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Ice Hockey and Curling (Winter Olympic Sports) by Robin Johnson, 2009-08 A Basic Guide to Curling (U.S. Olympic Sports Series) by Cathy Breitenbucher, 1999-12-01 Olympic Curling Trials: Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, 2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, 2005 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials Dene curler to compete for men's Olympic team. (Sports: Edmonton).(Ken Tralnberg to compete for Canada in 2002 Winter Olympics)(Brief Article): An article from: Wind Speaker by Paul Barnsley, 2002-02-01 Curling (The Story of Canadians in the Olympic Winter Games) by Blaine Wiseman, 2009-09 Sandra Schmirler: An entry from Gale's <i>Notable Sports Figures</i> by Julia Bauder, 2004 Curling: The History, The Players, The Game by Warren Hansen, 2000-09-02 Giving wheelchair curling a second chance.(U.S. Paralympics Forum)(Interview): An article from: Palaestra by Charlie Huebner, Beth Bourgeois, et all 2009-03-22 Major curling for 'Peg; MTS Centre likely home for new pre-Olympic qualifying event in 2009.(Sports): An article from: Winnipeg Free Press by Gale Reference Team, 2007-10-18

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41. OLYMPIC SPORTS
    olympic SPORT SINCE 1960.. olympic SPORT SINCE 1924.. Click on the pictureto view information about curling curling olympic SPORT SINCE 1920..  
    http://homepages.uel.ac.uk/u0407082/HTML/SPORTS.HTML

42. The Olympic Effect -- Piqued Interest In Ice Sports Can Help Rinks Go For The Gr
    curling is catching on. No sport, however, is expecting a bigger olympic bouncethan the underrated and overlooked art of curling.  
    http://www.recmanagement.com/200205fe01.php
    
    Extractions: The Olympic Effect Piqued interest in ice sports can help rinks go for the green By Stacy St. Clair PHOTOS COURTESY OF JERRY SEARCH/SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SPEED SKATING ASSOCIATION When Salt Lake City organizers extinguished the Olympic flame in February, the United States bid farewell to its most successful Winter Games ever. The gold rush, however, is far from over. Ice arena managers have been inundated with phone calls from wannabe Olympians, who are inquiring about everything from skating to hockey to curling. Interest is so high, the sports' national governing bodies are struggling to keep up with the demand. "It has been incredible," says Karen Kostal, membership services coordinator for the Amateur Speedskating Association. "I don't know if we are going to experience anything like this again." With ice arenas nationwide poised to mine their own gold, facility managers would be wise to turn to experts for assistance. The athletic associations and rinks that produced our latest Olympic heroes are eager to help develop new programs and, in return, build a stronger winter sports tradition. The assistance varies from sport to sport and includes everything from monetary grants to technical advice to moral support. "We're willing to do anything," Kostal says. "Use us. Use us. Use us."

43. SportsShooter.com - News: A New Olympic Sport?
    If curling and ice dancing can be olympic sports, why not this? Um, good point.When Strader mounts his shovel (bought from a hardware store in  
    http://www.sportsshooter.com/news/638

44. FightingArts Forums: Olympic Sports: Is Fencing In Danger?
    Re olympic sports is fencing in danger? Re freakyfencer 15764137 07/12/050327 AM Just as long as we are in agreement over curling (*shudder*).  
    http://www.fightingarts.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=19&Number=157629

45. Olympics: Olympic Sports At A Glance
    THROUGH THE YEARS curling was a demonstration sport four times between 192492 THROUGH THE YEARS Freestyle moguls became an olympic sport in 92 and  
    http://www.sptimes.com/2002/02/08/Olympics/Olympic_sports_at_a_g.shtml
    
    Extractions: published February 8, 2002 TV Schedule THE BASICS: Races are split into two disciplines short track at the Salt Lake Ice Center and long track at the Utah Olympic Oval. There are four events each for men and women in short track and five events each in long track. Long track pairs two skaters at a time racing against the clock. Short track is more like a roller derby race. U.S. FORECAST: Here's a tip. If you want to impress your neighbors, start talking about Apolo Anton Ohno in the next day or two. Because, by next week, the rest of the world will have discovered him.

46. Canadian Olympic Committee
    curling was a demonstration sport at the 1924, 1932, 1988 and 1992 olympics, used at the olympic Games as in all other World curling Federation events,  
    http://www.olympic.ca/EN/sports/curling.shtml
    
    Extractions: The first evidence of curling was found in Scotland in the 16th century. After the fall of Quebec City in 1759, Scottish soldiers had time on their hands and melted down cannon balls to form kettle-shaped irons so they could play their favourite game on the St.Charles River. Scottish settlers across the country started curling clubs and by the 1920s the growth of the sport in Canada had far exceeded its development in any other nation. Today, more than 1.5 million Canadians enjoy the sport. Two four-member teams alternately deliver stones to target circles at the opposite end of a sheet of ice. Each curler - leads first, followed by the seconds, thirds (or vice-skips) and skips - throws two stones, each of which must be delivered (handle released) before sliding over the nearest hogline (boundary line).

