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Extractions: Alpha Index Index by Sport History Bits Forum ... Search Table of Contents 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.
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Jamaican Bobsled Team on stream for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan and the 2002 Games inSalt Lake City, Utah, the sport of bobsled can draw on a rich history as it http://www.jamaicanbobsled.com/history.html
ThinkQuest : Library : Unusual Sports In The Olympics The history The next year, bobsledding was introduced into the Olympics at Chamonix,France. The Sport. bobsled teams are made up of 2 to 4 people. http://library.thinkquest.org/J002862/bobsled.htm
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LookSmart Australia 5. CBS Sportsline bobsled Covers the bobsled event from the 1998 Winter Olympicsin Nagano, Japan. With an event overview, photos and a history of the event. http://explore.looksmart.com.au/synd-oz/explore/index.jsp?catPath=302562;317902;
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Utah Olympic Park Go to the top of the worlds highest altitude ski jumps and see the fastestbobsled, luge and skeleton track where olympic history was made. http://www.utaholympicpark.com/visitorinfo/
Extractions: Gravity Zone Activities Guided Tour Comet Bobsled Freestyle Introduction X-treme Zip Ultra Zip Hot Air Balloon Street Luge Bobsled Push Start Aerial Bungee Nordic/Freestyle Lifts EXPERT GUIDED TOURS OFFERED EVERY DAY ON THE HOUR WITH THE FIRST TOUR AT 10 A.M. AND THE LAST TOUR AT 4 P.M. Public Bobsled Rides Begin Memorial Day Weekend Daily Guided Tours Of Olympic Competition Sites Intro Freestyle Camps Held Five Days A Week Saturday Freestyle Aerial Shows Begin June 19 Go see high-flying action as Olympic hopefuls and national team athletes put on a 25-minute freestyle aerial show for spectators every Saturday from June 19-Sept. 4 at noon. Soaring 40 feet in the air with a series of twists and turns, these athletes from Flying Ace Productions showcase their skills and entertain the crowds. Cost is $13 for adults, $11 for youth/seniors and $9 for children, including regular admission into Park.
United States Bobsled And Skeleton Federation Skeleton history. Skeleton (a head first version of luge) has been in the OlympicGames twice before, in 1928 and 1948, but women s bobsled will be making http://www.usbsf.com/skelhistory.htm
Extractions: Skeleton History The women skeleton athletes have been training and racing in Lake Placid since 1987. Participation in World Cup competition did not commence until the early 1990s. The first womens World Championship will be held in conjunction with the mens in February, 2000 at Igls, Austria. Currently, the women are not in a position to medal in 2002. There are only six competitive athletes in international competition, however, the USBSF has identified one promising Podium prospect. Additionally, Cathy Turner, Double Gold medallist in Speed Skating, trained for skeleton in 1997 at Lake Placid and advanced rapidly. Cathy has expressed interest in training for 2002 pending a final decision regarding the sports inclusion. Therefore, the USBSF will: a) continue to recruit potential world class athletes to the program and b) work through the Core Program to develop the identified athlete and new recruits. The USBSF will request Podium grants for womens skeleton when those projects will likely produce an Olympic medallist.
Vonetta Flowers - 2002 Olympics the cold, harsh world of women s bobsled, there s no Take tonight at Utah OlympicPark, where an obscure of AlabamaBirmingham sailed past history and hyperbole http://www.vonettaflowers.com/2002olympics.asp?record_no=628
Olympic Sports History - History Of Sports In The Olympic Games olympic Sports history. When basketball became an official olympic sport The bobsledwas developed in Switzerland late in the 19th century when someone put http://www.athenshousing.com/olympicshistory/olympicsports.html
Extractions: Home Check Availability Browse Accommodations Buy Olympic Event Tickets ... Submit A Special Request Olympic Sports History Most Olympic sports have a unique story to tell as they found their way to Olympic Grandeur Archery A rchers began forming tournaments when the bow was replaced as the main weapon of war in the 17 th century... Athletics Although it only recently became a competitive sport, acrobatics has long been an important component of modern artistic sports... Badminton Badminton probably originated in India as a grownup's version of a very old children's game known in England as battledore and shuttlecock... Basketball U.S. teams demonstrated basketball at the Olympics in 1904, 1924, and 1928. When basketball became an official Olympic sport... Biathlon The Biathlon, which combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting, originated in Norway as a training exercise for soldiers... Bobsledding The bobsled was developed in Switzerland late in the 19th century when someone put runners on a toboggan to get greater speed... Canoeing During the early part of the 19 th century, canoeing became quite popular in northern and central Europe, largely through the efforts of...
