Women Warriors - Sports - Speed Skating history of speed skating The oldest pair of skates found in Europe is reputed to be speed skating has been a part of the olympic program since the first http://www.womenwarriors.ca/en/sports/profile.asp?id=57
ABC Sport - Winter Olympics Winter olympic history. The Winter olympics were delayed for some time by Tall, handsome Ard Schenk won three speed skating gold medals he fell in http://www.abc.net.au/winterolympics/features/history.htm
Extractions: - - ABC Sport Sites - - ABC Sport Sport news AFL Basketball Cricket Dash Golf Grandstand Netball Rugby League Rugby Union SANFL Soccer Swimming Tasmanian Hockey Tennis ...the Fat WAFL Winter Olympics WNBL Posted: Thursday, January 24, 2002 Winter Olympic history The Winter Olympics were delayed for some time by Sweden which staged its own very successful Nordic Games. Figure skating was included in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and, with ice hockey, at the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp.
Youth Olympics history. Medal Tables. In 1987 a mini olympic Games was staged in The GBYOTreturned home with a Bronze medal in Short Track speed skating Event. http://www.olympics.org.uk/youtholympics/youtholympics.asp
Extractions: In 1991 the first European Youth Olympic Days (EYOD) were staged in Brussels, Belgium. The original concept had been expanded to include all the countries in Europe (which at that time numbered thirty-three), competing in a ten sport environment over a four day period. The ages of the competitors varies from sport to sport but all athletes are aged between 13 and 18. Two years later the second European Youth Olympic Days were held in Valkenswaard, Holland where more than 2,500 athletes and officials from 44 countries took part. The British Olympic Association (BOA) hosted the third edition in Bath during July 1995 where 2,366 athletes and officials from 47 different countries participated. The fourth EYOD took place in Lisbon, Portugal from 18 - 24 July 1997, where the Sports Programme included Athletics, Cycling, Gymnastics, Judo, Swimming, Yachting, Basketball, Handball, Volleyball and Football. The Great Britain Youth Olympic Team (GBYOT) which compete at the EYOD numbered 76 persons and participated in all sports except the team events, winning a total of ten Gold, two Silver and ten Bronze medals coming third in the medal table.
2002 Olympic Winter Games Sites Also located on campus, the Utah Museum of Natural history takes Utah olympicOval was the site of the 2002 olympic Winter Games speed skating event. http://www.cupahr.org/conferences/conference/aboutsaltlake.html
Extractions: Attendees will experience the "best of both worlds" in Salt Lake City, Utah at CUPA-HR's National Conference and Expo 2004. Utah's state capitol and site of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games combines the amenities of a major metropolitan area with the hospitality of a small, western town. Salt Lake City, with a population of nearly 1.6 million people, is nestled in a valley at the foot of two mountain ranges -the Wasatch to the east and the Oquirrhs to the west. The area offers unparalleled natural beauty, a thriving economy, beautiful architecture, unique cultural attractions, and a remarkable history. Downtown Salt Lake City boasts a myriad of attractions, sightseeing opportunities, great shopping, and world-class dining experiences, all within minutes of the official conference site, the Grand America Hotel. Whether you want to visit a zoo, discover how early settlers lived, learn the popular Olympic sport of curling, tour the famous Historic Temple Square, or dine on Peruvian fare, you'll never run out of places to visit and things to see and do in Salt Lake City. Emigration Visitors District Located at the mouth of Emigration Canyon, just seven miles from the Grand America Hotel, is the Emigration Visitors District. The District, partially on the University of Utah campus, consists of a line-up of attractions covering two square miles that offer a look at Utah's art, history, culture, and
Griffin Publishing ::Olympics And Motivationals:: Students learn about olympic history and traditions as well as the sports that will A Basic Guide to speed skating US olympic Committee s Sports Series http://www.griffinpublishing.com/cat-pages/olympics.htm
Extractions: Education Journey to Torino, Grades 1-3 NEW Celebrate the Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games with fun and thought-provoking activities. Students learn about Italy, as well as Olympic history, traditions, and the sports that will be played. Journey to Torino, Grades 4-6 NEW Celebrate the Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games with fun and thought-provoking activities. Students learn about Italy, as well as Olympic history, traditions, and the sports that will be played. The Olympic Experience in the School (Grades K-3) NEW Bring the Olympic Spirit to life for students with information and activities that relate to the Olympic Games. Learn about Olympic history, traditions, sports, sites and events. This series of thematic units are cross-curricular, cooperative learning tools that are filled with fun activities that foster team spirit as students go for the GOLD. Explore the Olympic Games with lessons that cover all areas of the curriculum. Students become "Olympic Scouts" who work their way through different tasks, culminating in a classroom Olympic Games. The Olympic Experience in the School (Grades 4-6) NEW Bring the Olympic Spirit to life for students with information and activities that relate to the Olympic Games. Learn about Olympic history, traditions, sports, sites and events. This series of thematic units are cross-curricular, cooperative learning tools that are filled with fun activities that foster team spirit as students go for the GOLD. Explore the Olympic Games with lessons that cover all areas of the curriculum. Students become "Olympic Scouts" who work their way through different tasks, culminating in a classroom Olympic Games.