47. Sports - Curling - Canada.com
    olympic trial curling teams bulking up their rosters with late additions berth is something Gushue has aspired to since curling became an olympic sport.  
    http://www.canada.com/sports/curling/story.html?id=41a38bf4-0058-407e-9d8f-787f2

48. Sports - Curling - Canada.com
    olympic trial curling teams bulking up their rosters with late additions.CALGARY (CP) With a berth to the 2006 Winter olympics on the line,  
    http://www.canada.com/sports/curling/

49. Infinite Monkeys: The IOC Is A Bunch Of Commie Bastards!
    I mean, if curling and Synchronized Swimming are olympic sports, WTF? However,I think American teams should go back to the all amateur format,  
    http://blog.infinitemonkeysblog.com/archive/001634.html
    
    Extractions: Main Friday the International Olympic Committe canceled baseball and softball as Olympic sports! At first, like any true blue, red blooded American, I was pissed! Damn commie pinko bastards! Sonsabitches cancel Baseball?! BASEBALL! Then I read that softball great Lisa Fernandez (Three Gold Medals) laments" I feel one person, the president of the IOC, a person from Europe, has taken it upon himself to ruin the lives of millions, actually billions of women. Millions? Billions? Lives ruined? Oh, please. Now I don't care. Posted by JamesPh. at July 10, 2005 08:48 PM Comments Yeah, you could see this one coming. The girl's fast pitch games is totally, and I mean TOTALLY, dominated by the Americans. Every other country is competing for silver. Unless your American, there is no interest in watching our girls stomp yet another team into the diamond. I mean really, in the warmup to the olympics, the best college teams in the US were lucky to even score a run against our olympic team. (many of the best were shut out). Our women should have thrown a few games I guess.

50. GameSpy A Plea On Behalf Of Curling
    Unlike OTHER olympic sports, the French and Russian judges can t flup it all up . an olympic athlete, but finds that curling is too strenuous of a sport.  
    http://www.gamespy.com/articles/493/493869p1.html
    
    Extractions: GameSpy.com PC Xbox GameCube ... Shop Platforms Sections Resources Planet Sites Planet Battlefield Planet Grand Theft Auto Planet The Sims Planet Half-Life ... All Planet Sites Get Games Subscriptions Contact Us FilePlanet Daily Download World of Warcraft Patch Special Features QuakeCon 2005 What happened at this year's FPS con in Texas? Find out! Search for a Game A Plea on Behalf of Curling The great white sport needs a video game of its own Everyone needs a hero. My hero? CURLERS . That's right. For years this sport has been the butt of the Olympics joke, and yet these fine athletes carry on. There are no sponsorships to be had, no big name endorsement deals to be signed, no huge major league contracts available to top draft picks. No, Curlers curl because the game is a beautiful thing. They curl because etiquette demands that after a match you and the opposing team are required to buy one another rounds of drinks. They curl because intense Canadian studies have shown that drinking beer makes rocks go faster. And they're ordinary people! Doctors and lawyers and grocery clerks and those guys who sweep up after you in the movie theatre (you think, "I spilled my goobers, and they're rolling down the floor." He thinks: "Practice.")

51. Richard Maskel Biography
    Maskel is in the process of writing A Basic Guide to curling, published byGriffin Publishing of Glendale, Calif., as part of its olympic sports series.  
    http://www.usacurl.org/athletes/biographies/richard_maskel.htm
    
    Extractions: Coach: 2004-05 competition schedule Position Lead Delivers Right-handed Born July 4, 1954, in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada Hometown Green Bay, Wis. Occupation Television production Family Single Year started curling Height 6 feet, 2 1/2 inches Weight 165 pounds CURLING HIGHLIGHTS Other highlights include: PERSONAL FILE th on the all-time list, behind 1 current teammate and 2 Hall-of-Fame members); 23 National Championship level appearances (15 Men’s, 4 Mixed, 1 Junior Men’s, 1 Challenge Round, 2 Olympic Trials); a 34 game consecutive winning streak (February 22 – March 30, 1985); and 2 prior World level appearances (1986 World Championship Bronze Medal, + 1 st Place 1989 World Challenge Round).

