Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics 2002 Winter Olympic Games Cross-country skiing The winners of three races were disqualified after blood tests showed that three skiers had high red blood cell counts that indicated the use of darbepoetin, a drug used to treat anemia. The drug is not specifically listed in the IOC's list of banned substances, but the rules prohibit doping of any kind. The skiers Johann Mühlegg of Spain and Larisa Lazutina of Russia were permitted to keep medals they had won in previous races for which their blood tests were negative. Note: this article will have to be further rewritten due to the CAS ruling of 18 December 2003; see that date's Current events for the relevant external link. The final rankings.
1928 Winter Olympics - 1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympic Games were held in Saint Moritz, Switzerland. (introductory comments about these particular games) Opening ceremonies held: February 11 Closing ceremonies held: (date) Number of nations participating: # Number of athletes participating: # Athlete who took the Athlete's Oath: (name) Judge who took the Judge's Oath: (name) Person who lit the Olympic Torch: (name) Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Highlights 2 Medal winners 3 Medal standings (gold/silver/bronze total) 4 Internal links Highlights Sonja Henie wins her first gold medal in women's figure skating. Medal winners Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh Cross-country skiing Figure skating Ice hockey Luge Nordic combined Skeleton Ski jumping Speed skating Medal standings (gold/silver/bronze total) Internal links WikiProject Sports Olympics Summer Olympics 1896 1900 1904 1906 1908 1912 1920.
Jimmy Shea - an American skeleton racer, who won the gold medal in the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. After his father Jim Shea, who competed in nordic combined and cross country skiing events in the 1964 Olympics and his grandfather Jack Shea, who won two gold medals in the 1932 Olympics in speed skating, he is the third generation of his family to take part in Winter Games. Although American media repeatedly claimed that he was the first third generation Olympian, this honor in fact belongs to the Norwegian Lunde family who placed their third generation in the Olympics in 1960. He became the first American to win a World Cup race and a World Championship in the sport, and has more World Cup victories than any other American..
Olympic Games scandals - scandals Both the Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games have been marred by various incidents and scandals. They include: Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 1912 Olympic Games 2 1932 Summer Olympic Games 3 1936 Summer Olympic Games 4 1968 Winter Olympic Games 5 1988 Summer Olympic Games 6 1994 Winter Olympic Games 7 2002 Winter Olympic Games 1912 Olympic Games The U.S. athlete Jim Thorpe is stripped of his gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon after it is learned that he played professional minor league baseball one summer three years earlier. In solidarity, the decathlon silver medalist refuses to accept the medal when offered to him. The gold medals are restored to Thorpe in 1983, years after his death. 1932 Summer Olympic Games After winning the silver in equestrian.
List of Canadians - Harris - group of seven, early Canadian abstraction A.Y. Jackson - last member of Group of Seven Karen Kain - ballerina Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002), photographer Cornelius Krieghoff (1815-1872), painter Robert Markle (1936-1990, painter Norval Morrisseau - founded 'Woodland' school of art Jack Reid Jean-Paul Riopelle, (1923-2002), painter Tom Thomson - ill fated wilderness painter Jeff Wall - photographer See also List of Canadian painters Astronauts Roberta Bondar - first Canadian woman in space Marc Garneau, (born 1949), first Canadian in space Chris Hadfield, (born 1959), first Canadian to walk in space Steven MacLean, astronaut Julie Payette, (born 1963), astronaut Robert Thirsk, astronaut Bjarni Tryggvason, astronaut Authors Milton Acorn, (1923-1986), poet, has published 18 volumes of poetry Gilles Archambault - novelist, essayist, critic Margaret Atwood, (born 1939), poet, novelist, essayist Margaret Avison,.
Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics 2002 Winter Olympic Games Biathlon 10 km Sprint Men: Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) Sven Fischer (GER) Wolfgang Perner (AUT) Without any misses with the shooting, Bjørndalen wins his second gold of the Games. 12.5 km Pursuit Men: Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) Raphaël Poiree (FRA) Ricco Groß (GER) Bjørndalen wins his third gold of the Games to equal Aleksandr Tikhonov as the most successful biathlete at the Olympics. 20 km Men: Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) Frank Luck (GER) Viktor Maigurov (RUS) After finishing 6th in the 30 km cross country, Bjørndalen wins the gold in the biathlon, where he is by far the best skier. 7.5 km Sprint Women: Kati Wilhelm (GER) Uschi Disl (GER) Magdalena Forsberg (SWE) Another surprise from Germany,.
