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XX Olympic Winter Games
XX Olympic Winter Games

The emblem shows a stylized profile of the Mole Antonelliana,
drawn in ice crystals in white and blue, signifying
the snow and the sky. The Mole Antonelliana is a major Landmark of the Italian city of Turin. The crystal web also portrays the web
of new technologies and the Olympic spirit of community.

Host city Turin, Italy
Nations participating 80[1]
Athletes participating 2,508 (1,548 men; 960 women)[1]
Events 84 in 7 sports
Opening ceremony February 10
Closing ceremony February 26
Officially opened by Carlo Azeglio Ciampi[2]
Athlete's Oath Giorgio Rocca[3]
Judge's Oath Fabio Bianchetti[3]
Olympic Torch Stefania Belmondo[2]
Stadium Stadio Olimpico

The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The Olympic sports comprise all the Sports contested in the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed (born 9 December 1920) is an Italian politician and banker He was Prime Minister of Italy from 1993 to 1994 and was President from 1999 The Olympic Oath is taken by one athlete and one judge at the opening ceremonies of each Olympic Games. Giorgio Rocca (born August 6, 1975, Chur, Switzerland) is an Italian Alpine skier, a specialist of Slalom skiing The Olympic Oath is taken by one athlete and one judge at the opening ceremonies of each Olympic Games. Fabio Bianchetti is a member of the International Skating Union Technical Committee The Olympic Flame or Olympic Torch is a Symbol of the Olympic Games. Stefania Belmondo (born January 13, 1969) is an Italian former cross-country skier. The Olympic Stadium is the name usually given to the big centrepiece Stadium of the Summer Olympic Games. Stadio Olimpico di Torino (before 2006 Stadio Comunale di Torino) is a multi-use Stadium in Turin, Italy. The Winter Olympic Games are a winter Multi-sport event held every four years Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games, were a Winter Multi-sport event which was celebrated in Cortina d'Ampezzo (Hayden is a town and municipality in the Province of Belluno, Veneto, northern Italy. Italy also hosted the Games of the XVII Olympiad in Rome in 1960. The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an International Multi-sport event held in Rome, Italy Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Turin was selected as the host city for the 2006 games in 1999.

The official logo displayed the name "Torino", the Italian name of the city, but the city is known as "Turin" in both English and the local traditional dialect, Piedmontese, although having slightly different pronunciations. Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States [4] The Olympic mascots of Torino 2006 were Neve ("snow" in Italian), a female snowball, and Gliz, a male ice cube. The Olympic symbols are the icons Flags and symbols used by the International Olympic Committee to promote the Olympic Games. Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. Female (♀ is the Sex of an Organism, or a part of an organism which produces ova (egg cells A snowball is a spherical object made from frozen water or Snow, usually created by scooping snow with the hands and compacting it into a roughly fist-sized Male (♂ refers to the sex of an organism or part of an organism which produces small mobile Gametes called spermatozoa. O'Shea Jackson (born June 15 1969 better known by his Stage name Ice Cube, is an American Actor, Screenwriter, producer, and [5] The official motto of the XX Olympic Winter Games was "Passion lives here". [6]

Turin, with a metropolitan area of 1. 7 million,[7] was the largest city to have ever hosted a Winter Olympics;[8]. The title will fall to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, (2. Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page 1 million) when that city hosts the XXI Olympic Winter Games. [9] The 2002 Salt Lake City games also claims this title because at the time of the Olympics its metropolitan population was 1,516,227[10] and some events were held in the Provo metropolitan area of 400,209,[11] which the state of Utah calls a single metropolitan area of 1. Salt Lake City is the Capital and the most populous city of the U The State of Utah (ˈjuːtɔː or) is a western state of the United States. 9 million[12] and the U.S. government describes as two metropolitan areas in a single urban area. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

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Sports

Main article: Events at the 2006 Winter Olympics

The Games featured 84 medal events in 15 disciplines grouped over 7 sports. [1] Events that made Olympic debut in Turin included mass start biathlon, team sprint cross country skiing, snowboard cross and team pursuit speedskating. [13] The classical men's 50 km and women's 30 km distances, which were held at the previous Winter Games in 2002, were not held in these Games, as these events were alternated with freestyle events of the same distances;[14] In fact, most of the cross country skiing events at these Games involved different distances from those in Salt Lake City. The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIX Olympic Winter Games were a Winter Multi-sport event which was celebrated in 2002

The following are the disciplines that were contested at the games. The numbers in parentheses after each sport discipline indicate the number of events contested.

