Speed Skating Results It was the host of the 1932 Winter olympic Games, when the speed skating events forthe first and only time in the olympic history were held as packstyle events http://weasel.student.utwente.nl/~speedskating/index.php?type=track&trackid=111
Bonnie Blair player of America s last three Winter olympic teams, it s for appreciation and respect,for her and for speed skating. single worst year in the history of sport http://www.sportshumanitarian.com/Inductees/BLAIR.HTM
Extractions: BONNIE BLAIR THE LONELY GAME. That's what Norwegians call the sport of speed skating. It's you, a 400m frozen oval, thousands of left turns, all in the quest to go faster, for a new personal best. For BONNIE KATHLEEN BLAIR, franchise player of America's last three Winter Olympic teams, it's been not only a lonely game, but a search for appreciation and respect, for her and for speed skating. The solitary saving grace from the wreckage of 1994, the single worst year in the history of sport. A one-woman dynasty, as dominant in her sport (and deserving to be mentioned in the same sentence) as a few guys named Jordan, Gretzsky, Montana and Ail are (and were) in theirs. She is, by any reasonable measurement, one of the greatest U.S. athletes ever. How successful was Bonnie when the Olympic flame was lit? From February 22, 1988, in Calgary, via the French Alps in 1992 (Albertville), until February 23, 1994, in Lillehammer, Norway, try five gold and one bronze. She is the proud owner of nearly twenty percent of the entire U.S. Winter games medal haul (and forty-two percent of its gold) since 1989. Bonnie didn't just excel in Olympic years; far from it. Bonnie was an eleven-time World Cup points champion, in three different disciplines from 1986 until last year. She was the first woman to go under thirty-nine seconds in the 500m and in the last race of her career, on March 18, 1995 (her birthday), set a personal best and broke at long last her seven year, twenty-day old American record in the 1000m. A real Ted Williams-like way to go out.
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
Inline Speed Skating In Singapore foundation. speed skating history. Ice to grow. In fact, speed skating hasproduced more medals than any other olympic event. Many of http://speed.skateline.com.sg/history.php
Extractions: Great for kids too! Teaches discipline, a sense of fair play, team work, and gives them a good fitness foundation. Speed Skating History Ice Speed skating was the first of the three forms of skating to develop into a sport. (The three forms of skating are speed skating, figure skating and hockey.) As early as 1500, the Dutch were especially famous for putting blades to ice in a race. In the 18th century, speed skating's popularity spread across Europe, and organized races began for English aristocrats. By the late 1800s, steel skates had revolutionized the sport, and modern competitions were born. The Dutch again led the pack by creating the double track, as well as the competition format still essentially in use today for all long track races.
Finnish Olympic Committee - Finnish Olympic History Jakobsson win gold in pairs figure skating in Antwerp This is the first olympic goldmedal for Finland as 1924 speed skater Clas Thunberg wins three gold medals http://www.noc.fi/english/olympic_history/finnish_olympic_history/?NDD=1
Utah Athletic Foundation Yang Yang (A), China won the most short track speed skating the first goldmedalistin Chinese history at the medals at the 2002 olympic Winter Games with seven http://www.utahathleticfoundation.com/2002games/olyrecap_shorttrack.html
Extractions: There were 24 medals awarded in the four nights of competition, with China, Korea and Canada each winning two gold medals. Australia and the United States of America each captured one gold. It was the highest number of medals ever awarded in short track at an Olympic Winter Games, because of the additions of 1500 m individual races for both men and women.
BBC SPORT | Winter Olympics 2002 | Skating Canadian skating duo Jamie Sale and David Pelletier are the latest athletes to figurein the history of olympic controversies. speed skating. Canada cruise to http://news.bbc.co.uk/winterolympics2002/hi/english/skating/default.stm
Bonnie Blair Speaker Motivation Inspiration Olympic Bonnie Blair medal, Bonnie emerged as US historys most The United States olympic CommitteesWoman speedskater of in the World Sprint speed skating Championships in http://www.allamericanspeakers.com/speakerbio/Bonnie_Blair.php
Extractions: HOME ABOUT US CONTACT US OUR PHILOSOPHY ... Search for another speaker Bonnie Blair Category: Olympians, Women Legends In brief Speed skater Bonnie Blair exemplifies success under pressure - the measure of a true champion. There are numerous winners in the world of sports, but the celebrated athletes are the few who meet the challenge of pressure time after time - such as speed skater Bonnie Blair. Fee Range: Today, Bonnie Blair is a favorite on the lecture circuit with her highly motivating speech on "Achieving Your Personal Best". Success under pressure is the measure of a true champion. There are numerous winners in the world of sports but the celebrated athletes are the few who meet the challenge of pressure time after time. Bonnie Blair is undoubtedly celebrated as the speedskater who produces her best performances when it counts the most. Bonnie began her race in the 500 meter event of the 1988 Calgary Olympics immediately after her rival Christa Rothenburger of East Germany set a world record. Not to be outdone, Bonnie proceeded to skate the 500 meters faster than any woman had before or has since, capturing the gold medal in a world record time of 39.1. This record stood for 5 years until March 1994, when at the age of 30, Blair met her ultimate goal of shattering the 39 second mark with a time of 38.99.
