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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

winter sports see bobsledding ; curling ; hockey, ice ; ice dancing ; ice skating ; skiing ; snowshoes ; tobogganing .


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Please, wake me when this ice-dancing thing is over.
; ...I'm ever forced to watch compulsory ice dancing again, this is going to be one empty...competition asking for its music back. Ice dancing is a three-day event that begins with...most of my life. Halfway through the ice dancing competition, one reporter got up and... Read more
Ice dancing: a dance form frozen in place by hostile rules.
; ...As top competitors in the world of ice dancing, however, they look anxiously up to...leaves audiences confused and frustrated. Ice dancing is the most perplexing, most frequently...rough-and-tumble of competition find ice dancing too mild and decorative; the ever-present... Read more
Men, women enjoy the passion, athleticism of ice dancing.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
; ...bodies moving as one. The sport is called ice dancing. It's a branch of figure skating that...player. Nothing, she says, comes close to ice dancing. Nothing is as exacting and demanding...turns on specific legs or skates. ``In ice dancing,'' Wheeler explained, ``the emphasis... Read more
JUDGE FOR YOURSELF: IN ICE DANCING, FIX DEFINITELY IS IN
; ...another figure skating dispute. Or was it ice dancing? There was a time - oh, such a time...to pass. And as it turns out, it was ice dancing, which is figure skating pairs without...trials. If you need to catch up, the ice dancing competition was the quid in the quid... Read more
JUDGE FOR YOURSELF: IN ICE DANCING, FIX DEFINITELY IS IN.(Special Pullouts)(Column)
; ...another figure skating dispute. Or was it ice dancing? There was a time - oh, such a time...to pass. And as it turns out, it was ice dancing, which is figure skating pairs without...trials. If you need to catch up, the ice dancing competition was the quid in the quid... Read more
Ice Dancing Under Scrutiny
; A senior Olympic official wants ice dancing dropped from the Winter Games because...outrage against the Olympics because of ice dancing," Pound said. "If it happens at the...in Sydney this week and would suggest ice dancing be dropped until the judging system... Read more
HISTORIC GOLD IN ICE DANCING BRINGS COOL RESPONSE AT RINK.(Sports)
; ...think we had a better program overall,'' ice dancing silver medalist Anjelika Krylova said...first couple ever to repeat as Olympic ice dancing champions. Their performance to ``Memorial...and sports. That's not what it is in ice dancing right now. It's about off the ice... Read more
Soviet Skate Duos Finish One-Two In Ice Dancing
; Ice dancing at the Winter Olympics moved from deepest...anyway?" Bestemianova said. Critics of ice dancing complain that the outcome seems to be...and everything to gain." The rules of ice dancing can sound like an old Hollywood morals... Read more
Belbin, Agosto win first U.S. ice dancing medal in 30 years.
; ...in the colorful and curious world of ice dancing. A day after the sport turned into roller...Michigan, came in second to win the first ice-dancing medal for the United States in 30 years...forgiven on the final of three nights of ice dancing as the 2006 Winter Games bid adieu to... Read more
Tainted judge selected for ice dancing.(The Orange County Register)
; ...City Games and is expected to judge the ice dancing competition. Against the backdrop of...Ukraine will likely judge the Olympic ice dancing competition despite what ISU general...In between rounds of the 1998 Olympic ice dancing competition, Balkov tried to orchestrate... Read more

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...old age, likened to marriage as a sobering influence. winter never rots in the sky proverbial saying, early 17th century; meaning that the arrival of winter is not delayed. Winter Olympics an international contest of winter sports held every four years at a two year interval from the...have ... Read more
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Winter Olympic Games Games Year Venue Competitors Sports Events Leading nation I1924Chamonix, France258514Norway (17)II1928St Moritz, Switzerland464614Norway (15)III1932Lake Placid, USA252514USA... Read more
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...talk of postponing the 1932 Winter Olympic Games for financial...since the golden age. Still, sports furnished a kind of palliative...in the 1930s and brought sports into people's homes and...Tunis, noted author and sports-writer, doing the commentary. A turning point for radio sports was ... Read more
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