21. Skiing Crosscountry skiing in the 1990 s was dominated by another Norweigian, Bjorn Forthe first time in olympic history, snowboarding became an official olympic http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0771593.html

Sports Other Sports Skiing, Snowboarding, and Skating Skiing Did you know that skiing was originally a form of transportation in the mountains of Europe, well before it became a sport? After World War II, alpine skiing in the Olympics really took off as men and women competed in the downhill, the slalom, and the alpine combined. The giant slalom was added four years later. No American man had won an Olympic Gold medal in alpine skiing until 1984, when two accomplished the feat. Bill Johnson won gold in the downhill, while Phil Mahre was the champion in the slalom. Phil's brother Steve won the silver medal in the slalom in that same year. Austrian Hermann Maier not only won two gold medals at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano (who can forget his spectacular crash?), but he also was the 1998 World Cup champion. Cross-country skiing has actually been an Olympic event since the first Winter Olympics took place in 1924. There were two races, one 15 kilometers and one 50 kilometers. Thorleif Haug of Norway won gold in both of them. For the first time in Olympic history, snowboarding became an official Olympic event for both men and women at

22. NZ Winter Olympic History NZ Winter olympic history. Wi Rutene, making the first of his four Winter olympicappearances. in 1988 with the inclusion of crosscountry skiing and bobsleigh http://www.olympic.org.nz/Article.aspx?ID=340

23. NZ Summer Olympic History NZ Summer olympic history. as Annelise Coberger won this country s first Winterolympic medal when she claimed silver in slalom skiing in Albertville. http://www.olympic.org.nz/Article.aspx?ID=343

24. History Of Cross Country And Alpine Skiing Photo by Erik WL Anderson. history of skiing. Nicola Werdenigg. This continued untilCrossCountry skiing first made the olympic agenda as a stand alone http://www.bwca.cc/activities/skiing/historyofskiing.htm

Photo by Erik W. L. Anderson History of Skiing Nicola Werdenigg Before skis were used for fun and leisure, the ski was used for work and transportation. The oldest known version is a wide, short ski found in Sweden that has been shown to be over 4500 years old, and cave and rock drawings suggest that skis were used even long before then. These first skis may have been used by a hunter or a traveler, as they were commonly used during the long winters in Northern Russia and the Scandinavian countries. Early skis were not made for speed, but to designed to keep a traveler on top of the snow as they went about their business. The people from the Telemark area of Norway have been largely credited with developing skiing into a sport, somewhere in the early 1700's. They invented the Telemark and the Christiana (now known as the Christie) turns as methods of artfully controlling speeds on downhill descents. They were also quite fond of jumping. Thus, disciplines in both alpine and Nordic skiing owe their existence to these early pioneers. The distinction that now we make between the different disciplines of skiing was not made centuries ago. All of the early skis had a boot mounted to the ski only at the toe, with the heel free to move up and down, what we now call a Nordic ski.

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Hockey Baseball Basketball Football ... CANOE NAGANO '98 ISP DIRECTORY Canada's Medals (By Year) Year Site G S B T Antwerp Chamonix St. Moritz Lake Placid Garmisch-Part. St. Moritz Oslo Cortina Squaw Valley Innsbruck Grenoble Sapporo Innsbruck Lake Placid Sarajevo Calgary Albertville Lillehammer Canada's Medals, (By Sport) Sport G S B T Speed Skate Figure Skating Hockey Alpine Ski Biathlon Freestyle Ski Bobsleigh Canadian Medal Winners By Sport By Year By Alphabet Multiple Medallists ... Bronze Medallists All-Time Olympic records By Sport All-Time Olympic medallists Biathlon: MEN- 4x7.5 relay ; WOMEN- 4x7.5 Relay Bobsled: 2 Man 4 Man Hockey: Men Luge: Men Singles Men Doubles Women Singles Speed Skate, Long: MEN- ; WOMEN - Speed Skate, Short: MEN - 5000m Relay ; WOMEN - 3000m Relay Figure Skating: Men Women Pairs Dance Skiing, Alpine: MEN - Downhill SuperG GS Slalom ... Combines ; WOMEN: Downhill SuperG GS Slalom ... Combined Skiing, Cross Country: MEN - 4x10k Relay ; WOMEN - 4x5k Relay Skiing, Freestyle: MEN - Aeriels Moguls ; WOMEN - Aerials Moguls Skiing, Nordic: Individual Team Ski Jumping: Team CANOE home feedback. Netgraphe Inc