Speed Skating & Short Track In UK Directory: Sport: Winter Events Take a look at news, athlete profiles, venue details, and event history. ESPNon MSN olympic speed skating-Short Track Learn about these sports being http://www.ukdirectory.co.uk/Dir/?Category=705475,10082853,575637,70116,575773,5
2004.com - Olympic History - Modern History - Winter Games Brief history of the Winter olympic Games Even hockey tournament, the first Winterolympic Games took Bobsleigh, Skeleton, Ice Hockey, speed skating and Figure http://www.2004.com/ohistory_modern_winter.asp
Extractions: Even if there were ice figure skating already in the London Olympics in 1908 and in Amsterdam 1920 together with an ice hockey tournament, the first Winter Olympic Games took place in Chamonix, France in 1924. In the first Games there were Nordic Skiing, Nordic Jumping, Bobsleigh, Skeleton, Ice Hockey, Speed Skating and Figure skating for men, women and pairs.
NZ Winter Olympic History NZ Winter olympic history. part of the world at a Winter olympic Games Paul (luge),Pamela Bell (snowboarding), Andrew Nicholson (speed skating), Richard Ussher http://www.olympic.org.nz/Article.aspx?ID=340
Books On Figure Skating stories behind one of the most controversial nights in olympic history. speed on Skatesby Barry Publow from Human Kinetics (T) Search Books on Figure skating. http://www.dropbears.com/b/broughsbooks/sport/figure_skating.htm
Olympicanadiana | Olympics Archive | Winter Olympic Games | 2002 Bronze Women s speed skating, 3000m Cindy Klassen Bronze - Women s speed skating,5000m 4 2nd woman, and only the 4th person in olympic history to capture http://www.nodice.ca/olympicanadiana/winter/2002.html
Extractions: The Salt Lake Olympics were held under unprecedentedly heavy guard in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. The number of participating countries totaled 78, the largest in Olympic history, and the United States made every effort to lead the Olympic Games to a success despite the threat of terrorism. But the Games were rife with troubles. When the Canadians made complained over a major judging controversy in pairs figure skating that one of the judges was under a certain pressure, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in an extraordinary move gave a gold medal to the Canadian pair on top of the Russian pair. Complaints came one after another also over decisions in short-track speed skating and ice hockey. The Japanese lodged a protest with the International Skating Union (ISU) over Satoru Terao's controversial disqualification in a short-track event, while Russia and South Korea at one point threatened to boycott the Games on the grounds that judging decisions were allegedly biased in favor of the host country.
21st Century Online athletes hope to win the first gold medal in the nation s Winter olympic history. fora gold medal rest mainly on shorttrack speed skating (), free http://www.21stcentury.com.cn/article.php?sid=3269&thold=0&mode=&order=0
Extractions: Homepage /* You may give each page an identifying name, server, and channel on the next lines. */ var pageName="" var server="" var channel="" var pageType="" var pageValue="" var prop1="Salt Lake 2002" var prop2="" var prop3="" var prop4="" var prop5="" var prop6="news" var prop7="" var prop8="" var prop9="" var prop10="" var s_code=' ' Salt Lake 2002 Monday, February 18, 2002 Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze of Russia (left) and Jamie Sale and David Pelletier of Canada pose Sunday with their gold medals at a special awards ceremony for the figure skating pairs competition. Olympic alchemy: Skaters' silver turns into gold Canadian duo awarded gold in special ceremony JOHN JEANSONNE, NEWSDAY Originally published Monday, February 18, 2002 SALT LAKE CITY One thing we have learned, in the Olympic pairs judging episode, is that there are different ways of looking at figure skating events. On Sunday night, when Canadians Jamie Sale and David Pelletier were presented with gold medals, standing with the other gold medalists from their competition, Russia's Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze, it could have been seen as prolonging a seven-day-old situation. Or, as sportsmanlike closure. It could have been considered a melodramatic way to fill the arena on a night originally meant for the odd theater of ice dancing. Or, a serious attempt to right a wrong.
OWI HOME successful ever participation at the olympic Winter Games history was created withAustralia winning its Camplin) and Short Track speed skating (Steven Bradbury http://www.olympics.com.au/?pg=owia&spg=history
Online NewsHour: Olympic Mettle -- February 9, 1998 the first time in the history of the Curling, originally an olympic demonstrationsport, also makes have triggered a technological revolution in speed skating. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/sports/jan-june98/olympics_2-9a.html
Extractions: The NewsHour's panel of historians examine the history of the Olympics Browse the NewsHour's sports coverage. OUTSIDE LINKS: The official homepage for of the 1998 Winter Games. Yahoo! 's coverage of the winter games. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: The great bell at Zenkoji Temple in Nagano opened this years Winter Olympics. The temple is more than 1300 years old. According to legend, it was built to house the first image of Buddha brought to Japan. This town and its jagged mountain peaks form one of the largest ski areas in Japan. Close to 3,000 athletes from 72 countries are here for this years games. The Winter Olympics have brought together some of the worlds finest athletes since 1924, when the first official games were held in Chamonix, France. The games have survived two world wars, terrorism, and political boycotts. The triumphs and losses have become part of each participating nations collective history. Olympic Memories.