1924 Winter Olympics - 1924 Winter Olympics The I Olympic Winter Games were held in 1924 in Chamonix, France. This was, though only called thus in retrospect, the first celebration of the Olympic Winter Games. Opening ceremonies held: January 25, 1924 Closing ceremonies held: February 5, 1924 Number of nations participating: 16 Number of athletes participating: 258 (245 men, 13 women) Officially opened by: Gaston Vidal, French Under-secretary for Physical Education Athlete who took the Athlete's Oath: Camille Mandrillon Judge who took the Judge's Oath: not applicable Person who lit the Olympic Torch: not applicable Number of events: 16 in 7 sports + 2 events in 2 demonstration sports Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Highlights 1.1 Prologue 1.2 Day 1 1.3 Epilogue 2 Medals awarded 2.4 Bobsleigh 2.4.1 Four-man 2.5 Cross-country.
1968 Winter Olympics - 1968 Winter Olympics See also: 1968 Winter Paralympics The 1968 Winter Olympics were held in Grenoble, France and opened on February 6. Thirty-seven countries participated. Norway won the most medals, the first time a country other than the Soviet Union had done so since the Soviet Union first entered the Winter Games in 1956. Frenchman Jean-Claude Killy won three gold medals in all the alpine skiing events. In women's figure skating, Peggy Fleming won the only United States gold medal. The year 1968 marked the first time the IOC first permitted East and West Germany to enter separately, and the first time the IOC ever ordered drug and gender testing of competitors. Summer Olympics 1896 1900 1904 1906 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952.
1988 Winter Olympics - 1988 Winter Olympics See also: 1988 Winter Paralympics This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. The 1988 Winter Olympics were held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The Olympics were highly successful, financially, as they brought in million dollar profits. Games of the X Olympiad Nations participating X Athletes participating X (Y men, Z women) Events X in Y sports Opening ceremonies Closing ceremonies Officially opened by Athlete's Oath Judge's Oath: Olympic Torch Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Highlights 2 Medals awarded 3 Template medal table 4 Template bottom links Highlights Two competitors, Michael Edwards ("Eddie the Eagle") in ski jumping and the Jamaican bobsledding team, entered their respective competitions with little experience and less chance of winning any medals. However, the determination of.
History of skiing - History of skiing The History of skiing Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Ancient history of skiing 1.1 Invention 1.2 Early Skis 1.3 Ski Poles 2 Modern history of skiing 2.4 Ski jumping 2.5 Austrian Ski pioneers 3 Museums 4 See also 5 Reference Ancient history of skiing The first hints to the existence of skis are on 4500 to 5000 year old rock drawings, e.g. at Rødøy in Norway. There are also remains of skis in bogs, e.g. the oldest ski found in Hoting, Sweden, which is about 4500 years old. The word ski goes back to two Old Norse roots, both older than 4500 years: saa and suk. Invention There are six possible roots from which skis originally might have developed: The pedal snowshoe, which was.
Winter pentathlon - Winter pentathlon The Winter Pentathlon was a demonstration sports in the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, but never became a formal olympic sports. It consisted of Cross Country Skiing Shooting Downhill Skiing Fencing Horse Riding This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it..
Johann Mühlegg - Mühlegg Johann Mühlegg is a German-born cross-country skier who has competed in several international competitions representing Spain after becoming a Spanish citizen in 1999. He was excluded from the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City due to doping. Mühlegg participated for Germany in the 1992, 1994, and 1998 Winter Olympic Games, though he began having trouble with the country's ski federation in 1993, ultimately leading to his departure from the national team after the 1998 Games. His good relations with members of the Spanish cross-country skiing team, in particular Juan Jesús Gutierrez and Haritz Zunzunegui, opened the door for Mühlegg to obtain a Spanish citizenship. In late 1999, competing for Spain, he won a World Cup race for the first time. Three years later, in Lahti, he won two.
December 2003 - in a southern province after floods killed up to 209 people. [1] December 21, 2003 "The American Soldier" is named as TIME magazine's "Person of the Year". The periodical's editors chose the anonymous soldier to represent the 1.4 million men and women serving in the United States Armed Forces. [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] Citing increased "chatter" regarding potential terrorist attacks over the holiday period, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security raises its terrorism alert level from "elevated" (yellow) to "high" (orange). [1] A senior French police source claims Diana, Princess of Wales was pregnant when she was killed in a car crash in Paris in 1997. A Clarence House spokesperson for The Prince of Wales refuses to comment on the issue. Mohamed Al-Fayed, the father of Diana's partner.