26. SLAM! NAGANO: Alpine Skiing 20 Compagnoni wins women s GS; Feb. 20 Compagnoni makes alpine history; Feb. 20German women did a great job Archive of olympic Alpine skiing Stories. http://www.canoe.ca/SlamNaganoAlpineSkiing/home.html

June 11, 2004 Hockey Baseball Basketball Football ... CANOE NAGANO '98 ISP DIRECTORY Alpine Skiing Buraas wins men's slalom Feb. 21: Full story and results Feb. 21: Tomba ends Olympic career in disappointment Feb. 21: Tomba bids quiet farewell to Olympic career Feb. 20: Tomba out of slalom Picabo, Tomba, Herminator memorable Feb. 21: Full story Street saves skiing for USA Feb. 21: Full story MORE HEADLINES Feb. 20: Sykora leads after first run Feb. 20: Compagnoni wins women's GS Feb. 20: Compagnoni makes alpine history Feb. 20: Compagnoni matches Tomba in medals, not popularity Feb. 20: Maier just a hometown guy in Austria Feb. 20: German women did 'a great job' Archive of Olympic Alpine Skiing Stories CANOE home feedback. ... Netgraphe Inc

27. MSN Encarta - Skiing VI, history. Advertisement. Men’s Nordic events were the only skiing races heldin the 1924 olympic Games, the first year the Winter Games were held. http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761574346_3/Skiing.html

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28. Gretchen Fraser - First American Alpine Skier To Win Olympic Medal Search. skiing Gretchen Fraser The First American Alpine Skier to Winan olympic Medal. Leaving her stamp on US skiing history. Gretchen http://skiing.about.com/library/weekly/aa-gretchen-fraser.htm

zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') About Sports Skiing Home ... Skiing Events Calendar zau(256,152,145,'gob','http://z.about.com/5/ad/go.htm?gs='+gs,''); Product Reviews Before You Buy Backcountry Skiing Disabled Skiing ... Help zau(256,138,125,'el','http://z.about.com/0/ip/417/0.htm','');w(xb+xb); Stay Current Subscribe to the About Skiing newsletter. Search Skiing Gretchen Fraser - The First American Alpine Skier to Win an Olympic Medal Leaving her stamp on US skiing history Gretchen Fraser, Photo Provided by Sun Valley Ski Resort Related Resources More Skiing History More about disabled skiing From Other Guides Women in Olympic Sports Stamp Collecting Elsewhere on the Web Sun Valley, Idaho In a time when women were not encouraged to take part in elite-level sports, Gretchen Fraser was the epitome of a great champion. Alpine skiing for men and women was introduced to the Olympics in 1936 and in the first Winter Games after World War II she became the first U.S. skier (man or woman) to win an Olympic medal, with a gold in slalom and combined silver in 1948 at St. Moritz, Switzerland. Gretchen Fraser died on the eve of the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. She grew up in Vancouver, Washington, but lived more than a half-century in Sun Valley, Idaho, where she met and taught many World War II amputees how to ski. Now the US Ski Team, and Sun Valley ski resort, home to Gretchen Fraser, are leading the movement to have her achievements honored in the first American postage stamp to feature a champion skier. Sun Valley already pays homage to her with "Gretchens Gold" a downhill run on Bald Mountain, popularly used for training by modern US Olympic skiers.

