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).
Ski jumping at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Ski jumping at the 2002 Winter Olympics 2002 Winter Olympic Games Ski jumping K90: Simon Ammann (SUI) Sven Hannawald (GER) Adam Malysz (POL) The young Ammann beats the two favorites for the gold Malysz and Hannawald, winner of all four events in the Four Hills Tournament. K120: Simon Ammann (SUI) Adam Malysz (POL) Matti Hautamäki (FIN) Ammann, winning the first Swiss medals in this sport, had never won a major event before winning both ski jumping titles. Co-leader after the first jump, Sven Hannawald, falls at the second and places fourth. K-120 Team Competition Germany (Hannawald, Hocke, Uhrmann, Schmitt) Finland (Hautamäki, Lindström, Jussilainen, Ahonen) Slovenia (Fras, Peterka, Kranjec, Zonta) In a close competition Germany finally beats Finland by the smallest possible margin of 0.1 points. See also Nordic.
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.
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..
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 to.
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 probably.
1924 Winter Olympics - 1924 Winter Olympics The I Olympic Winter Games were held in 1924 in Chamonix, France. This was, though only called thus in retrospect, the first celebration of the Olympic Winter Games. Opening ceremonies held: January 25, 1924 Closing ceremonies held: February 5, 1924 Number of nations participating: 16 Number of athletes participating: 258 (245 men, 13 women) Officially opened by: Gaston Vidal, French Under-secretary for Physical Education Athlete who took the Athlete's Oath: Camille Mandrillon Judge who took the Judge's Oath: not applicable Person who lit the Olympic Torch: not applicable Number of events: 16 in 7 sports + 2 events in 2 demonstration sports Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Highlights 1.1 Prologue 1.2 Day 1 1.3 Epilogue 2 Medals awarded 2.4 Bobsleigh 2.4.1 Four-man 2.5 Cross-country.
Nordic combined - Nordic combined The nordic combined is a winter sport in which competitors involve in both cross-country skiing and ski jumping. History While Norwegian soldiers are known to have been competing in nordic skiing since the 18th century, the first major competition in nordic combined was held in 1892 in Oslo at the first Holmenkollen Ski Festival, an event still held annually. In Norway, popularity of the Holmenkollrenn, and nordic combined in general, was great, and in fact separate ski jumping events weren't held at Holmenkollen until 1933. The sport was included at the 1924 Winter Olympics, and has been on the programme ever since. World Championships have been held since 1925. Traditionally, Norway has always delivered top athletes in the sport, but Finland, Germany, Austria and.
High-speed rail - 1930s, was then the most advanced in the world. Market segmentation has principally focused on the business travel market. The French focus on business travelers is reflected in the nature of their rail cars (including the all-important bar-car). Pleasure travel is a secondary market, though many of the French extensions connect with vacation beaches on the Atlantic and Mediterranean. In fact, Friday evenings are the peak time for TGV (Metzler, 1992). The system has lowered prices on long distance travel to compete more effectively with air services, and as a result some cities within an hour of Paris by TGV have become commuter communities, thus increasing the market while restructuring land use. High speed ground transportation has been a product of planning from the central government in Japan and France. This.
Grateful Dead - the Dead), they became the de facto resident band of Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters, with the early sound heavily influenced by Kesey's LSD-soaked Trips Festivals. This early period is covered in Tom Wolfe's "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test." Their musical influences varied widely with input from the psychedelic music of the era, combined with rhythm and blues, jazz, and country. These various influences were distilled into a unique new music that was a synthesis of all American folk music forms to-date; it paid homage to previous forms, and also reflected a sense of adventure and a continuous quest for the "musical unknown"; more often than not, exploration and a search for continual newness were the hallmarks of their live performances. The early records reflected their live repertoire -- lengthy instrumental jams.
Figure skating - on the ice, often to music. There are international competitions for figure skating, such as the World Championships and figure skating is also an official event in the Winter Olympics. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Jumps 2 Spins 3 Ice Dancing 4 Pairs 5 Competition format and scoring 6 Notable figure skaters 6.1 Men 6.2 Women 6.3 Pairs 6.4 Ice Dancing 7 See also: Jumps There are six major jumps in figure skating. All six are landed on a right back outside edge, but have different takeoffs, by which they may be distinguished. The two categories of jumps are toe jumps and edge jumps. Toe jumps are launched by tapping the toe pick of one skate into the ice, and include (in order of difficulty from easiest to hardest): Toe loops,.
2004 in sports - 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, shooting a +2 72 at the Sony Open at Waialae Country Club. Ice Hockey January.