Results

Medal table

Gold medal and flower bouquet.
Gold medal and flower bouquet. Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics included ten Alpine skiing events Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics consisted of ten Three Bobsleigh events were competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics, at the Cesana Pariol venue The Cross-country skiing events at the 2006 Winter Olympics featured 12 Medal winning events from Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in the town of Pinerolo, Italy from February 13 Four Figure skating events were held at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, at the Palavela venue Four Freestyle skiing events were held at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, at the venue in Sauze d'Oulx Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held at the Torino Palasport Olimpico and the Torino Esposizioni in Turin, Italy The Luge competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held at the Cesana Pariol venue in Cesana, from February 11 to Three events were contested in the Nordic combined competition at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games included four men's disciplines and four women's disciplines The skeleton competition at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games was held at Cesana Pariol in Cesana Italy on February 16 (women's Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games was two individual events and one Team event The 2006 Winter Olympic Games Snowboarding competition consisted of men's and women's Halfpipe, Parallel Giant Slalom and Snowboard Cross For the Short track speed skating events see Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Gold Medal is an Album by American band The Donnas, released in 2004 (see 2004 in music)
Main article: 2006 Winter Olympics medal count
 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Germany Germany 11 12 6 29
2 United States United States 9 9 7 25
3 Austria Austria 9 7 7 23
4 Russia Russia 8 6 8 22
5 Canada Canada 7 10 7 24
6 Sweden Sweden 7 2 5 14
7 South Korea South Korea 6 3 2 11
8 Switzerland Switzerland 5 4 5 14
9 Italy Italy (host nation) 5 0 6 11
10 France France 3 2 4 9
Netherlands Netherlands 3 2 4 9
The 2006 Olympics logo on display in Turin
The 2006 Olympics logo on display in Turin

Athletes with the most gold medals

Athletes with the most medals

Nations with medals in most disciplines

Medal sweep events

For team sports, the following countries won a medal in both men's and women's events:

The only occasions where both golds were won by the same country were South Korea South Korea in the short track speed skating relays and Sweden Sweden in Cross country skiing team sprint. Germany competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, winning once again both the most gold medals and the most total The United States Olympic Committee (abbreviated USOC) sent 211 athletes (122 men 89 women to the 2006 Winter Olympics. Austria competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Russia participated at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Canada competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, with a team of 196 athletes and 220 support staff Sweden sent 112 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin trying to win their first gold medal since the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer South Korea competed as Korea at the 2006 Winter Olympics, while North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic Switzerland competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Italy was the host nation for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. France competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. France is represented by the National Olympic Committee of France Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Michael Greis (born August 18, 1976, in Füssen, Bavaria) is a German Olympic gold medalist in Biathlon. Germany competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, winning once again both the most gold medals and the most total Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics consisted of ten Ahn Hyun-Soo (안현수 born November 23, 1985 in Seoul) is a Short track speed skating athlete from South Korea and is a three-time South Korea competed as Korea at the 2006 Winter Olympics, while North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games included four men's disciplines and four women's disciplines Jin Sun-Yu (진선유 born December 17, 1988 in Daegu, South Korea) is a Korean short-track speed skater. South Korea competed as Korea at the 2006 Winter Olympics, while North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games included four men's disciplines and four women's disciplines Cindy Klassen (born August 12, 1979 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian skater and Canada's all-time most decorated Canada competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, with a team of 196 athletes and 220 support staff For the Short track speed skating events see Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Ahn Hyun-Soo (안현수 born November 23, 1985 in Seoul) is a Short track speed skating athlete from South Korea and is a three-time South Korea competed as Korea at the 2006 Winter Olympics, while North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games included four men's disciplines and four women's disciplines Canada competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, with a team of 196 athletes and 220 support staff The United States Olympic Committee (abbreviated USOC) sent 211 athletes (122 men 89 women to the 2006 Winter Olympics. Finland competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, with 102 athletes competing in 11 of the 15 sports Germany competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, winning once again both the most gold medals and the most total Russia participated at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Norway sent 74 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Switzerland competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Austria competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics included ten Alpine skiing events Germany competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, winning once again both the most gold medals and the most total These are the complete results for the women's singles luge competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Canada competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, with a team of 196 athletes and 220 support staff Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in the town of Pinerolo, Italy from February 13 Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games included four men's disciplines and four women's disciplines For the Short track speed skating events see Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics At the 2006 Winter Olympics, France competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. France is represented by the National Olympic Committee of France Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics consisted of ten Germany competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, winning once again both the most gold medals and the most total Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics consisted of ten The Cross-country skiing events at the 2006 Winter Olympics featured 12 Medal winning events from Italy was the host nation for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. The Cross-country skiing events at the 2006 Winter Olympics featured 12 Medal winning events from South Korea competed as Korea at the 2006 Winter Olympics, while North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games included four men's disciplines and four women's disciplines Russia participated at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics consisted of ten Sweden sent 112 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin trying to win their first gold medal since the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer The Cross-country skiing events at the 2006 Winter Olympics featured 12 Medal winning events from Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held at the Torino Palasport Olimpico and the Torino Esposizioni in Turin, Italy South Korea competed as Korea at the 2006 Winter Olympics, while North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games included four men's disciplines and four women's disciplines Sweden sent 112 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin trying to win their first gold medal since the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer The Cross-country skiing events at the 2006 Winter Olympics featured 12 Medal winning events from


