Slovakia Profile: Sports Events included parachuting, skysurfing, hang-gliding and ballooning. Sources Air sports International; Federation Internationale de Football http://www.nationmaster.com/country/lo/Sports&b_define=1
Extractions: several. Compare All Top 5 Top 10 Top 20 Top 50 Top 100 Bottom 100 Bottom 20 Bottom 10 Bottom 5 All (desc) in category: Select Category Agriculture Crime Currency Democracy Disasters Economy Education Energy Environment Food Geography Government Health Identification Immigration Industry Internet Labor Language Lifestyle Media Military Mortality People Religion Sports Taxation Transportation with statistic: view: Correlations Printable graph / table Pie chart Scatterplot with ... * Asterisk means graphable. Regions Africa Asia Europe Middle East ... Slovakia : Sports View this page with without sources and definitions Air Games - Bronze medals of (per capita) 0.92 per 1 million people of Definition: Bronze medals won in the First Air Games, held in Turkey in 1997. Events included parachuting, sky-surfing, hang-gliding, and ballooning. Per capita figures expressed per 1000000 population Air Games - Gold Medals of (per capita) 0.73 per 1 million people
CIA Policy Manual - D2 ballooning as an olympic Sport. Dr. Kepek advised delegates that there is noactivity on this topic. There has been no reply from the International olympic http://www.fai.org/ballooning/documents/policy/pm-d02.htm
Extractions: Page 1 1971 Minutes 5. Mr. Hassold raised the matter of possible participation in the Munich Olympic Games in 1972. 1984 Minutes 7. It was discovered that the interest of the CIA to work toward Olympic status for ballooning was very limited. 1985 Minutes Results of the FAI 77th General Conference (Prague, October 1984) Pertaining to CIA Activities The conference had adopted a resolution with the aim to establish recognition of Parachuting and Hang Gliding as Olympic Sports. It was decided at the CIA meeting that until further recommend that also Ballooning should be included in the negotiations with the IOC. 1986 Minutes b. The discussions with the International Olympic Committee concerning the acceptance of FAI sports has continued. Gliding was accepted already in 1938. In addition Parachuting, Hanggliding and Ballooning may be accepted. One or two may be introduced 1992 as demonstration. The Organization of Championships will not be affected. 1987 Minutes c. The International Olympic Committee recognized the FAI as an Olympic Federation and three FAI disciplines, Hang Gliding, Gliding and Parachuting, were recognized as Olympic sports, which means that all of them can participate in the Olympic Games. The 1992 Games in Barcelona, Spain will have parachuting as a demonstration sport.
NewsHour Extra Teacher Resources the first Olympics in 776 BC, this year s Games have been plagued by ballooning The original Olympics were not just about sports; it was a menonly http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/july-dec04/olympics_8-09.html
Extractions: The U.S. Olympic track and field trials began over the weekend under the shadow of a drug and doping scandal Jeffrey Brown discusses the widening investigation into steroids in sports A look at the challenges sophisticated performance-enhancing drugs are presenting in policing the Olympics and professional sports leagues. 01.01.04 The International Olympic Committee awards the 2008 Olympics to Beijing Should human rights abuses bar China from hosting the 2008 Olympic games? A discussion about the controversies plaguing the 2000 Olympics. Three experts analyze NBC's tape-delayed Olympics coverage and its audience response Athletes competing in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, will have unprecedented access to technology to help them win Ray Suarez talks to Olympic athletes about their hopes for Sydney A deadly explosion at Atlantas Centennial Olympic Park Browse the NewsHour's coverage of sports NewsHour Extra:
Canadian Olympic Committee Women once competed in ballooning, croquet and golf events! Archery also madeits first appearance as an olympic sport for women that year. http://www.olympic.ca/EN/youth/facts.shtml
Extractions: The Olympics first started nearly 3,000 years ago in Ancient Greece. The ancient Greek civilization enjoyed many sportsincluding running, boxing and wrestlingbecause they believed physical activity and competition were very important. Every Greek boy was expected to participate in sports, because the Greeks believed the skills they learned in sports would make them better warriors.
The Morning News - The Non-Expert: Olympian, By Andrew Womack of years due to ballooning highwayman insurance for traveling athletes, The only olympic sport where an entirely different creature from the athlete http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/how_to/the_nonexpert_olympian.php
Extractions: In fact, the Olympics were put on the backburner for hundreds of years due to ballooning highwayman insurance for traveling athletes, bouts of plague, and ambitious warlording. But the Olympic Games returned to an adoring, plague-free audience in 1896, coincidentally the same time modern athletic shoe companies had developed some seriously beefy marketing budgets. Thus, the Modern Olympics were born.