2004 in sports - contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Athletics 2 Cricket 3 Curling 4 Golf 5 Ice Hockey 6 Luge 7 Skating 8 Skiing & Snowboarding 9 Swimming 10 Tennis 11 Scheduled Events Athletics Cross Country January 3 - Winners from the 2004 Great Winter Run X-country race at Newcastle, England: Women's 6.3km: Tirunesh Dibada, Ethiopia 21:01 Men's 8.0km: Sileshi Sihine, Ethiopia 26:15 Cricket February 9 - February 17 - under-19 cricket World Cup in Bangladesh Curling January 10- Canada Cup Women's Final: Colleen Jones 8-7 Sherry Anderson January 11- Men's Final: Randy Ferbey 10-3 John Morris Golf January 11 - Mercedes Championships winner: Stuart Appleby, $1,060,000 (66-67-66-71--270) January 15 - At the age of 14, golf prodigy Michelle Wie becomes the youngest woman (and only the fourth overall) to play at a PGA Tour event,.
Brigham Young University - to the knee and male students may not sport beards or goatees. Church tithing funds subsidize roughly 80% of the cost of education at BYU, allowing affordable tuition for its students regardless of their membership in the Church, although tuition for students who are not members is one-and-a-half times the listed rate. In addition to fulfilling broad general-education requirements, students must complete 14 semester hours of religious education. BYU consistently receives national recognition for its strong undergraduate and graduate programs. U.S News and World Report ranks BYU's Marriott School of Management and the J. Reuben Clark Law School in the top 40 in the country. In the July 2002 edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education, BYU was recognized as the best in the nation at turning research dollars into inventions.
Schönengrund - is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland. As of 2002, it had a population of 470. The area of Schönengrund is 510 hectares. Schönengrund attracts tourists both during the winter and summer. During winter downhill skiing, snowboarding and cross-country skiing are offered. During the summer, hiking attracts tourists..
Ringebu - level. Ringebu lies in the middle of the Gudbrandsdal valley with a unique access to outdoor activities both summer and winter. Easy access along the E6 highway, halfway between Oslo and Trondheim, and good public transport by bus and train. There are two mountain passes into Østerdalen, Rondevegen RV27 and Friisvegen (summer only). Fifty per cent of the land in Ringebu's boundaries lies over 900m and is one of the most snow-sure areas in Norway. To the east of the valley lies the mountain plateau area called Venabygdsfjellet along the RV27 road. Further south are Øksendalen and Fåvang Øsfjell. Venabygdsfjell offers easy access to Norway's first national park, Rondane. Fantastic terrain for both walking and skiing with plenty of marked walking trails and 120kms of prepared cross-country ski tracks. Venabygdsfjell is.
Nordic combined - Nordic combined The nordic combined is a winter sport in which competitors involve in both cross-country skiing and ski jumping. History While Norwegian soldiers are known to have been competing in nordic skiing since the 18th century, the first major competition in nordic combined was held in 1892 in Oslo at the first Holmenkollen Ski Festival, an event still held annually. In Norway, popularity of the Holmenkollrenn, and nordic combined in general, was great, and in fact separate ski jumping events weren't held at Holmenkollen until 1933. The sport was included at the 1924 Winter Olympics, and has been on the programme ever since. World Championships have been held since 1925. Traditionally, Norway has always delivered top athletes in the sport, but Finland, Germany, Austria and Japan are also among.
Multi-sport event - 1894) for the first time in 1896 in Athens, Greece. After some badly organised celebrations (1900, 1904), the Olympics became very popular. The number of sports, initially only a few, is still growing. At the beginning of the 20th century, another multi-sport event, the Nordic Games were first held. These Games were held in Scandinavia, and the sports conducted were winter sports such as cross country skiing and speed skating. The Nordic Games were last held in 1926, after which the 1924 Winter Sports Week in Chamonix was declared the first Olympic Winter Games. In the 1920s, all kinds of other multi-sport events were set up. These were usually directed for a selected group of athletes, rather than everybody, which was - basically - the case with the Olympic Games. The.
Leni Riefenstahl - for the German Nazi Party. Born in Berlin, Germany, Riefenstahl started her career as a dancer; in a 2002 interview she recalled that dancing was what made her truly happy. After injuring herself she attended a film and became impressed with the possibilities of the medium, and approached a local director, demanding a role in his next film. He consented and Riefenstahl starred in various mountain movies, filming outside in the snow in little clothing, climbing craggy mountains barefoot. When presented with the opportunity to direct Blue Light she took it; her main interest was initially in fictional films. She heard Hitler speak at a rally in 1932 and offered her services as a filmmaker, because she was mesmerized by his powers as a public speaker. In 1933 she directed a.