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Highlights

Main article: 2006 Winter Olympics highlights
Jeremy Teela in the biathlon
Jeremy Teela in the biathlon

Opening Ceremony

Stefania Belmondo, a 10-time Olympic medalist in cross-country skiing, lit the Olympic Flame during the opening ceremony on 10 February. 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Day 1

The first gold medal of the 2006 Games was awarded in the 20 kilometre biathlon, won by German Michael Greis on the first day of competition. Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics consisted of ten Germany competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, winning once again both the most gold medals and the most total Michael Greis (born August 18, 1976, in Füssen, Bavaria) is a German Olympic gold medalist in Biathlon. Ice hockey began with the women's competition; Sweden defeated Russia 3-1 in the first match while Canada's team opened with the most lopsided win in Olympic history by beating the host Italians 16-0. Sweden sent 112 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin trying to win their first gold medal since the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer Russia participated at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Canada competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, with a team of 196 athletes and 220 support staff Italy was the host nation for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.

Day 2

On 12 February, Latvia won its first winter Olympic medal when Mārtiņš Rubenis took the bronze in the men's luge. Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Latvia competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Mārtiņš Rubenis won Latvia's first Winter Olympic Mārtiņš Rubenis (born September 26, 1978 in Riga) is a Latvian Luger who has competed since 1998. Armin Zöggeler's win in that event gave Italy its first gold medal of the Games. Armin Zöggeler (born 4 January 1974) is an Italian Luger and double Olympic champion Both the Canadian and American women's ice hockey teams posted their second straight shutout wins. The United States Olympic Committee (abbreviated USOC) sent 211 athletes (122 men 89 women to the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Day 3

Chinese figure skating pair Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao, trailing a dominant Russian pair, attempted a throw quadruple salchow jump—an element which had never been successfully completed in competition. The People's Republic of China competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Zhang Dan ( born October 4, 1985 in Harbin, China) is a Chinese Pair skater. Zhang Hao ( born July 6, 1984 in Harbin, China) is a Chinese figure skater. Russia participated at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The salchow is a Figure skating jump with a takeoff from a back inside edge and landing on the back outside edge of the opposite Zhang Dan fell, injuring her knee, but the pair finished their program to a standing ovation and took the silver medal. Russia finished the third day of competition with two gold medals, as did the United States.

Day 4

The fourth day saw the two North American women's hockey teams finish out pool play with their third win each. Evgeni Plushenko of Russia set a world record score in the men's figure skating short program; his 90. Evgeni Viktorovich Plushenko (also Romanized as Yevgeny Viktorovich Plyushchenko) (Евге́ний Ви́кторович Плю́щенко (born November 3 66 points was more 10 points better than the nearest opponent's score. The men's combined alpine skiing was riddled with disqualifications, including front-runners Bode Miller and Benjamin Raich. Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics included ten Alpine skiing events Bode Miller (born October 12 1977) is an American alpine skier. Benjamin Raich (born 28 February 1978 in Arzl im Pitztal, Tyrol) is an Austrian alpine skier who won gold medals in the American Ted Ligety won the event in what was considered an upset. Ted Ligety (born August 31, 1984 in Salt Lake City Utah, US) is an elite member of the U

Day 5

Canada had another strong day on 15 February, setting new Olympic records in both men's and women's pursuit team speed skating events as well as opening the men's ice hockey competition with a win against Italy. Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Italy finished the day with the men's pursuit team Olympic record, however, after the Netherlands bettered Canada's time only to have Italy improve upon theirs. Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. China won its first gold of 2006 with Wang Meng's victory in the women's individual 500 metre short track speed skating. Wang Meng may refer to Wang Meng (Former Qin, minister of Former Qin in ancient China Wang Meng (artist, Chinese artist in Yuan Dynasty A pair of Austrian brothers won the men's doubles luge while Michaela Dorfmeister gave the nation another championship in the women's downhill. Austria competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Michaela Dorfmeister (born 25 March, 1973 in Vienna) is a professional alpine Skier from Austria.

Day 6

Kristina Šmigun won her second gold medal of the Games with a victory in the women's 10 kilometre classical cross-country skiing on 16 February, remaining the only Estonian to medal. Kristina Šmigun (born February 23, 1977 in Tartu) is an Estonian cross-country skier. The Cross-country skiing events at the 2006 Winter Olympics featured 12 Medal winning events from Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Estonia sent 28 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. In men's curling action, Great Britain edged Germany 7-6, Switzerland kept New Zealand winless by winning 9-7, Canada beat Norway 7-6, and the United States defeated Sweden, 10-6. Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in the town of Pinerolo, Italy from February 13 The United Kingdom competed under the name Great Britain at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Germany competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, winning once again both the most gold medals and the most total Switzerland competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. New Zealand competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin Canada competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, with a team of 196 athletes and 220 support staff Norway sent 74 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The United States Olympic Committee (abbreviated USOC) sent 211 athletes (122 men 89 women to the 2006 Winter Olympics. Sweden sent 112 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin trying to win their first gold medal since the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer

