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Jimmy has links to 10 "Olympics" Web sites.
Ancient Olympics
Members of the Perseus Project created this exhibit on the ancient Olympics in 1996, as a tribute to the Centennial Olympic Games held in Atlanta, Georgia. In this exhibit, you can compare ancient and modern Olympic sports,
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/
CBC Canada
Torino The Olympics
http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/
Luge
Luge is the French word for sled, and historical findings point to the existence of sleds, as early as AD 800 with the Vikings in the Slagen countryside near the Oslo Fjord. Olympic sport since 1964
http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/index_uk.asp?S...
Luge
The Physics of Luge:We all know what it feels like to travel 65 miles an hour sitting comfortably in a car. Now imagine that you are traveling just that fast, but only three inches above solid ice - lying feet first on a tiny sled.
http://btc.montana.edu/olympics/physbio/physics/phys-intr...
NBC Olympics
NBC's Coverage of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy
http://www.nbcolympics.com/index.html
Olympics
Official Website of the Olympic Movement
http://www.olympic.org/uk/index_uk.asp
Paralympics
IX Paralympic Winter Games
10-19 March 2006
http://www.paralympicgames.torino2006.org/eng/
Torino Winter Olympics 2006
The 2006 Winter Olympics by the numbers:
252: Number of medals to be awarded
2,500: Number of athletes participating
85: Number of countries participating
12: Number of countries that have participated in every Winter Games
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/torino/2006-01-19...
U.S. Olympic Team
Official Site of the U.S. Olympic Organization
http://www.usoc.org/
United States Olympic Team
United States Olympic Team
http://www.usolympicteam.com/
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