101. NewsNet5.com - Olympics - Shea's 1932 Skates Returned To Family SALT LAKE CITY The speed skates worn by Jack Shea during two goldmedal runsin the 1932 olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid were returned to the Shea http://www.newsnet5.com/olympics/1250817/detail.html

The Help You Need Food Tech Real Estate ... Weddings Shea's 1932 Skates Returned To Family American Speed Skater Traded Equipment With Japanese Skier POSTED: 12:59 p.m. EST February 25, 2002 SALT LAKE CITY The speed skates worn by Jack Shea during two gold-medal runs in the 1932 Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid were returned to the Shea family Sunday. 2002 Winter Olympics Olympics Home Venue Tour Olympic History/Timeline Medal Count ... Statistics Olympics Trivia Ice Hockey Figure Skating Good As Gold Know Your Winter Olympics When the 1932 games ended, Shea (pictured, right) traded the skates to a Japanese Olympian for a pair of Nordic skis. Shea's skates were then passed to a young Japanese speed skater, Kozo Yoshida. Yoshida, now 62 and a horse breeder in Hokkaido, learned that Shea was recently killed in a car accident and returned the skates to Shea's grandson, Jimmy. Jimmy Shea, an American Olympian who won gold in this year's skeleton event, said that he was "overwhelmed" by Yoshida's generosity. Previous Stories: January 22, 2002:

102. NewsNet5.com - Olympics - Medal Results: Feb. 9-11 Prock, Austria. Sunday, Feb. 10. speed skating. Women s 3,000Meter Gottwald,Austria. Saturday, Feb. 9. speed skating. Men s 5000M Gold http://www.newsnet5.com/olympics/1228334/detail.html

The Help You Need Food Tech Real Estate ... Weddings Medal Results: Feb. 9-11 POSTED: 4:09 p.m. EST February 9, 2002 UPDATED: 4:44 p.m. EST February 18, 2002 Monday, Feb. 11 Ice Skating Pairs Skating GOLD: Elena Berezhnaya, Anton Sikharulidze, Russia SILVER: Jamie Sale, David Pelletier, Canada BRONZE: Shen Xue, Zhao Hongbo, China 2002 Winter Olympics Olympics Home Venue Tour Olympic History/Timeline Medal Count ... Statistics Olympics Trivia Ice Hockey Figure Skating Good As Gold Know Your Winter Olympics Snowboarding Men's Halfpipe GOLD: Ross Powers, USA SILVER: Danny Kass, USA BRONZE: Jarrett Thomas, USA Alpine Skiing Women's Downhill (ppd. until Tuesday, 2/12) Biathlon Men's 30K GOLD: Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, Norway SILVER: Frank Luck, Germany BRONZE: Victor Maigourov, Russia Women's 15K GOLD: Andrea Henkel, Germany SILVER: Liv Grete Poiree, Norway BRONZE: Magdalena Forsberg, Sweden Luge Men's Singles GOLD: Armin Zoeggeler, Italy SILVER: Georg Hackl, Germany BRONZE: Markus Prock, Austria Sunday, Feb. 10 Speed Skating Women's 3,000-Meter Gold: Claudia Pechstein, Germany

103. BBC SPORT | Winter Olympics 2002 | Skating | Olympic Memories Tainted BBC Sport's James Cowling reviews the controversial figure skating competitions at Salt Lake City. http://news.bbc.co.uk/winterolympics2002/hi/english/skating/newsid_1837000/18371

CATEGORIES TV RADIO COMMUNICATE ... INDEX SEARCH You are in: Skating Front Page Statistics Alpine Skiing ... Olympic Quiz SERVICES Daily E-mail News Ticker News for PDA Feedback ... Low Graphics Sunday, 24 February, 2002, 02:19 GMT Olympic memories tainted The four gold medallists skate as one at the exhibition By BBC Sport Online's James Cowling In the figure skating world, the conclusion of the Winter Olympics is the end of one four- year cycle and the beginning of another. American Todd Eldredge has already announced his retirement. Eldredge, the oldest man in the men's competition, was hoping for Olympic glory to cap off an illustrious career that started with a world bronze medal in 1991. No doubt others will be announcing their retirement in the coming weeks too. For the winners there is little else to prove. Olympic winners Men's: Alexei Yagudin Ladies: Sarah Hughes Dance: Pairs: Not only have they all won Olympic gold medals, most have world titles as well. For others, their disappointment at not winning gold will be seen as "unfinished business" and they will stick around for another attempt in four years' time. Skaters like silver medallist Evgeni Plushenko of Russia, who is only 19 and still has something to prove, as does bronze medallist Michelle Kwan of the United States.

104. HistoryTelevision.ca :: Archives :: History Of The Olympics baron from France, had a desire to reinstitute the Olympics due to men, nine composedthe hockey team, two were figure skaters and one was a speed skater. http://www.historytelevision.ca/archives/olympics2002/

Home Archives History Of The Olympics - The first modern Olympic Games held in Athens, Greece. - Women first compete in the Games, in tennis and golf. - Etienne Desmarteau, a Montreal policeman is the first Canadian to win a gold medal. - Figure skating introduced as a sport. More Olympic Timeline The Ancient Olympics In Olympia, the home of the ancient Games, Nike, the winged goddess of Victory, stood in the palm of a 13-metre tall gold and ivory statue of Zeus. Considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the statue took ten years to build and paid tribute to Zeus, the deity the Games honoured. Read More The History of the Modern Olympics Pierre de Coubertin, a young baron from France, had a desire to reinstitute the Olympics due to his countrymen's low morale, caused he believed, by their 1870 defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. By re-establishing the games he thought he would revive national spirit and restore competitive vigour. Read Story The Evolution Of Team Canada In January 1924, Canada sent 12 athletes to compete in the Games. Of those dozen men, nine composed the hockey team, two were figure skaters and one was a speed skater.

105. Competition Was A Way Of Life For Detroit Speed Skater full of national, North American and senior women titles as well as three Olympicberths. She won more titles than any other speed skater in the history of the http://info.detnews.com/history/story/index.cfm?id=170&category=people

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