Day 7

On February 17, Tanja Frieden of Switzerland took the gold in women's snowboard cross after Lindsey Jacobellis of the United States fell on the second-to-last jump while performing an unnecessary method grab (hotdogging) to give up the largest lead of the entire tournament. Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Tanja Frieden (born 6 February 1976 in Berne) is a Swiss Snowboarder. Switzerland competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Lindsey Jacobellis (born August 19, 1985 in Danbury Connecticut) is an American Snowboarder from Stratton Vermont. Jacobellis settled for silver, while Canada's Dominique Maltais took bronze after recovering from a crash. Canada competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, with a team of 196 athletes and 220 support staff Dominique Maltais (born November 9, 1980 in Charlevoix, Quebec) is a Canadian Snowboarder. Duff Gibson of Canada took gold in the skeleton just ahead of fellow Canadian Jeff Pain, becoming the oldest individual gold medalist in Winter Olympics history. Duff Gibson (born August 11, 1966) is a Canadian skeleton racer who competed from 1999 to 2006 Canada competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, with a team of 196 athletes and 220 support staff The skeleton competition at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games was held at Cesana Pariol in Cesana Italy on February 16 (women's Jeff Pain (born on December 14, 1970 in Anchorage Alaska) is an American -born Canadian skeleton racer who has competed In the women's ice hockey semifinals, the United States lost a shootout to Sweden, marking the first time in international competition that the United States had lost to anyone other than Canada (Canada's win maintained its record of never having lost to anyone other than the United States).

Day 8

Kjetil André Aamodt won gold for Norway in the men's Super G on 18 February, beating Hermann Maier of Austria. Kjetil André Aamodt (born September 2, 1971 in Oslo Norway) is a retired Norwegian Alpine skier, one of the most decorated in history Norway sent 74 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Hermann Maier (born December 7, 1972, Altenmarkt im Pongau) is an Austrian Skier who has won four overall World Cup Austria competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Germans Kati Wilhelm and Martina Glagow finished first and second in the 10 kilometre biathlon pursuit. Germany competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, winning once again both the most gold medals and the most total Katarina ("Kati" Wilhelm (born August 2, 1976) is a German professional biathlete. Martina "Molly" Glagow (born on September 21, 1979, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen) is a German biathlete The host Italians defeated Canada in men's curling, while Switzerland did the same in men's ice hockey to put the Canadians on the wrong end of two major upsets in the same day. The United States men's ice hockey team suffered its first loss of the tournament as Slovakia and Russia continue their dominance of the pool. Slovakia competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

Day 9

Lascelles Brown became the first Jamaican-born competitor to win a medal at the Winter Olympics on 19 February, competing on the Canadian 2-man bobsleigh team which finished second in an extremely tight competition. Lascelles Brown AKA King (born October 12, 1974 in Clarendon Jamaica) is a Jamacian born Canadian Bobsledder Jamaica (ˈdʒəˈmeɪkə} is an Island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum The German pair was only . 21 seconds ahead of the Canadians, themselves only . 14 ahead of the Swiss team. Finland continued to be unbeaten in men's ice hockey, handing Canada its second loss.

Day 10

The final day of curling pool play was 20 February; Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and Canada advanced to the women's semifinals while Finland, Canada, the United States, and Great Britain qualified in the men's competition. Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Austria took their first team gold medal in ski jumping, while Canada took their second in women's ice hockey to take a 2-1 lead over the United States in all-time Olympic championships.

Day 11

Slovakia and Finland both won their final men's ice hockey games on 21 February to win their respective pools with 5-0-0 records. Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland Enrico Fabris gave the host nation another gold medal in speed skating by winning the men's 1500 metres. Enrico Fabris (born 5 October 1981, Asiago, Province of Vicenza) is an Italian long track speed skater who has won three

Day 12

On 22 February, the twelfth day of competition, Anja Pärson won her first gold medal in the women's slalom; it was her fifth overall Olympic medal and third of the 2006 Games. Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne Anja Sofia Tess Pärson (ˈaɲːa ˈpæːʂɔn in Swedish (born 25 April 1981 in Umeå, Sweden) is a Swedish alpine skier, the winner of seven Chandra Crawford took a quicker route to the top of the podium, winning the 1. Chandra Crawford (born November 19, 1983 in Canmore Alberta, Canada) is a Canadian cross-country skier who has competed since 1 kilometre cross-country sprint gold in her Olympic debut. In the men's ice hockey quarterfinals, the previously undefeated Slovakians lost to the Czech Republic while Russia, Finland, and Sweden eliminated Canada, the United States, and Switzerland, respectively. Philipp Schoch successfully defended his snowboarding giant slalom gold against his brother Simon. Philipp Schoch (born 10 October 1979) is a Swiss Snowboarder. Simon Schoch (born 7 October 1978) is a Swiss Snowboarder. At the 2003 World Championships Schoch won Silver in Parallel Giant Slalom