Jamaica Information Service Since 1948 Jamaicans have won many olympic gold, silver and bronze medals. One of our greatest sports personalities and olympians is Merlene Ottey, OD, http://www.jis.gov.jm/sports/index.asp
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Sport In South Africa - SouthAfrica.info Transcending race and language group, sport unites the country and not justthe male There is fishing and sailing, hot air ballooning and gliding, http://www.safrica.info/ess_info/sa_glance/sports/sportsa.htm
Extractions: Sport in South Africa It's the national religion. Transcending race, politics or language group, sport unites the country - and not just the male half of it. When a South African team wins, a cacophony of hooting, cheering, banging of dustbin lids, trumpeting on cow horns and fireworks reverberates across the largest cities. The national adrenaline goes into overdrive. Maybe even the GDP goes up. Just don't look too cheerful on the Monday morning after a dismal sporting weekend! Sport, like no other South African institution, has shown it has the power to heal old wounds. When the South African team, the Springboks, won the Rugby World Cup on its home turf in 1995, Nelson Mandela donned the No 6 shirt of the team's captain - Francois Pienaar, a white Afrikaner and the two embraced in a spontaneous gesture of racial reconciliation which melted hearts around the country. A single moment, and 400 years of colonial strife and bitterness suddenly seemed so petty.
IPL Youth Collection: Sports & Recreation The United States olympic Committee s official site for kids. Learn about olympicsports through links, activities, games, and more! http://www.ipl.org.ar/cgi-bin/youth/youth.out.pl?sub=spt0000
Melbourne - Your Sports Training Destination As a training base for all sports, Melbourne offers the chance for your The 1956 olympic Games held in Melbourne are remembered as one of the most http://www.sport.vic.gov.au/web9/srvsite.nsf/pages/wcs_melbsports?OpenDocument
Sportarten - Names Of Sports A-Q A glossary of various sports in English and German an annotated guide. Sydney 2000 The olympics in German An olympic article from your Guide. http://german.about.com/library/blsportarten.htm
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The Prague Post Online Czech olympic Committee chairman Milan JIrásek says a Prague olympics would be He and 15 city officials, national politicians and sports figures have http://www.praguepost.com/P03/2005/Art/0811/news4.php
Extractions: says a Prague Olympics would be scaled down, "but sometimes smaller is beautiful." Unlike Lillehammer, Prague has name recognition. But it faces an uphill battle anyway because of its size. In fact, it may face worse odds than Lillehammer, population 25,000: Half of a Winter Olympics takes place in the mountains, and the international Olympic Committee (IOC) has a history of picking small ski towns. Lake Placid, with just 2,485 current inhabitants, hosted the 1932 and 1980 games. Weighing the factors The IOC has no rules on city size. And its leaders say they want to curb the growth of the Summer Games so African and South American countries will one day have a chance to host them. As they operate today, the games stretch thin even the world's largest cities. Leaders in New York City and London, for example, promised to build stadiums to bid for the 2012 games. About 10,500 athletes compete in a typical Summer Games, compared to 2,500 in winter. Host cities must create an "Olympic village" to house them and their coaches and accommodations for 20,000 journalists. A city must have 50,000 hotel rooms for visitors, according to IOC rules, and sufficient public transportation to shuttle everyone around.
Extractions: Home Browse Newsletters Store ... Subscribe Already a member? Log in This Article's Table of Contents Introduction Power-Plane Sports Racing. Aerobatics. ... Rotorcraft. Ballooning Soaring Sport Parachuting Hang Gliding Print this Table of Contents Shopping Price: USD $1495 Revised, updated, and still unrivaled. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (Hardcover) Price: USD $15.95 The Scrabble player's bible on sale! Save 30%. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Price: USD $19.95 Save big on America's best-selling dictionary. Discounted 38%! More Britannica products aerial sports Student Encyclopedia Article Page 8 of 11 Ballooning After the first successful manned balloon flight in 1783, ballooning grew more and more popular until World War I. Then public attention turned toward heavier-than-air aviation. Sport ballooning made a comeback in the 1960s, when aviators developed new lightweight materials and an inexpensive propane gas burner to heat the air in the balloon.