Amateur Athletic Foundation Olympic Primer Another Squaw Valley first was the addition of speed skating as the fourth Salt Lake City organized the largest olympic Winter Games in history. http://www.aafla.org/6oic/primer_USgames.htm
Extractions: The third Olympic Games were held concurrently with the Louisiana Purchase Exhibition in St. Louis, Missouri. As in the 1900 Paris Games, poor planning and poor organization made the sports competitions a sideshow to the larger fair. While hundreds of sporting contests were staged over a four-month period, most were not Olympic events. There were no athletes from England, France or Sweden; even Pierre de Coubertin did not attend. According to one estimate, as many as 80 percent of the athletes were Americans. Sports highlights for women were few. Women's golf and tennis, which were on the program in 1900, did not take place in St. Louis. Women competed in only one sport - archery.
Untitled Document They won 4 out of 6 gold medals at short track speed skating, It is for thefirst time ever in the modern olympic history for the two Koreas to march http://www.sports.or.kr/koc/docs/olympic/story-2.htm
Extractions: The Korean delegation surprised the world with higher-than-anticipated performance in the Lillehammer Winter Olympics. The delegation of 13 officials and 24 athletes (13 men, 11 women) participated in the Olympics. They won 4 out of 6 gold medals at short track speed skating, while adding 1 silver and 1 bronze medals to reached the 6th place. The standing surpassed that (10th place) of the Korean team in the 16th Albertville Winter Olympic Games. 2)The 26th Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996 428 strong Korean delegation took part in the 26th Atlanta Olympic Games, which attracted about 15,000 athletes and officials from 197 nations around the world. The Atlanta Olympic Games was the largest ever Olympic Games in terms of the number of participants.
China Aims To Break Gold Drought At Salt Lake Games The gold jinx is likely to be broken in the shorttrack speed skating, Of special interest, an event from the annals of Winter olympic history - the http://english.people.com.cn/200112/25/eng20011225_87436.shtml
Extractions: About Us Help Sitemap Archive ... Sports Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Tuesday, December 25, 2001 It is probably the turn of the Chinese winter sports, which has yet to win a gold at the Winter Olympiad after a string of near misses. The chance has come as the 2002 Salt Lake City Games will lift its curtain early in February.
Kiat.net: Winter Olympic Games St Moritz 1928 gold and silver in the only fiveman competition in olympic history. The 10000m speed skating race was canceled due to high temperatures and thaw. http://www.kiat.net/olympics/history/winter/w02stmoritz.html
Extractions: IInd WINTER GAMES February 11 - 19, 1928 Mascot - none 25 countries, 464 athletes (26 women) 5 sports, 13 events Opening - President Edmund Schulthess Torch lit by - none The Swiss got the Games due to Holland backing out Another famous tourist resort, St. Moritz in Switzerland, played host to the second edition of the Winter Games. With the first Olympic Winter Games an enormous success, it was no surprise that the St. Moritz Games attracted an 84 percent increase in the number of participants including a 100% increase of female athletes. The Games started poorly due to extremely mild temperatures caused by the "fohn", the warm wind that sweeps the Swiss mountains from the south. The 1928 Winter Games in St. Moritz marked the first time Germany was allowed to participate in any Olympic competition after World War I; the Soviet Union was still notably absent. The Germans won a disappointing one bronze medal. Bobsledding was in the news at the 1928 Games. A new event, the skeleton sled, was upgraded from a demonstration sport and added to the program. In addition, teams in the four-man bobsled event had an option to include a fifth member. They all took up that option.
