Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics 2002 Winter Olympic Games Figure skating Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Pairs 2 Men 3 Ice Dancing 4 Women Pairs Medals awarded February 11, 2002; second award ceremony February 17. Gold medal: Yelena Berezhnaya/Anton Sikharulidze (RUS) and Jamie Salé/David Pelletier (CAN) Bronze: Shen Xue/Zhao Hongbo (CHN) A controversial decision which extended the Russian dominance of pairs skating at the Olympics. Salé/Pelletier were the crowd favorites and skated a flawless program, while Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze stumbled during their double axel. Minutes before the Canadians went on, Salé accidentally collided with Sikharulidze and was rather shaken. Judges from Russia, the People's Republic of China, Poland, Ukraine, and France placed the Russians first; judges from the United States, Canada, Germany, and Japan gave the.
Figure skating - Figure skating Figure skating is an ice skating sporting event where individuals and mixed couples compete to try to perform the most spectacular and accurately-performed elements while skating to music. Figure skaters use skates which differ slightly from hockey skates, to perform spins, jumps, and other "moves" on the ice, often to music. There are international competitions for figure skating, such as the World Championships and figure skating is also an official event in the Winter Olympics. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Jumps 2 Spins 3 Ice Dancing 4 Pairs 5 Competition format and scoring 6 Notable figure skaters 6.1 Men 6.2 Women 6.3 Pairs 6.4 Ice Dancing 7 See also: Jumps There are six major jumps in figure skating. All six are landed on a.
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.
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.
1960 Winter Olympics - 1960 Winter Olympics The Games of the VIII Olympiad were held in 1960 in Squaw Valley, California. Alexander Cushing, the creator of the resort, campaigned vigorously to win the Games. Then, there was a rush to construct roads, hotels, restaurants, and bridges, as well as the Ice Arena, the speed skating track, ski lifts, and the ski jumping hill, Walt Disney was the Head of Pageantry for the Games. Games of the VIII Winter Olympiad Nations participating 34 Athletes participating 1000 (?? women, ?? men) Events 26 in ?? sports Opening ceremonies February 18, 1960 Closing ceremonies ?? Officially opened by Avery Brundage Athlete's Oath not applicable Judge's Oath not applicable Olympic Torch Ken Henry The Olympic Village housed all the athletes. An IBM computer was used.
2002 in sports - 2002 in sports See also: 2001 in sports, other events of 2002, 2003 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Auto Racing 2 Baseball 3 Basketball 4 Boxing 5 Cycling 6 Figure Skating 7 Football (Soccer) 8 Football (American) 9 Canadian Football League 10 Golf 11 Thoroughbred Horse Racing 12 Harness Racing 13 Ice Hockey 14 Skiing 15 Tennis 16 General sporting events 17 Births 18 Deaths Auto Racing Stock car racing: Ward Burton won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Tony Stewart Indy Racing League - Sam Hornish Jr won the season championship. Indianapolis 500 - Hélio Castroneves CART Racing - Cristiano da Matta won the season championship. Formula One Championship - Michael Schumacher of Germany 24 hours.
2002 in Canada - 2002 in Canada See also: 2001 in Canada, other events of 2002, 2003 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Arts and literature 3 Births 4 Deaths Events January 11 - Ford Motor Co announces the closing of the truck assembly plant in Oakville, Ontario January 14 - Industry Minister and Liberal leadership hopeful Brian Tobin announces that he is leaving politics. January 15 - Jean Chrétien shuffles the cabinet mostly to remove the scandal-tainted Alfonso Gagliano January 18 - Walkerton Report released: it puts partial blame for the water tragedy on the provincial government February 8 through February 24 - 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. Canada wins gold for men's and women's hockey..
Elvis Stojko - Elvis Stojko Elvis Stojko is a Canadian figure skater. Stojko was born on March 22, 1972 in Richmond Hill, Ontario. He began skating at the age of 4 and won his first trophy when he was 6; as a child he also studied karate, earning a black belt when he was 16. Stojko won silver medals at the 1994 Winter Olympics and the 1998 Winter Olympics. He won the World Figure Skating Championships in 1994, 1995, and 1997. He also won the Canadian Championships in 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2002 (he did not participate in 1995 or 2001). At the 1991 World Championships, he became the first person to land a quadruple-double jump combination; at the 1997 World Championship he became the first person to land a quadruple-triple.
Sarah Hughes - Hughes was a Olympic gold medalist in women's figure skating in the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. Born: May 2, 1985, Manhasset, New York, USA Resides: Great Neck, New York Hughes won a surprising, close contest in the 2002 Olympic women's figure skating event, narrowly edging Russia's Irina Slutskaya on a tiebreaker. In her long program, Hughes landed seven triple jumps, including two triple-triple combinations. She had been in fourth place going into the long program. Despite appearing on the cover of Time magazine the week before the event, Hughes was considered the third-best American skater at the 2002 Olympics, behind favorite Michelle Kwan and fellow teen phenom Sasha Cohen. Sarah T. Hughes was the U.S. Federal District judge who swore Lyndon Johnson into Office on Air Force One after the Kennedy.