52. Halfbakery: Fewer Olympic Sports
    Basically, the number of olympic sports is just getting silly. Hence,skeletoncurling. Athletes slide head-first down a sled-tunnel, while guys with  
    http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Fewer_20olympic_20sports
    
    Extractions: Basically, the number of olympic sports is just getting silly. And, there are a whole load of them where there is a world cup (or equivalent tournament) which is more prestigious than winning the olympic title (football is a case in point). So, we just remove these sports and leave the ones (e.g. athletics, swimming) where the olympic title is what people really care about. vincebowdren , Feb 08 2002 I think you'll find that the other sports you mention (and presumably others inferred) have similar tournament level competition that carries the same level of meaning as your football example (guessing you're referring to World Cup non-US 'football' there) to the competitors. Those events just aren't as news-worthy (sports-worthy?) and have a lower profile than others, but they exist. They compete more than once every four years, you know.

53. Read About Category:Olympic Sports At WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Catego
    Categoryolympic sports. Everything you wanted to know about Categoryolympicsports but had no clue how olympic curling olympic football competitions  
    http://encyclopedia.worldvillage.com/s/b/Category:Olympic_sports

54. Olympic Curlers Pay Tribute To Scotland's Sporting Greats
    Today, Scotlands curling olympic champions, led by skip Rhona Martin, visitedthe temporary Scottish sports Hall of Fame (SSHOF) exhibition at the Royal  
    http://www.sportscotland.org.uk/ChannelNavigation/News/TopicNavigation/Press Rel
    
    Extractions: Home Accessibility Jobs Looking for funding? ... About us Search Go Advanced Search News Whats New on the site Latest News Press Releases Press Release Archive ... Other press releases Advert Nuggets You are in: Home News Press Releases Press Release Archive Home Lister Image Headline Body Text Wednesday 24 April 2002 Today, Scotland's Curling Olympic champions, led by skip Rhona Martin, visited the temporary Scottish Sports Hall of Fame (SSHOF) exhibition at the Royal Museum in Edinburgh to pay their own personal tribute to Scotland's sporting greats by making their nominations for the SSHOF. In a formal presentation they handed over to the Museum on loan, personal Olympic kit from their historic gold medal winning performance at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games held in Salt Lake City. "Their dedication and success is an inspiration to all..." The skip of the curling team, Rhona Martin said: "Winning gold for Scotland and Team GB was a fabulous feeling. I am delighted to be asked to lend personal Olympic kit to the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame exhibition in which so many of Scotland's sporting greats are profiled. Competing at an Olympic Games is a fantastic experience and I hope seeing some of our Olympic kit up close so soon after our win will help bring the Olympic Games alive for the exhibition's younger visitors." The exhibition profiles 100 of Scotland's greatest sportsmen and women including 1924 Olympic track gold medallist Eric Liddell, 1967 World Curling champion Chuck Hay and 1994 Commonwealth Games champion Yvonne Murray Mooney MBE. HRH Princess Royal and Sir Jackie Stewart are Patrons of the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame.

55. Sandra Schmirler - Celebrating Women's Achievements / Women In Canadian Sport
    (19632000). curling. © Canadian olympic Association Tributes to her appearedin newspapers across the country, from sports writers and public figures  
    http://www.collectionscanada.ca/women/002026-237-e.html
    
    Extractions: Sandra Schmirler was skip for one of the dominant rinks in women’s curling during the 1990s; her crowning achievement was winning the first gold medal for women’s curling at the 1998 Nagano Olympics. Through recognition of her performances, she also raised the profile of women’s curling at the national and international levels. She was born at Biggar, Saskatchewan in 1963, the youngest of three daughters of Art and Shirley Schmirler. Growing up, and attending Biggar Composite School, she excelled both academically and athletically, participating in swimming, volleyball, fastball, badminton, and track. It was curling, however, which she played from the age of twelve at the Biggar Curling Club, which emerged as her favourite sport - she would play on two provincial championship teams while in high school. Sandra went on to study physical education at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. During her last two years there, she curled on the Carol Davis rink. After graduating, she began curling as third with Kathy Fahlman. It was on this team that she met Jan Betker, who would become a close friend and life-long curling partner. After a disappointing performance at the 1990 provincial championships, Sandra decided to form her own team. In addition to Betker as third, she recruited Marcia Gudereit and Joan McCusker as lead and second respectively. This team won six provincial championships during the decade, and three Canadian championships, in 1993, 1994 and 1997. The team would go on to win the world championship in each of those years, a feat which at that time was unprecedented. No women’s team composed of the same four members had ever won more than one world title.

