101. MSN Encarta - What Makes A Sport "Olympic"? What Makes a Sport olympic ? The ancient olympic Games featured ride peopledown with your horse. equestrian events http://encarta.msn.com/column_olympics_tamimhome/What_Makes_a_Sport_'Olympic'.ht

MSN Home My MSN Hotmail Shopping ... Sign In Web Search: Encarta Subscriber Sign In Help Home ... Upgrade your Encarta Experience Search Encarta Columns What Makes a Sport "Olympic"? by Tamim Ansary I won't be suiting up for the Olympics any time soonnot that I've gone professional, mind you: No, my amateur standing is still very, very safe. It's just that my best event is surfing, which is not an Olympic sport. I'm talking about channel surfing, but it would be the same with the other kind. Some sports are Olympic and some aren't. For example: Boxing is. Kickboxing isn't. Water polo is. Polo isn't. Rhythmic gymnastics, yes. Aerobic dancing, nyet. Discus throw is a go. Cow chip hurling, no. What makes some sports Olympic? It all goes back to tradition. The ancient roots Ask Encarta and you'll learn that the Olympic Games are a revival of an ancient Greek festival that started in 776 BC. Those games differed a bit from ours. There were fewer events, many of which mimicked what you'd do in battle if you were an ancient Greek. For example: In a battle you might...

102. Myriam Bédard - Women's Exhibition - Celebrating Women's Achievements Following the 1994 Olympics, Myriam took a break from her rigorous training to focus Shortly thereafter, Ms. Bédard retired from competitive biathlon, http://www.collectionscanada.ca/women/002026-223-e.html

Biathlon What drives me most is the passion I have for the sport. That’s why I do it Guinness Book of Sports Records Parents d’aujourd’hui . She was inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame on November 4, 1998. Suggested readings: Entreprendre . - Vol. 9, no 6 (juin-juillet 1997) - P. 14-16 Army Cadets. - [online]. - [Cited June 13, 2000]. - Also published in French. - Access: http://www.vcds.dnd.ca/vcds/cres_cdt/dcdts/cadets/honour/ alumni/myriam_e.asp Britannica.com [online]. [Cited June 13, 2000]. - Access: http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/9/0,5716,137 539+1+125228,00.html . - Vol. 20, no 1 (janvier 1995). - - P. 18-19 De Billy, Pierre. - . - Vol. 2, no. 1 (February 7, 1994). P. 73 Foran, Charles. - “Lady with a gun”. - Saturday night . - Vol. 109, no. 1 (February 1994). - P. 22 Robinson, Laura. - She shoots, she scores : Canadian perspectives on women in sport . - Toronto : Thompson Educational, 1997. - 235 p. Stubbs, Dave. - “Taking a shot at speed skating”. - Montreal gazette . - (January 16, 1999). - P. G1, G14 Yanofsky, Joel. - “She shoots, she scores”. -

103. Altis : The Guide To Internet Resources In Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism This is a module from the Winter Olympics Sport and Science site, hosted at the This is the Web site of the International biathlon Union (IBU), http://altis.ac.uk/browse/cabi/657a39811d5379b705f38edb6900492c.page4.html

Accessibility Statement Help Any Resource Type Articles / papers / reports - collections Articles / papers / reports - individual Audio-visual / multimedia resources Books Database Event / conference announcements Journal - Contents and abstracts Journal - Full text Learning material Mailing list / discussion group News / media Organisation Web Site - Companies Organisation Web Site - FE/HE depts. Organisation Web Site - Governmental Organisation Web site - Recruitment/employment Organisation Web Site - Non-profit Organisation Web Site - Professional bodies Reference materials Research Projects / Centres Resource guide / directories Software Statistics Worksheets/Activity sheets About Altis Contact Us Suggest A Link What's New ... Learning Materials winter sports Related topics: broader: sport other: winter narrower: skating skiing ice hockey snowboarding No. of records: 46 p: Winter Olympics : Sports Nutrition This Web site describes explains how and why nutrition is important while undertaking physical training, with several winter Olympic sports used as examples. The information is presented as an interactive tutorial, including diagrams, equations and interactive exercises with solutions to aid understanding. The material covered includes muscles and how they work, eating for performance, energy and fluid balance and profiles of winter sports athletes of both sexes and how their nutritional needs vary. There are also links to further reading and resources. This is a module from the Winter Olympics Sport and Science site, hosted at the University of Montana; other modules and the main site are described separately on Altis. Free Shockwave Flash software is required to make full use of the tutorial.

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