Extractions: Contact Us Help Search Canada Site ... WHM You are here: Home Commemorative Dates Women's History Month Did you know that October is Women's History Month in Canada? This special month gives us a chance to celebrate and learn more about the great accomplishments and contributions of women throughout Canadian history. This year, the theme is Women and Sports - Champions Forever! Today, more than ever before, girls and women can participate in all kinds of sports and physical activities! You don't have to look very far to find examples of women who are sport champions. Who can forget the Canadian Women's National Hockey Team's gold medal victory after an exciting match against their American rivals at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City? Believe it or not, not too long ago, running shoes and playing fields were for boys and men only. Girls and women were not allowed to participate in sport activities! Over the years, they had to work really hard to get into the game and play the sports that we take for granted today. A real obstacle race...
Canada At The Olympics olympic FIGURE skating. Canadian Figure skating Medal history She won hersecond Gold medal in the 500metre speed skating event at the 2002 olympics. http://www.members.shaw.ca/kcic1/olympics.html
Extractions: Olympic Information about Canada Canada has a proud record of participation in the Olympic Games. This page will provide some of the details. THE OLYMPIC GAMES Canada was awarded the 1976 Summer Games in Montreal, QC and the 1988 Winter Games in Calgary, AB . Canada will host the 2010 Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver/Whistler, BC. We will also participate in the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, Italy, and the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, China. The Summer and Winter Olympic games were held during the same year up to and including 1992, after which the same-year format was dropped. The next Winter Olympics was held two years later in 1994. The Summer and Winter Olympic games are now held in alternating two year cycles. The Games were not held during the 2 World Wars. Since the start of the "Modern" Summer Games (1896) in Athens Greece, Canada has participated in every Olympics except two. Canada did not attend the the first Games in 1896 and, they joined the USA, Japan, China and West Germany in the boycott of the 1980 Moscow Summer Games. Canada's Summer Olympic Games History Year Host City Gold Silver Bronze Total Athens Sydney Atlanta Barcelona Seoul Los Angeles Moscow No Canadian participation Montreal Munich Mexico City Tokyo Rome Melbourne Helsinki London London Cancelled due to World War II Tokyo/Helsinki Cancelled due to World War II Berlin Los Angeles Amsterdam Paris Antwerp Berlin Cancelled due to World War I Stockholm London
Spotlight Sport - Figure Skating Figure skating was the first winter sport included in the olympic Games when it The United States has a history of top figure skaters such as Peggy http://www.edgate.com/wintergames/design/spotlight_sport/figskt.htm
Extractions: The major types of competitive figure skating are individual men's and women's competitions, pairs skating, ice dancing, and precision skating. In individual competitions, a single skater performs required elements and is judged on how cleanly and artistically the motions are executed. Pairs skating consists of two skaters performing together. In ice dancing, partners carry out the artistic motions of dance on skates. Precision skating, which is a highly structured activity, consists of a team of skaters who perform choreographed maneuvers
Extractions: Send an email to USS with the following information: Name, Address, City/State/Zip, Phone Number, Email Address, Age AND What information you would like us to send you, (i.e., Information on how to try speedskating in your area; More information on the sport; Information on Camps and Clinics I can Attend; A free educators packet for teachers) Send email with above information to: tryspeedskating@usspeedskating.org This site developed and maintained by US Speedskating in partnership with its members to promote the growth of the sport and the benefits it brings its participants in the U.S. Photos on the tryspeedskating.com courtesy of Jamie Hess, Northeast Speedskating Association, Tom Ward, East Coast Speed Skating Club, Howard Morris, Greater Minnesota Speedskating Association, Jerry Search, Southern California Speed Skating Association, and John Bleck, Evanston Speed Skating Club. Tryspeedskating.com graphic courtesy of John Bleck, John Bleck Illustrations, jbleck@suba.com.