World Series - Attempts to pit the North American champions against champions in the Japanese or Latin American leagues have, so far, not succeeded. A persistent myth is that the "World" in "World Series" came about because the New York World newspaper sponsored it. Baseball researcher Doug Pappas refutes that claim, demonstrating a linear progression from the phrase "World's Championship Series" (used to describe the 1903 series) to "World's Series" to "World Series". (For details, see Mr. Pappas's web page on the subject: http://roadsidephotos.com/baseball/name.htm ). Baseball tournaments between international teams do occur, notably at the world championships and at the Olympic Games. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, the US sent a team of minor-league players, which won the gold medal, suggesting that a major-league team could defeat any non-American national team. Of course major.
Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics 2002 Winter Olympic Games Ice hockey Men Fourteen countries played in the tournament. Six countries, hockey powers Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Sweden and the United States of America were admitted to the final eight. The other eight countries, Austria, Belarus, France, Germany, Latvia, Slovakia, Switzerland and Ukraine played in a preliminary round in two pools. The winners of those pools, Belarus and Germany, advanced to the final round with the other six. The biggest surprise of the tournament was Belarus, 0-3-0 in Group D play, knocking off 3-0-0 Sweden in quarterfinal play. Canada won the gold medal, defeating the USA in a game that was very close until a couple of late goals gave Canada its final three-goal margin..
Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics 2002 Winter Olympic Games Figure skating Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Pairs 2 Men 3 Ice Dancing 4 Women Pairs Medals awarded February 11, 2002; second award ceremony February 17. Gold medal: Yelena Berezhnaya/Anton Sikharulidze (RUS) and Jamie Salé/David Pelletier (CAN) Bronze: Shen Xue/Zhao Hongbo (CHN) A controversial decision which extended the Russian dominance of pairs skating at the Olympics. Salé/Pelletier were the crowd favorites and skated a flawless program, while Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze stumbled during their double axel. Minutes before the Canadians went on, Salé accidentally collided with Sikharulidze and was rather shaken. Judges from Russia, the People's Republic of China, Poland, Ukraine, and France placed the Russians first; judges from the United States, Canada, Germany, and Japan gave the nod to.
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 the preliminary.
2002 Winter Olympics - 2002 Winter Olympics See also: 2002 Winter Paralympics The 2002 Winter Olympic Games were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Opening ceremonies held: February 8, 2002 Closing ceremonies held: February 24, 2002 Number of nations participating: 78 Number of athletes participating: 2,527 Athlete who took the Athlete's Oath: Jim Shea, USA Judge who took the Judge's Oath: Allen Church Person who lit the Olympic Torch: Members of the 1980 USA men's ice hockey team, led by team captain Mike Eruzione Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Highlights 2 Medals awarded 3 Medal count 3.1.
Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics 2002 Winter Olympic Games Biathlon 10 km Sprint Men: Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) Sven Fischer (GER) Wolfgang Perner (AUT) Without any misses with the shooting, Bjørndalen wins his second gold of the Games. 12.5 km Pursuit Men: Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) Raphaël Poiree (FRA) Ricco Groß (GER) Bjørndalen wins his third gold of the Games to equal Aleksandr Tikhonov as the most successful biathlete at the Olympics. 20 km Men: Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) Frank Luck (GER) Viktor Maigurov (RUS) After finishing 6th in the 30 km cross country, Bjørndalen wins the gold in the biathlon, where he is by far the best skier. 7.5 km Sprint Women: Kati Wilhelm (GER) Uschi Disl (GER) Magdalena Forsberg (SWE) Another surprise from Germany,.
Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics 2002 Winter Olympic Games Bobsleigh Four-Man: Medals to be awarded on Saturday, February 23. Two-Man: Christoph Langen/Markus Zimmerman (GER) 3:10.11 Steve Anderhub/Christian Reich (SUI) 3:10.20 Martin Annen/Beat Hefti (SUI) 3:10.62 Langen and Zimmerman both become four-time Olympic medalists. Two-Women: Jill Bakken/Vonetta Flowers (USA) Sandra Prokoff/Ulrike Holzner (GER) Susi Erdmann/Nicole Herschmann (GER) This is the inaugural women's bobsleigh event. Susi Erdmann previously medaled in luge. Vonetta Flowers was the first African-American to win a Winter Olympics medal..
Curling at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Curling at the 2002 Winter Olympics Curling medal winners at the 2002 Winter Olympics: Men Norway Canada Switzerland Women United Kingdom Switzerland Canada.