1932 Olympics eventswhich were run as actual races (not timed heats) for the first time inOlympic history. Billy Fiske, who had driven the 5man US bobsled to a gold http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0300758.html
Extractions: Sports Olympics Winter Olympics Through The Years National medal standings are not recognized by the IOC. The unofficial point totals are based on 3 points for a gold medal, 2 for a silver and 1 for a bronze. Total medals are in parentheses. Gold Silver Bronze Points USA (12) Norway (10) Canada (7) Sweden (3) Finland (3) Number of individual medals won on the left; gold, silver and bronze breakdown to the right. No Sport G-S-B Irving Jaffee, USA Sp. Skate Jack Shea, USA Sp. Skate Veli Saarinen, FIN X-country Alex Hurd, CAN Sp. Skate William Logan, CAN Sp. Skate Event Time 2-Man 4-Man USA (Billy Fiske, Eddie Eagan, Clifford Gray, Jay O'Brien) Event Points Men Women Sonja Henie, NOR Pairs Gm W-L-T Pts GF GA Canada USA Germany Poland Note: Event Time Veli Saarinen, FIN Event Points Birger Rudd, NOR Event Points 18km/Jump Event Time Jack Shea, USA OR Jack Shea, USA Irving Jaffee, USA Irving Jaffee, USA Note: For the only time in the history of the Winter Games, all events were staged as races rather than two-man heats against the clock.
Extractions: Tour Become a Member ... Customer Support Question / Keyword(s): Advanced Search Start S Sports Illustrated Women December 01, 2002 ... Golden Glow: The Olympic bobsled champions take a fleet of beauty products for a test drive.(Fresh/Beauty Field Test) Sports Illustrated Women; December 01, 2002; Kang, Laura
Extractions: The small village of Lake Placid is world-famous as the host of the Winter Olympic Games in 1932 and 1980, but its place in the sporting world goes beyond that. Lake Placid attracts world-class athletes for the current world championship events. As well, Olympic athletes currently use Lake Placid as a training facility for many Olympic sports. In 1932, the world focused on a small village in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. The world was in the midst of the Great Depression and Franklin D. Roosevelt was Governor of the State of New York. Lake Placid, with a population of 2,930, was host of the III Olympic Winter Games. In 1929, Godfrey Dewey, winter sports enthusiast and son of Dr. Melvil Dewey, founder of the Dewey Decimal System, successfully presented the village's bid for the 1932 Games to the International Olympic Committee.
Spotlight Sport - Bobsledding In the Olympics and other major competitions, the bobsled run is at of bobsleddingand Tobagganing provides information about history, top athletes and http://www.edgate.com/wintergames/design/spotlight_sport/bbsled.htm
Extractions: The bobsled was developed in Switzerland in 1897 when a group of vacationers 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 first sleds were made of wood but were soon replaced by steel sleds, which were much faster. A part of the Winter Olympic games since their inception in 1924, bobsledding is a sport of exhilarating but dangerous speed. The first organized competition in the sport was held on the Cresta Run on January 5, 1898, with five-passenger sleds with two of the passengers being 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.
Olympic Gold Rush: Making History In A Hurry Going into the games, Flowers and Bakken were not among the favorites in the bobsledevent. But their stunning victory made olympic history as Flowers became http://main.uab.edu/show.asp?durki=55882
Women's History Month Homepage herself and civilian brakeman Vonetta Flowers from Alabama into the pages of Olympichistory. The unheralded duo s tworun total time in their bobsled USA 2 http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/womenhist2002/afpspage.html
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BBC SPORT | Winter Olympics 2002 | Bobsleigh Games. Bobbing along at high speed BBC Sport Online speaks to theBritish bobsleighers as the women make olympic history. MARCUS http://news.bbc.co.uk/winterolympics2002/hi/english/bobsleigh/default.stm
Extractions: Dictionaries: General Computing Medical Legal Encyclopedia Word: Word Starts with Ends with Definition 2002 Winter Olympic Games See also: 2002 Winter Paralympics The 2002 Olympic Winter Games were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Other candidate cities were Quebec, Canada; Sion, Switzerland; and Östersund, Sweden. Games of the XIX Winter Olympiad Click the link for more information. Luge A luge is small one- or two-person sled on which one sleighs face-up feet-first. Steering is done by shifting the weight or pulling straps attached to the sled's runners. Luge is also the name of a sport which involves racing with such sleds. The first organised meeting of the sport took place in 1883 in Switzerland. In 1913, the Internationale Schlittensportverband
