Freestyle skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Freestyle skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics 2002 Winter Olympic Games Freestyle skiing Aerials Men: Aleš Valenta (CZE) Joe Pack (USA) Aleksey Grishin (BLR) Valenta completes five twists in three flips to take the gold, while defending Olympic champion Eric Bergoust, in first place after the first jump, falls on the second after jumping too hard and ends in last place. Extra Twist Does the Trick in Aerials, The New York Times, February 20, 2002 Moguls Men: Janne Lahtela (FIN) Travis Mayer (USA) Richard Gay (FRA) Before a crowd of 14,237, Lahtela performed a near-flawless run with a quad twist and triple twist spread to win the gold. Jonny Moseley, the defending Olympic champion and crowd favorite who performed his unusual Dinner Roll jump in both.
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 will most.
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.
Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics 2002 Winter Olympic Games Alpine skiing Downhill Men: Fritz Strobl (AUT) Lasse Kjus (NOR) Stephan Eberharter (AUT) Big favorite Eberharter is beaten by a compatriot and the all-rounder Kjus. Super-G Men: Kjetil André Aamodt (NOR) Stephan Eberharter (AUT) Andreas Schifferer (AUT) 10 year after his first Olympic title, Aamodt wins his second Super-G gold and his second gold of the Games. Combined Men: Kjetil André Aamodt (NOR) Bode Miller (USA) Benjamin Raich (AUT) Miller skies from a 15th place on the downhilll to a silver medal, leaving less than 3 tenths of a second to Aamodt, who a record sixth Olympic medal in alpine skiing. Giant Slalom Men: Stephan Eberharter (AUS) Bode Miller (USA) Lasse Kjus (NOR) Slalom Men: Medals.
Nordic combined at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Nordic combined at the 2002 Winter Olympics 2002 Winter Olympic Games Nordic combined Individual Samppa Lajunen (FIN) Jaakko Tallus (FIN) Felix Gottwald (AUT) Tallus was the surprise leader after the ski jump, but Lajunen beat him in the skiing. Team Finland Germany Austria Finland has a huge lead after the ski jumping, and does not lose it. Germany comes from fifth place to edge Austria for the silver medal. Sprint Samppa Lajunenn (FIN) ... Ackermann (GER) Felix Gottwald (AUT).
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.
Speed skiing - Speed skiing Speed Skiing is the sport of skiing fastest in a straight line downhill, and is the World's fastest non-motorized sport. Speed skiers wear dense foam fairings on their lower legs and very streamlined helmets to increase streamlining. Their ski suits are made from air-tight latex or have a polyurethane coating to cut wind resistance, with knee and elbow pads to give some protection in the case of a crash. The special skis used must be between 2.2 and 2.4 metres (94.5 inches) long and extra wide, and the ski boots are attached with bindingsss that can be tightened to a very secure setting of DIN 21 (a typical recreational setting being from 6 to 10). The ski poles are bent to shape around the body,.
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.
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..
Johann Mühlegg - 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 medals; one silver (he finished third in the race, but the skier who finished second was disqualified.
1924 - his leadership. January 22 - Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister. January 24 - St. Petersburg, Russia is renamed Leningrad January 25 - The 1924 Winter Olympics open in Chamonix, France (in the French Alps), inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games. February 5 - GMT: Hourly time signals from Greenwich Observatory are broadcasted for the first time. February 8 - Death penalty: The first state execution using gas in the United States takes place in Nevada. February 12 - Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President of the United States to deliver a political speech on radio. February 14 - IBM corporation founded. February 22 - Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President of the United States to deliver a radio broadcast from the White House. March 3 - Caliph Abdul Mejid.
1964 in sports - (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: Richard Petty won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Richard Petty Indianapolis 500 - A.J. Foyt USAC Racing - A.J. Foyt won the season championship Formula One Championship - John Surtees of Great Britain 24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Jean Guichet / Nino Vaccarella won driving a Ferrari 275P Rally racing - the team of Paddy Hopkirk / Henry Liddon won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Mini Cooper S Drag racing - Don Garlits won the NHRA, Top Fuel Championship Baseball World Series: St. Louis Cardinals win 4 games to.
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,.
Anja Pärson - She won the bronze medal in the women's slalom and the silver medal in the giant slalom at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games See also: Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics, List of Swedes in sports.
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,.
List of Canadian sports personalities - Horse racing 12 Ice hockey 13 Lacrosse 14 Multiple sports 15 Professional wrestling 16 Rowing, Kayaking 17 Skiing 18 Snowboarding 19 Speed skating 20 Swimming - Diving 21 Synchronized swimming 22 Track and field 23 Triathlon 24 Weightlifting Automobile Racing Patrick Carpentier Scott Goodyear Greg Moore, (1975-1999) Paul Tracy Gilles Villeneuve, (1950-1982) Jacques Villeneuve, (born 1971), son of Gilles Baseball Reggie Cleveland Ferguson Jenkins - MLB Hall of Fame member Joseph Lannin - owner of the Boston Red Sox who signed Babe Ruth Terry Puhl current players Rheal Cormier Ryan Dempster Eric Gagne - 2003 NL Cy Young Award Corey Koskie Paul Quantrill Matt Stairs, (born 1968) Larry Walker Jeff Zimmerman Basketball Rick Fox James Naismith, (1861-1939), Teacher who invented the game of Basketball Todd MacCulloch Jamaal Magloire Steve Nash Biathlon.
