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United States Olympic Training Facilities

Where American Olympic hopefuls live and train by Elizabeth Olson Related Links Olympics Overview Birth of the Modern Olympics Olympic Athletes Memorable Olympic Moments…

Blatter, Sepp

(Encyclopedia) Blatter, Sepp (Joseph S. Blatter), 1936–, Swiss sports executive, grad. Univ. of Lausanne, 1959. He served as general secretary of the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation and director of…

Olympics 2004: Sports Overviews

/* /*]]>*/ Looking for great features on the TURIN GAMES? See: 2006 TURIN WINTER GAMES.Sports Overviews for the Summer Olympics When and where events take place, historical overviews…

History: Relay, Winter Games

by Mark Hughes The Winter Olympic Torch Relay began in 1964. Related Links History: Flame and Torch Symbolism of Fire…

Sonja Henie

Sonja Henie was a Norwegian figure skating champion who went from winning gold medals in three consecutive Winter Olympics (1928, '32 and '36) to touring with an ice show and making movies in…

2006 Olympics: Biathlon

MenWomen Cross country (any style) and rifle shooting (.22 caliber, small-bore, standing and prone). MT indicates missed targets.

2006 Olympics: Curling

MenWomen Teams attempt to slide a 20-kg (42 lbs) stone into a three-circle target six feet in diameter called the “house.” The team with the stone closest to the center circle, the “tee,” gets a…

2006 Olympics: Luge

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