Day 13

Sweden took the women's championship in the curling finals held on 23 February. Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable Shizuka Arakawa gave Japan its first gold medal of the Games and first figure skating gold medal, winning the ladies' figure skating competition in part by being able to finish without falling, as Sasha Cohen and Irina Slutskaya both tumbled. is a Japanese Figure skater. She is the 2006 Olympic Champion and the 2004 World Champion. Alexandra Pauline "Sasha" Cohen (born October 26 1984) is an American figure skater. Irina Eduardovna Slutskaya (Ири́на Эдуа́рдовна Слу́цкая pronounced /iˈrinɑ ˈslutskɑæ/ "i-Ree-nah Sloots-kah-yah" (born February 9, Russia wrested the gold medal in women's team biathlon from two-time defending champions Germany.

Day 14

February 24 was the day of the men's curling finals, in which Canada won its first gold medal and the United States won its first medal in the sport as Canada defeated Finland and the United States beat Great Britain for the second time. Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the The figure skating gala was also held, with top placers in all of the events performing exhibitions. Sweden and Finland won their men's ice hockey semifinal games, defeating the Czech Republic and Russia.

Day 15

The Austrians swept the men's alpine slalom medals on 25 February, led by Benjamin Raich. Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Benjamin Raich (born 28 February 1978 in Arzl im Pitztal, Tyrol) is an Austrian alpine skier who won gold medals in the Germany took gold medals in the men's 15 kilometre biathlon and the men's individual bobsleigh. Apolo Anton Ohno won his second short track speed skating gold medal, with only somewhat less controversy than his first 4 years earlier.

Day 16

The final day of competition and the closing ceremony, were held on 26 February. The Closing Ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics took place on February 26, 2006 beginning at 2000 CET (1900 UTC) at Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed The Swedish men's ice hockey team handed Finland their first loss in the final to take the gold medal. In the closing ceremony, Manuela Di Centa, a seven-time Olympic medalist from Italy and then-member of the International Olympic Committee, was scheduled to present the medals for the men's 50 kilometre cross-country skiing event. Manuela Di Centa (born January 31 1963) is an Italian cross-country skier and former Olympic athlete This resulted in her presenting the gold medal to her own brother when Giorgio Di Centa won the event to take his second gold medal. Giorgio Di Centa ( October 7, 1972, Tolmezzo, Province of Udine) is an Italian cross country skier who won two gold medals

Venues

Landsat 7 image of the Italian Alps with some of the venues marked.
Landsat 7 image of the Italian Alps with some of the venues marked. Landsat 7, launched on April 15, 1999, is the latest satellite of the Landsat program.

Olympic areas

Olympic events were mainly held in Turin, but other events (namely skiing, snowboarding, and the track sports) were held in mountainous outlying villages for obvious reasons.

Turin

Many venues are located in the Olympic District in central Turin, including:

Other locations

Location of Turin (Torino in Italian) and some other venues
Location of Turin (Torino in Italian) and some other venues

Olympic villages

Official Olympic training sites

Olympic mountain training site

Participating NOCs

A record of 80 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) entered athletes at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. Bardonecchia (Bardonèche or Bardonnèche Bardonecha is an Italian town and Comune located in the Province of Turin, in the Piedmont Sestriere ( French: Sestrières) is an alpine village in Italy, a Comune (municipality of the Province of Turin. Chiomonte is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km west of Turin The Via Lattea (Milky Way is a winter sports area in the Italian and French Alps, straddling the French-Italian border at Claviere/Montgenèvre Prali is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km southwest of Turin Torre Pellice is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 km southwest of National Olympic Committees (or NOCs) are the national constituents of the worldwide Olympic movement This was an increase of three from the 77 represented at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIX Olympic Winter Games were a Winter Multi-sport event which was celebrated in 2002 The number in parentheses indicates the number of participants that NOC contributed.