Extractions: Home Browse Newsletters Store ... Subscribe Already a member? Log in Content Related to this Topic This Article's Table of Contents Expand all Collapse all Introduction Early history Greece Rome Revival of the Olympics Organization of the modern Olympics The International Olympic Committee National Olympic Committees IOC awards The Games and participants ... The Olympic Village Ceremonies The Olympic flag Opening ceremony Victory ceremony Closing ceremony ... The awarding of the Olympic Games History of the modern Summer Games Athens, Greece, 1896 Paris, France, 1900 Saint Louis, Missouri, U.S., 1904 London, England, 1908 ... Montreal, Canada, 1976 Moscow, U.S.S.R., 1980 Los Angeles, California, U.S., 1984 Seoul, South Korea, 1988 Barcelona, Spain, 1992 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., 1996 ... Print this Table of Contents Shopping Price: USD $1495 Revised, updated, and still unrivaled. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (Hardcover) Price: USD $15.95 The Scrabble player's bible on sale! Save 30%.
SportFocus - Sports Articles & Advice Judo is a fascinating olympic sport. More than that, it is an art form. It isnow practised in almost every country of the world . http://www.sportfocus.com/anncmnt/anitem.cfm?ANID=13&AnnID=44&category=Judo&subj
HickokSports.com - Sports Directory - B This document is a directory of organizations for sports beginning with the letterB. It Badminton; ballooning; Bandy; Baseball; Barefoot Water Skiing http://www.hickoksports.com/webdir/orgsb.shtml
Garmisch-Partenkirchen Sports And Recreation - Europe For Visitors Winter sports. Skiing and snowboarding pull in the crowds during Other winteractivities include skating at the fiverink olympic Ice sports Center, http://europeforvisitors.com/europe/articles/garmisch-partenkirchen-sports-and-r
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"The Portlandian" - April 24, 1999 Jones for their recent round the world ballooning achievement which isstrange really, since last time we looked, ballooning wasn t an olympic sport. http://www.geocities.com/portice/port25.htm
Environmentally Sustainable Sports In the year celebrating the 100th anniversary of the modern Olympics, or merely sport enthusiasts who are engaged in motor racing or ballooning, http://www.wmo.ch/web/Press/nmhsfeat.html
Extractions: Weather and climate are important factors in the social and economic development of any country. Nowadays, human activities in many sectors such as agriculture, transport, energy and even organized recreational activities are constantly affected by the vagaries of weather and climate. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), together with the national Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) of its 181 Member countries, have long provided athletes, organizers and spectators of major sporting events, basic weather and climate information that is essential to their successful outcome. Indeed, advance knowledge of meteorological conditions as well as the expertise of meteorologists and hydrologists have been instrumental in the planning and preparation of organized sports activities. In the year celebrating the 100th anniversary of the modern Olympics, WMO has selected "Meteorology in the Service of Sports" as the theme for World Meteorological Day 1996 (WMD'96). This theme focuses public attention on the role which meteorology and in particular the NMHSs play in supporting the world of sports. It is therefore timely and appropriate that a new partnership has evolved between WMO and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the two organizations to take place on the eve of WMD'96 on 22 March. This partnership will form the basis of future collaboration until the year 2000 and beyond, and will be beneficial to the organizers of the Summer and Winter Games in Atlanta 1996, Nagano 1998 and Sydney 2000.
Extractions: All rates are for the 2005 - 2006 winter season. Utah Olympic Park was a competition venue for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games for Nordic jumping and the sliding sports of bobsleigh, luge and skeleton. The nearly 400-acre Park features a mixture of sporting facilities and visitor areas for an incredible Olympic experience. The state-of-the-art park hosted more than 300,000 visitors and 14 Olympic medal events in February 2002. The Utah Olympic Park now serves as a year-round competition and training ground for recreational and high-performance athletes. Construction on the facility started in 1990 with the development of the infrastructure, the 750,000 gallon freestyle training pool and the ski jumps as part of phase I. The sliding track was included in the second phase and started in the spring of 1994. The first athlete to go down the track was on a luge on January 10, 1997. Today, the public can watch athletes in training, visit the Alf Engen Ski History Museum and the George Eccles Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games Museum, race down the track in a bobsled, or learn how to steer your own skeleton or luge sled by taking an Intro camp. The Park is owned by a non-profit organization, the Utah Athletic Foundation which is responsible for keeping the Park and the Utah Olympic Oval operating for use by future athletes, world champions and the general public. Daily Guided Tours of Olympic Competition Sites