Roy Jones Jr. - unify the WBC and WBA belts. In the fight with Del Valle, he had to climb off the canvas for the first time in his career, as he was dropped in round four. Then followed a presentation against Otis Grant. He retained the crown in that fight by a knockout in ten. Jones began 1999 by beating New York City cop Rick Frazier in two rounds to defend his title. After this, many boxing critics started to criticize Jones, often suggesting that he seemed to be hand-picking his opponents himself. In his only other fight that year, on June 5, he beat the IBF's world champion, Reggie Johnson, by a decision in twelve to add that belt to the WBC and WBA belts he already owned in the division. 2000 began.
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,.
Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics 2002 Winter Olympic Games Short track speed skating: 500 m Men: Gagnon (CAN) Guilmette (CAN) Smith (USA) 1000 m Men: Steven Bradbury (AUS) Apolo Anton Ohno (USA) Mathieu Turcotte (CAN) Bradbury was way behind in 5th place, but all the other finalists collided and fell while turning the last corner. He crossed the line first to win Australia's first Olympic winter gold medal. Favorite Ohno, who led before getting hit, suffered a cut in his thigh in the fall but scrambled across the ice to cross the line second. Turcotte, felled at the same time, likewise recovered to take third. Bradbury returned to Australia to several endorsement opportunities, including a "drive-slow auto safety" campaign. 1500 m Men: Ohno (USA) Li.
Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics 2002 Winter Olympic Games Speed skating 500 m Men: Casey FitzRandolph (USA) Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) Kip Carpenter (USA) Favorite Jeremy Wotherspoon falls in the first heat, taking him out of contention, but posts the fastest time in the second heat. FitzRandolph was the first American to win the event since Eric Heiden in 1980, who was in attendance as the team orthopedist. American Speedskater Wins Gold, The New York Times, February 12, 2002 1000 m Men: Gerard van Velde (NED) Jan Bos (NED) Joey Cheek (USA) Van Velde, who had finished 4th in the Olympics twice already, delivers a huge surprise by skating a World Record and winning the gold medal. 1500 m Men: Derek Parra (USA) Jochem Uytdehaage (NED).
Snowboarding at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Snowboarding at the 2002 Winter Olympics 2002 Winter Olympic Games Snowboarding Halfpipe Men: Ross Powers (USA) Danny Kass (USA) Jarret Thomas (USA) The first time the Americans have swept a Winter Olympic event since the men's figure skaters did it in 1956. Powers, with a score of 46.1, dominated the competition. Kass and Thomas, in contrast, with scores of 42.5 and 42.1, barely beat Giacomo Kratter's score of 42.0. A crowd of about 16,500 watched. Powers got a vertical of about 18 feet, and performed two McTwists, a cab 720 with an indy grab, a frontside 720 with an indy grab and a stalefish grab. Halfpipe Dreams: A U.S. Sweep, The New York Times, February 12, 2002 Parallel Giant Slalom Men: Philipp Schoch (SUI) Richard Richardsson (SWE).
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.
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.
Winter Olympic Games - Winter Olympic Games The Winter Olympic Games are the cold-weather counterpart to the Summer Olympic Games. They feature outdoor winter sports held on ice or snow, such as skiing and ice skating. The First Olympic Winter Games were inaugurated on January 25, 1924 in Chamonix, France, although at the time they were not yet called Olympic Winter Games. Only in 1926, the Games were called thus. Since then, the Games have been held every four years, with the exception of the 1940 and 1944. Since 1994, the Winter Games are no longer held in the same year as the Games of the Olympiad (or Summer Olympics). The most recent Winter Games were the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Table of.
Rocket Power - Los Angeles (the creators of the Rugrats media franchise), the show revolves around the day to day adventures of (at present) middle-school age extreme sports enthusiasts who live in the fictitious Southern California beach resort town of Ocean Shores, where they enjoy surfing, roller skating, skateboarding, bicycling, street hockey, and other active pastimes. In fact, due to the activities in the subject matter, the producers retained a Surfer Magazine staff member [1] as a language and technical consultant to make sure that things like ocean waves and skate park halfpipes worked with some degree of credibility. Characters The principal characters in the show are: Oswald "Otto" Rocket (Joseph Ashton), an obsessive, compulsive, and all-too successful and courageous athlete whose cheeky attitude and short sighted judgment often get him into trouble. Regina.
Kristi Tsuya Yamaguchi - (born July 12 1971) is an Americann figure skater. Born in Hayward, California. With Rudi Galindo she won the junior pairs title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1986, 1989 and 1990. In 1988 Yamaguchi won the singles and, with Galindo, the pairs titles at the World Junior Championships. From 1990 Yamaguchi concentrated on singles competition. At the 1992 Winter Olympics she won the singles gold medal. She also won both the 1991 and 1992 world championships. She established the Always Dream Foundation for children in 1996..