Participating NOCs. Green: fewer than 10 athletes; blue: 10-49; orange: 50-99; red: 100 or more.
Participating NOCs. Albania made its first appearance at the Winter Olympic Games at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, sending Algeria competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Andorra competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Argentina competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Armenia competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Australia competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Austria competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Azerbaijan competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Belarus competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Belgium sent four athletes to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. One athlete from Bermuda competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Bosnia and Herzegovina competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Brazil sent 10 competitors to the 2006 Winter Olympics, in Turin, Italy, half of which consisted of the Men's Bulgaria competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Canada competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, with a team of 196 athletes and 220 support staff Chile competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Events Alpine skiing See also The People's Republic of China competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Due to the Political status of Taiwan, the Republic of China (ROC competed as Chinese One athlete from Costa Rica competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Croatia competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Cyprus sent one athlete to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The Czech Republic competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Denmark competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Estonia sent 28 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Ethiopia competed in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, sending Finland competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, with 102 athletes competing in 11 of the 15 sports France competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. France is represented by the National Olympic Committee of France The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYR Macedonia competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Georgia competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Germany competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, winning once again both the most gold medals and the most total The United Kingdom competed under the name Great Britain at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Greece competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Events Alpine skiing See also Hong Kong, a Special administrative region of the People's Republic of China, sent one athlete to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Hungary competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Iceland competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. India competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Events Alpine skiing See also The Islamic Republic of Iran competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Ireland competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Israel competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Five Israeli athletes participated in the Games the same as Italy was the host nation for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Japan competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Shizuka Arakawa won the country's only medal a gold Kazakhstan competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Kenya sent 1 competitor to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. South Korea competed as Korea at the 2006 Winter Olympics, while North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic Kyrgyzstan sent one athlete to compete in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Latvia competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Mārtiņš Rubenis won Latvia's first Winter Olympic Lebanon competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Liechtenstein competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Lithuania competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Luxembourg sent one athlete to compete in the 2006 Winter Olympics, held in Turin, Italy. Madagascar competed in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Moldova competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Monaco competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.The team did not for the first time since 1984, include Mongolia competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Nepal sent one athlete to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. New Zealand competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin Norway sent 74 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Poland competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Poland sent 48 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympic Games Portugal competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Romania competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Russia participated at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. San Marino was represented by 1 athlete at the 2006 Winter Olympics, in Turin, Italy. Senegal competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Serbia and Montenegro competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Slovakia competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Slovenia competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Three men from South Africa competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Spain competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Events Alpine skiing See also Sweden sent 112 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin trying to win their first gold medal since the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer Switzerland competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Tajikistan was represented by one man at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Thailand, represented by the Olympic Committee of Thailand, sent one athlete to the 2006 Winter Olympics, in Turin, Italy Turkey competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Events Alpine skiing See also Ukraine competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The United States Olympic Committee (abbreviated USOC) sent 211 athletes (122 men 89 women to the 2006 Winter Olympics. Some countries hoped to compete in the 2006 Winter Olympics but did not do so Uzbekistan competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Venezuela sent one athlete to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Green: fewer than 10 athletes; blue: 10-49; orange: 50-99; red: 100 or more.

Despite the overall increase of NOCs and number of athletes, the following NOCs which competed at the previous Winter Games did not participate in Turin:


Host selection process

Main article: 2006 Winter Olympics bids

Turin was chosen as the host of the Olympics in 1999 at Seoul, Korea in the 109th IOC Session. The Republic of Cameroon is a unitary republic of central and western Africa. Fiji (Matanitu ko Viti फ़िजी officially the Republic of the Fiji Islands (Matanitu Tu-Vaka-i-koya ko Viti फ़िजी द्वीप समूह गणराज्य Jamaica (ˈdʒəˈmeɪkə} is an Island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Puerto Rico (ˌpwertoˈriko officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" {{lang-en|"Associated Free State of Puerto Rico"}} The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (ˈtrɪnɪdæd ən təˈbeɪgoʊ is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying northeast of the South American Two cities made the shortlist with their bids to host the 2006 Winter Olympics (formally known as XX Olympic Winter Games) which were awarded to Turin, Seoul ( soʊl is the Capital and largest City of South Korea. Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries a civilization and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. This is the list of International Olympic Committee (IOC meetings [15] This was just after the IOC had adopted new election procedures during the 108th Extraordinary IOC Session in light of the corruption scandals surrounding the votes for the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics. The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVIII Olympic Winter Games were a Winter Multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1998 The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIX Olympic Winter Games were a Winter Multi-sport event which was celebrated in 2002 [16] Since IOC members were forbidden to visit the candidate cities (in the interests of reducing bribery), the 109th IOC Session elected a special body, the Selection College, to choose finalist cities from the pool of candidate cities after each had made their final presentations to the full IOC Session; the full IOC Session then voted on the cities chosen as finalist cities by the Selection College. Although six cities launched candidacies and made presentations to the full IOC Session in Seoul in June 1999, the Selection College chose only two cities to go forward to be voted upon by the full IOC Session: Sion and Turin. Seoul ( soʊl is the Capital and largest City of South Korea. Sion ( German Sitten, Latin Sedunum) is the capital of the Swiss canton of Valais. [15] The candidacies of Helsinki, Finland; Poprad-Tatry, Slovakia; Zakopane, Poland; and Klagenfurt, Austria were dropped by the Selection College after all six candidate cities made their candidate presentations to the full session. Helsinki (in Finnish;) or Helsingfors (in Swedish;) is the Capital and largest city of Finland. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Poprad is also the name of a river in Slovakia and Poland (see Poprad River) Poprad ( Poprád Deutschendorf is a Slovakia (long form Slovak Republic; Slovak:, long form, is a Landlocked country in Central Europe with a population of over five million Zakopane is a town in southern Poland with some 28000 inhabitants (2004 situated in Lesser Poland Province since 1999 (in 1975–98 it was part of Nowy Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Klagenfurt guildhall 19072006 01jpg|thumb|220px|City hall in Klagenfurt´s center Neuer Platz]] Klagenfurt am Wörthersee ( Slovene: Celovec) is the Capital Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich [17]

