner ofZenda, Clown) September 9, 1924 Nino Bibbia, Italy, bobsled (olympicgold-1948 http://www.brainyhistory.com/daysbirth/birth_september_9.html
September 1 Events In History - BrainyHistory September 1 Birthdays in history, Manchester England, guitarist/singer (Bee Gees)September 1, 1946 Erich SchÑrer, Switzerland, 2 man bobsled (olympicgold-1980 http://www.brainyhistory.com/daysbirth/birth_september_1.html
Press Box - History In The Making -- Women's Bobsled Preview - 2/19/2002 of the month twice by the United States olympic Committee, the US Women s BobsledTeam has been awaiting this moment, to make their mark in history as pioneers http://usocpressbox.org/usoc/pressbox.nsf/0/d9e36cb948dda48785256b65006c4e57?Ope
Press Box - BOBSLED - NBC To Air “Ice 2003” This Weekend - 12/10/200 a former bobsled Olympian himself. Lake Placid, host city for Ice 2003, wasthe site for both the 1932 and 1980 olympic Winter Games. The olympic history http://usocpressbox.org/usoc/pressbox.nsf/0/f48de558e37aab3085256df8007967fe?Ope
Hilltop Times - Gaurd Sledder Wins Gold 19 in the first womenís bobsled competition featured in the olympic Games. brakemanpusherVonetta Flowers of Alabama drove into the pages of olympic history. http://www.hilltoptimes.com/story.asp?edition=42&storyid=995