29. History Of Skiing US ski champion during the 1930s and 40s, coached the 1948 US olympic Ski Team tobe miners and lumbermen became part of Upper Michigan s skiing history as well http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Chateau/6110/ski.htm

THE EVOLUTION OF A PREHISTORIC SPORT: SKIING by Miriam Meijer SKIING is the world's oldest sport. The post-glacial Stone Age people of the northern latitudes in Europe and Russia used skis—not made for speed but to keep hunters on top of the snow—to survive harsh winters. The Rodoy rock carvings of a hunter on runners, 4500 years old, are above In 1868 Sondre Norheim, from the Telemark region of Norway, broke all records in Christiana (Oslo). The "Father of Modern Skiing" had added a willow strap around the heel and contoured his skis so that they were slightly waisted in the middle. His methods of artfully controlling speeds in downhill desce nts are now called the Telemark and the Christiana (now known as the Christie) turns. The first Winter Olympic Games in 1924 in Chamonix, France, had just 5 sports; both skiing events were Nordic: Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined. Cross-Country Skiing first made the Olympic agenda as an event during the 1932 Winter Games in Lake Placid. The Telemark turn proved to be insufficient for the steeper slopes of the Alps. Boots that were mounted to the ski at both the toe and the heel increased control for much faster speeds, giving birth to the downhill and slalom events. An Alpine ski event—the Combined—was first introduced in the 1936 Winter Games in Innsbruck, Austria. Alpine skiing is the fastest non-motorized sport on earth. Its popularity exploded after the invention of the ski lift. After World War II, Austria and Switzerland developed the first Alpine ski resorts. The most spectacular forms of skiing are ski jumping and ski flying, thrilling for both jumper and spectators. Giant Slalom appeared first in the 1952 Oslo Winter Olympics. Super G—a hybrid of Giant Slalom and Downhill—added a 4

30. INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - SPORTS olympic history, There are three standard events in freestyle skiing moguls,aerials, and ballet. A combined event is also in the World Championships. http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/history_uk.asp?DiscCode=FR&sportCode=

31. INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES HIGHLIGHTS, After knee surgery and a long rehabilitation, Janica Kostelic(CROAlpine skiing) made olympic history. She started by http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=2&OLGY=2002

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33. Spotlight Sport - Alpine Skiing The Federation of International skiing includes a list of ongoing events Committeereports olympic schedules and features an excellent olympic history Museum. http://www.edgate.com/wintergames/design/spotlight_sport/alpski.htm

Alpine Skiing People began strapping skis to their feet as far back as 5,000 years ago. Englishman Sir Arnold Lunn and Austrian Hannes Schneider invented modern alpine racing. Lunn, a son of a London travel agent, spent his years traveling through the Alps and envisioning racing through the majestic range. Lunn organized the first slalom in 1922 in Muerren, Switzerland, and joined forces with Schneider two years later to organize the race that would become the first Olympic alpine event. Competition Interesting Facts Learn More Other Sports ... Links Competition Alpine skiing is among the most exciting Olympics events and was introduced to the Olympic program at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Games with a men's and women's combined event, featuring a downhill and two slalom runs. After the cancellation of the following two Games because of war, alpine skiing returned to St. Moritz with a program of six events. The Oslo Games in 1952 welcomed giant slalom to the program and marked the departure of the combined event. The combined event did not return until 1988.

34. 1960 Olympics Crowned with the five olympic rings, each eight feet in An 11day pass for all skiingevents was $60 Twenty years later at Lake Placid, history repeated itself. http://www.tahoesbest.com/Skiing/svuoly.htm

Skiing and Snowboarding in Lake Tahoe Win a Trip!! On Thursday, February 18, 1960, under storm-threatening skies, the greatest winter athletes in the world gathered in Squaw Valley. As the sun broke through briefly, 2,000 pigeons were released into the air. A throng of 1,000 competitors and 20,000 spectators stood hushed as the Olympic Torch completed a 9,000 mile odyssey from Europe and was placed in front of the Tower of Nations. Following the Olympic Oath and the Star Spangled Banner, Avery Brundage declared the Games "open" while the sky erupted into a kaleidoscope of fireworks and colorful balloons. Thus began the VIII Olympic Winter Games at Squaw Valley. At that time the 1960 Winter Games were the largest ever held, with 34 nations competing in 15 alpine and ski jumping events, 8 speed skiing contests, 3 figure skating competitions and 28 hockey matches. Making its Olympic debut was women's speed skiing and the men's biathlon, a combination of Nordic skiing and rifle marksmanship. The Squaw Games were highlighted by many other Winter Olympic 'firsts'. They were the first Winter Games to be nationally televised and to house the athletes in their own Olympic Village. For the first time in Winter Olympic history artificial refrigeration was utilized for speed skating events and electronic computers were used to tally results.