FIRS Rollers Sports - The Official Web Site Recognized by the International olympic Committee as the world governing body for artistic, hockey and speed. News and information about skating in more than 50 countries. http://www.rollersports.org
Extractions: Dear friends, The I.O.C. Session in Singapore was a real important step for us, we knew exactly how difficult it would have been for us to set up a valuable candidature and a presentation of our sport in such a short time, yet it was utterly important to be visible, and not to miss this uncomparable chance. We knew we had to put together a team in power of bringing roller sports up to becoming an olympic sport. The new criteria implemented by the I.O.C. at Singapore pushed the I.O.C. itself to a self criticism, it was in fact not one but two sports dropping the olympic programme, and this is giving us a strong sign. From now on judgement shall come on the work carried out: the time for granted rights is over. Comte Jacques Rogge, The I.O.C. President himself, (as you can see from the attached letter), underlines - just a few days away from the Session - that the match is not over, our sport shall be once again evaluated in the I.O.C. Session determining the 2016 Olympic programme.
Home Ice rinks offering session times, skating school, figure skating, speed skating and ice hockey. http://www.iceworld.com.au
The Olympic Oval First covered speed skating oval in North America, built for the Calgary Olympics and now used for training and recreation. http://www.oval.ucalgary.ca/
Susan Auch - 3 Time Olympic Medal Winner Official site of 3 time olympic speed skating medallist from Canada. Includes results, profile, schedule, news, video and image gallery, and related links. http://www.susanauch.com
HickokSports.com - History - The Winter Olympics This document contains a history of the Winter Olympics. It is a page in thehistory section of Snowboarding speed skating. Related Subjects http://www.hickoksports.com/history/winterol.shtml
Extractions: Alpha Index Index by Sport History Bits Forum ... Search Table of Contents History My Blog Biography Glossaries Calendar ... Directory Because of its popularity in England, figure skating was on the program for the 1908 Olympic Games in London. When Antwerp, Belgium, hosted the 1920 Olympics after World War II, there was competition in both ice hockey and figure skating. Those sports could, of course, be conducted in rinks during the Summer Games. But other winter sports that were becoming popular in Northern Europe and the Alpine regions, such as skiing and bobsledding, obviously had to stay outdoors. After 1920, national governing bodies for such sports in several countries began talking about the possibility of a separate Winter Olympics. Top of Page The town of Chamonix, in the French Alps, planned a winter sports festival in 1924, when Paris was to host the Olympics. The Marquis de Polignac, a member of the International Olympic Committee, proposed to the IOC that the festival be formally recognized as the Winter Olympic Games. Another Frenchman, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympics, was opposed to the idea. However, the IOC agreed that Chamonix could call its festival a "Olympic winter carnival."
Montana Winter Quick Slick speed skating in Montana. Her olympic successand her loveof speed skatingwould stay with her. Years later, she played a key role in http://wintermt.com/other/speedskating.htm
Extractions: Speed Skating in Montana Speed Skating History Speed Skating in Big Sky Country Speed Skating History Speed skating was the first of the three forms of skating to develop into a sport. (The three forms of skating are speed skating, figure skating and hockey.) As early as 1500, the Dutch were especially famous for putting blades to ice in a race. In the 18th century, speed skating's popularity spread across Europe, and organized races began for English aristocrats. By the late 1800s, steel skates had revolutionized the sport, and modern competitions were born. The Dutch again led the pack by creating the double track, as well as the competition format still essentially in use today for all long track races. With the advent of the Winter Olympics, speed skating's popularity continued to grow. In fact, speed skating has produced more medals than any other Olympic event. Many of the Olympics' most famous names, including Bonnie Blair, Eric Heiden and Olav Koss, are speed skaters. Speed Skating in Big Sky Country Montana has its own speed skating history, starting with our current Governor Judy Martz. She is a fourth generation Montanan who has lived most of her life in the Butte area. In 1963, Judy Martz became a member of the U.S. World Speed Skating Team; in 1964, she represented the United States at the Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. Her Olympic successand her love of speed skatingwould stay with her. Years later, she played a key role in opening the
Olympics 2002: Speed Skating Review of the olympic event speed skating. Men s speed skating has been anolympic sport since the first Winter Games in 1924. Women s speed skating http://www.infoplease.com/spot/02olspeedskating1.html