The selection of Turin over Sion came as a surprise, since Sion was the overwhelming favorite. [18] Media speculation was that the choice of Turin was due to the combination of four factors: Turin's overwhelming population size difference (Turin had a population 1. 5 million, whilst Sion's was only 27,000), the skills of the Italian bid team, the IOC's desire to compensate Italy for the recent selection of Athens over Rome for the 2004 Summer Olympics, and finally a way to retaliate against Switzerland for the whistleblower role played by IOC member Marc Hodler in the revelation of the 2002 corruption scandal. The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was an International Multi-sport event which was celebrated This is an article about a term For the 2008 RTÉ drama see Whistleblower (TV series. Marc Hodler ( –) was a Swiss lawyer President of the International Ski Federation (1951-1998 and member of the International Olympic Committee The 2002 Olympic Winter Games bid scandal was a Scandal involving allegations of Bribery to obtain the 2002 Olympic [19]

The information below comes from the International Olympic Committee Vote History web page.

2006 Winter Olympics Bidding Results
City NOC Name Round 1
Turin Flag of Italy Italy 53
Sion Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 36

Organization

Out of 40,000 applicants, 20,000 volunteers were selected to help the athletes, spectators, and journalists, and to prepare the competition sites. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Sion ( German Sitten, Latin Sedunum) is the capital of the Swiss canton of Valais. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation They were selected by the recruiting program Noi2006. [20]

Construction

"Palasport Olimpico"
"Palasport Olimpico"

Sixty-five sporting facilities, various infrastructures, sport villages for athletes and media, and transportation infrastructures were constructed for a total of 1. 7 billion euros. [21]

Among the most important sporting facilities that were used:

The most important transport infrastructure works were:

In the city, from the urban point of view, the main developments were the Palafuksas, a glass building designed by Massimiliano Fuksas, the new civic library designed by Mario Bellini, the new Modern Art Gallery and the great project of the "Spina", that will provide urban regeneration over an area of 2 million square meters through the construction of an underground urban railway and the re-utilization of abandoned industrial areas. Massimiliano Fuksas is an Italian Architect, born in Rome in 1944

Broadcasting

The 2006 Olympic Winter Games were broadcast worldwide by a number of television broadcasters:

Country Broadcasting organisation
Flag of Australia Australia Seven Network
Flag of Austria Austria ORF
Flag of Belgium Belgium VRT
RTBF
Flag of Brazil Brazil SportTV2
Flag of Canada Canada CBC
TSN
RDS
TRC
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Olympic problems

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Bankruptcy threats

The financial situation of the Organizing Committee has gradually become more and more difficult. The latest development was a 64 million euro financial shortfall appearing at the end of 2005, mainly due to the fact that Italy's draft budget for 2006 did not include the government's promised final 40 million euro allocation to Olympic organizers. This shortfall could have led the Torino 2006 Games to declare bankruptcy. Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay their Creditors Creditors may file a bankruptcy petition against The concerns went as far as starting to define the first step of a bankruptcy procedure for Torino 2006, which could have happened if the organizing committee had failed to approve its budget at a January 20, 2006 board meeting. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Finally, the Italian Government promised to cover the shortfall.

Metro

The metro was finally opened to the public on February 4, 2006 after a 45 day delay. A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway or metro(politan system is an electric passenger railway Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons It operated on a shorter stretch (XVIII Dicembre (Porta Susa) to Fermi - 11 stations) than originally forecast; it finally reached the main railway station (Porta Nuova) and the rest of the city centre more than one year after the Games, in October 2007. For the duration of the Games, a single ticket (5 euros) covered use of both the metro and other means of public transportation for a whole day. However, during the Games, metro service stopped at 6:00 pm, making it impractical for spectators of evening events. Furthermore, the metro did not reach any of the Olympic venues. On the other hand, the bus service was heavily improved for the Games, although still inadequate at night hours.

Weather

A number of Alpine competitions were delayed because of low visibility caused by snowfall. Despite these events being postponed, most were later held in better weather without any problems.

Doping

Italian police raided the Austrian athletes' quarter in search of evidence of doping. The raid was conducted due to suspicions over the presence of biathlon coach Walter Mayer, who had been banned from all Olympic events up to and including the Vancouver Olympic Games in 2010 due to previous doping convictions. Walter Mayer (born March 17 1957) is an Austrian Cross-country skier and coach Around the time of the raid Mayer and two Austrian biathletes, Wolfgang Perner and Wolfgang Rottmann, tried to escape and fled back to Austria. Later, the Austrian ski federation president said that the two athletes told him they "may have used illegal methods. "[22] After some days the results of the tests of all 10 tested Austrian athletes were presented and were all negative. List of athletes with doping convictions in these Games:

Ratings and attendance

A number of events reported low spectator attendance despite having acceptable ticket sales. Preliminary competition and locally less popular sports failed to attract capacity crowd as expected. Organizers explained this was because blocks of seats were reserved or purchased by sponsors and partners who later did not show up at the events.