35. 2002 Winter Olympics Timeline Encyclopedia : Maps - History - Economy - Governme Simon Ammann taking the double in ski jumping, Johan Muehlegg skiing towards threegolds winning three golds and a silver (the first Winter olympic medals ever http://united-states.asinah.net/american-encyclopedia/wikipedia/2/20/2002_winter

Hotel Reservations all taxes, service charges included AmeriHost Aparthotel ... West Palm Beach Encyclopedia worldwide Show index of all articles : united-states.asinah.net Main Page Edit this page 2002 Winter Olympics See also: 2002 Winter Paralympics The Winter Olympic Games were held in Salt Lake City Utah United States Opening ceremonies held: February 8 Closing ceremonies held: February 24 Number of nations participating: Number of athletes participating: Athlete who took the Athlete's Oath: Jim Shea, USA Judge who took the Judge's Oath: Allen Church Person who lit the Olympic Torch: Members of the 1980 USA men's ice hockey team, led by team captain Mike Eruzione Table of contents 1 Highlights 2 Medals awarded 3 Medal count 3.1 External links and references Highlights Prior to these Olympics, a number of I.O.C members were forced to resign after it was uncovered that they had accepted inappropriately valuable gifts in return for voting for Salt Lake City to hold the Games. New IOC president Jacques Rogge and new CEO of the Salt Lake City games Mitt Romney then had to stage the Games and contend with the public opinion backlash due to the scandal. The September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack

36. SHORT HISTORY OF SKIING of most important figure in alpine skiing history which as was the high water markof Telemark skiing in Europe. in 1925 as the First Winter olympic Games, the http://www.skiinghistory.org/history.html

SKIING HERITAGE: A Ski History Quarterly A Short History of Alpine Skiing From Telemark to Today It began in Norway, and ended up all over the world. by Morten Lund Destiny or lucky circumstance, or perhaps a lot of both, contrived to boost alpine skiing from a pastime on a par with slogging about on skis and with sledding and skating into something deeper, a way of life and a treasure of recreation practiced so widely today and available somewhere in most of the snowy mountain ranges on earth. In short, alpine skiing has reached a popularity and a global penetration far beyond the wildest dreams of its pioneers. And actually, there are at least some solid explanations. Pioneer alpine skiers in the 1920s were drawing on a trial-and-error process of millenniums, at least five thousand years, of winnowing out mistakes such as short broad skis and a single long pole while preserving advances such as long, narrow skis and two shorter poles. There was a rather startling, intense and unprecedented moment at the end of the many preceding centuries of slow-moving evolution as the skiing of a tiny sector of a tiny nation led to a climactic, unprecedented spurt of technique and technology in the matter of ski descent.

37. Olympic Games - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Of these, cross country skiing, figure skating, ice www.olympic.org/ Official Siteof the olympic Movement. page Discuss this page Page history What links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympics

Olympic Games From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (Redirected from Olympics A runner carries the Olympic torch The Olympic Games are a multi-sport event taking place every fourth year . Originally held in ancient Greece , they were revived by French Baron Pierre de Coubertin in the late 19th century . The Games of the Olympiad, better known as the Summer Olympics , have been held every fourth year since , with the exception of the years during the World Wars . A special edition for winter sports, the Winter Olympic Games , started in ; since these are no longer held in the same year as the Games of the Olympiad. Table of contents 1 Ancient Olympics 2 Revival of the Olympic Games 3 Summer Olympics 4 Winter Olympics ... edit Ancient Olympics In detail: Ancient Olympic Games Ruins of the training grounds at Olympia The origin of the Ancient Olympic Games has been lost in time, although there are many legends surrounding its origins. The first recorded celebration of the Games in Olympia was in 776 BC , although this was certainly not the first time they were held. The Games were then mostly a local affair, and only one event was contested, the stadion race.