56. The Bellingham Herald
    County woman raised curling to olympic sports stature. Mary Lane Gallagher, TheBellingham Herald. Sudden Valley teenager Brendan Galletly has Sofia Wallace  
    http://news.bellinghamherald.com/special-pub/ontheborder/239302.shtml
    
    Extractions: /* You may give each page an identifying name, server, and channel on the next lines. */ var pageName="" var server="" var channel="" var pageType="" var pageValue="" var prop1="" var prop2="" var prop3="" var prop4="" var prop5="" var prop6="news" var prop7="news_front" var prop8="" var prop9="" var prop10="" /********* INSERT THE DOMAIN AND PATH TO YOUR CODE BELOW ************/ /********** DO NOT ALTER ANYTHING ELSE BELOW THIS LINE! *************/ var s_code=' ' home news entertainment shopping ... herald services Mary Lane Gallagher, The Bellingham Herald Sudden Valley teenager Brendan Galletly has Sofia Wallace - and Iceland - to thank for introducing him to his favorite sport. Galletly, 16, first saw curling on television at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. He was mystified - and hooked. "I didn't understand it, so it just pulled me in," he said. But Galletly and the rest of the audience nearly missed the sport's Olympic introduction. Curling needed to be established in 25 countries before it could become a medal sport at Nagano, and in '98 only 24 countries had curling organizations.

57. Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com
    Invent A New olympic Sport There are many unusual olympic sports, like skeleton plus shooting), and curling (using brooms to propel an object over ice).  
    http://www.enchantedlearning.com/olympics/
    
    Extractions: Athens, Greece, will host the 2004 Summer Olympics. For information on Greece, click here . For a page on Greece's flag, click here The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad are being held in Athens, Greece. The opening ceremonies are on August 13, 2004. The closing ceremonies are on Sunday, August 29, 2004. The Ancient Olympics The ancient Greeks dedicated the Olympic Games to the god Zeus. The original games were held on the plain of Olympia in Peloponnesos, Greece. The Greeks held the first Olympic games in the year 776 BC (over 2700 years ago), and had only one event, a sprint (a short run that was called the "stade"). The race was run by men who competed in the nude. A wreath of olive branches was placed on the winner's head (in Greek, this is called a kotinos). The olive tree was the sacred tree of Athens, Greece. Women were neither allowed to compete in the games nor to watch them, because the games were dedicated to Zeus and were therefore meant for men.

58. A New Olympic Sport (essay Topic): EnchantedLearning.com
    Writing prompt A New olympic Sport (essay topic) Invent a new olympic sport . olympic sports, like skeleton (running and then sledding) and curling  
    http://www.enchantedlearning.com/essay/newsport.shtml
    
    Extractions: A New Olympic Sport NAME: Invent a new Olympic sport. There are many unusual Olympic sports, like skeleton (running and then sledding) and curling (using brooms to propel an object over ice). Make up a new sport that would be fun to watch and play. First search engine with spelling correction and pictures! Search EnchantedLearning.com for all the words: Enter one or more words, or a short phrase. You can use an asterisk as a wild-card.

59. SportsFilter | Columns
    I will no longer proclaim that curling and ice dancing are not sports. I gotta agree with the concept of minesweeper as an olympic sport way back in  
    http://www.sportsfilter.com/columns.cfm/more_id/18.html
    
    Extractions: home archives columns post ... search by jacknose February 25, 2002 I hereby submit to the wisdom of Vince McMahon, Mark Burnett, and Gatorade. Life is a sport, sport is entertainment, and entertainment is life. I will drink it up from here on out. I will no longer be a sports snob. I will no longer have standards. I will no longer proclaim that curling and ice dancing are not sports. I will no longer question golf, billiards, bowling, surfing, auto racing, snowboarding, and figure skating. I will no longer suggest that sports require athleticism. I will no longer proclaim that judges are for pageants. In the spirit of my transformation, I will petition the IOC for the following “sports” to be included in future Olympic Games: Professional Wrestling. I cannot think of a better sport for the Olympic stage than professional wrestling. Fixed outcomes will be assumed, but we, the audience, will gladly accept the pretentiousness as long as the costumes are tight, the insults are loud, and the faux fighting is raw. Winners will be determined by television ratings. Rubik’s Cube Race.

60. Winter Olympics Activity Answers
    curling 13. SuperG 15. Slalom. Winter olympic sports Word Search SolutionFHGIELSBOB + + + F + L FREESTYLEAERIALS G + E + I + DGGNLG + ING SN + E +  
    http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/olympics/answers.htm
    
    Extractions: 15. Slalom Winter Olympic Sports Word Search Solution Match the Athletes with their Sport Athlete Sport Jean-Claude Killy Giant Slalom Debbie Armstrong Giant Slalom Ice Dancing Scot Hamilton Figure Skating Bonnie Blair Speed Skating Bill Johnson Downhill Picabo Street Super-G Prince Albert of Monaco Bobsleigh Alberto Tomba Slalom Peggy Fleming Figure Skating Match the Equipment with the Sport Equipment Sport Stick Ice Hockey Sled Bobsleigh Target Biathlon Half pipe Snowboarding Rifle Biathlon Puck Ice Hockey Track Speed Skating Granite Stone Curling Poles Skiing Broom Curling Fill in the Blanks freestyle mogul freestyle aerialist biathlon GS figure skates luge bobsleigh snowboarding ice hockey ski jump This page was last edited October 16, 2004

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