38. Washingtonpost.com: Nordic Skiing Daehlie collapsed on the finish line after more than two hours of skiing. and MasahikoHarada both soared to the longest jumps in olympic history Tuesday as http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/sport/nordic.h

Olympics Front Sport by Sport Gallery History ... Luge Nordic Skiing Snowboarding Speedskating Send us your feedback on our Olympics section. Nordic Skiing AP Photo Norway's Daehlie Was Bjorn to Ski The undisputed king of cross-country skiing, Norway's Bjorn Daehlie ( pictured ), won the 50-kilometer event Sunday for his eighth career Olympic gold medal, the most by any athlete in the Winter Games. Daehlie collapsed on the finish line after more than two hours of skiing. Norway Wins Relay for Daehlie's Seventh Daehlie Easily Wins 10K Classic Countryman Denies Daehlie in 15K Thomas Kienzie/AP Russians Sweep Women's Events Russia ended Italy's bid for a third consecutive gold in the 30-kilometer cross-country when Yulia Tchepalova ( pictured ) beat 1992 gold medalist Stefania Belmondo of Italy by 10.2 seconds. The win gave Russia a sweep of the the five women's cross-country races, and with the young and brash Tchepalova around to lead a new generation of stars, it seems assured of continued dominance in women's cross-country. Norway Ends Japan's Run in Nordic Combined Even with Emperor Akihito cheering them on, the Japanese could not overcome a disappointing performance on the ski-jump hill and saw their reign as Nordic team champion end after two consecutive Winter Games. Norway

39. Washingtonpost.com: Tomba Wins 2nd Gold In Skiing Tomba Wins 2nd Gold in skiing By Christine Brennan Washington Post Staff Writer onehundredthsof a second in the closest men s slalom race in olympic history. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/history/memori

Olympics Front Sport by Sport Gallery History ... Countries Related Items Tomba wins '88 giant slalom after a blistering first run Look back at the 1988 Winter Games Tomba Wins 2nd Gold in Skiing By Christine Brennan Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, February 28, 1988; Page D1 Alberto Tomba was the king of the hill at the 1988 Olympics, the first male skier to win two Alpine gold medals in eight years. (AP File Photo) West German Frank Woerndl, the somewhat surprising leader after the first run of the men's slalom, was just a bit too slow on his second run today, allowing Tomba to beat him by six one-hundredths of a second in the closest men's slalom race in Olympic history. By that tiny margin, Tomba became king of the mountain at the Olympics, the first male skier to win two Alpine gold medals in eight years. His fans chanted his name and sang him songs. He was lifted above the crowd by his coach and teammates. He raised his thumbs up, then buried his head in his hands. I'm super happy, Tomba said later. The other day when I won the giant slalom was the first time in my life I was in tears. Today was the second time. Tomba raced the two runs of the slalom course at snowy Nakiska in 1 minute 39.47 seconds. Woerndl finished in 1:39.53. Paul Frommelt of Liechtenstein won the bronze with a time of 1:39.84.

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Dictionaries: General Computing Medical Legal Encyclopedia 2002 Winter Olympic Games/Luge 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 Nations participating 78 Athletes participating 2,527 Events Opening ceremonies February 8, 2002 Closing ceremonies February 24, 2002 Officially opened by President George W. Bush Athlete's Oath Jim Shea, USA Judge's Oath: Allen Church Olympic Torch Members of the 1980 USA men's ice hockey team, led by team captain Mike Eruzione 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. History The first organised meeting of the sport took place in 1883 in Switzerland. In 1913, the Internationale Schlittensportverband Click the link for more information.

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