Several news organizations reported that many Americans are not as interested in the Olympics as in years past. [23] It has been suggested that reasons for this disinterest include the tape delayed coverage, which showed events in prime-time as much as 18 hours later in the West, and also due to the lack of success achieved by big-name American athletes. Prime Time is the major News analysis current affairs and Politics programme broadcast on Radio Telefís Éireann in Ireland The Western United States &mdashcommonly referred to as the American West or simply the West &mdashtraditionally refers to the region comprising the westernmost [24]

In Canada, CBC's coverage has also posted disappointing numbers, which were reduced as the Canadian men's hockey team was eliminated early in the competition. Primetime ratings reached only as high as #7 in the weekly ratings. However, ratings for live, afternoon coverage have attracted 300,000 more viewers than the taped, primetime coverage. Overall, only primetime coverage has suffered, dropping 45% from the 2002 Games, with the entire coverage being 52% ahead from 2002. [25][26] Meanwhile on TSN, the numbers for its live curling coverage (which aired as early as 3:00am EST) were between 300,000 and 500,000 viewers. The Sports Network (commonly known as TSN) is a Canadian English language Cable television Specialty channel and is Canada's leading

The Olympics' main threat in the USA was the 2006 season of American Idol. The fifth season of American Idol began on January 17, 2006 and concluded on May 24, 2006. American Idol, with the full title American Idol The Search for a Superstar for the first season only is an American reality-competition [27] One night of interest was 23 February in which the first results show of the season went head to head with that night's coverage which included the Women's Free Skate in Figure Skating. Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable

Security measures

As with every Olympics since the 1972 Olympics in Munich and increasingly since the 2002 Winter Olympics, there was heavy security due to fears of terrorism. The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Munich, in what was The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIX Olympic Winter Games were a Winter Multi-sport event which was celebrated in 2002

The organizers further increased security measures [1] in connection with the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy and insisted that the Olympic Games were going to be safe, which they were; the Olympics concluded without a major breach of security occurring.

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Notes

  1. ^ a b c Turin 2006—XXth Olympic Winter Games. The Opening Ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics ( Torino 2006) was held on February 10, 2006 beginning at 2000 CET (1900 The Closing Ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics took place on February 26, 2006 beginning at 2000 CET (1900 UTC) at The 2006 Winter Paralympic Games, the ninth winter Paralympics, took place in Turin, Italy from 10 to 19 March 2006 The International Olympic Committee ( IOC) uses Three letter acronym country codes to refer to each group of athletes that participate in the Olympic Neve and Gliz are the official mascots of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, created by Pedro Albuquerque. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2007-04-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland.
  2. ^ a b "Torino 2006: Flame in the Tallest Cauldron", International Olympic Committee, 2006-02-11. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Retrieved on 2007-04-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland.  
  3. ^ a b "Olympic Daily News", The Sports Network, 2006-02-10. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Retrieved on 2007-04-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland.  
  4. ^ "Turin or Torino? Depends on whom you ask", Associated Press/MSNBC, 2006-02-09. The Associated Press ( AP) is an American News agency. The AP is a Cooperative owned by its contributing Newspapers radio MSNBC is a 24-hour cable television news channel based in the United States and available in Canada. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Retrieved on 2007-04-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland.  
  5. ^ Torino 2006 Mascots. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2007-04-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland.
  6. ^ Italian Passion in the Motto of Torino 2006. Retrieved on 2007-04-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland.
  7. ^ Torino - Turin Italy City Profile. Retrieved on 2007-04-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland.
  8. ^ "Olympics by the numbers", USA Today, 2006-01-19. USA TODAY is a national American daily Newspaper published by the Gannett Company. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Retrieved on 2007-04-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland.  
  9. ^ Judd, Ron C. . "Vancouver to host 2010 Winter Olympics", The Seattle Times, 2003-07-02. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Retrieved on 2007-04-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland.  
  10. ^ Salt Lake population figures by the United States Census
  11. ^ Provo population figures by the United States Census
  12. ^ Utah remark page 10 by the state of Utah
  13. ^ Factsheet—Olympic Winter Programme. The United States Census is a decennial Census mandated by the United States Constitution. International Olympic Committee (2007-02-07). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Retrieved on 2007-04-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland.
  14. ^ In the recent years, the Freestyle events and the Classic events have been switched each Olympic Games.
  15. ^ a b Olympic Bid Election History—Voting Records and Results. GamesBids. GamesBidscom is an Olympic bid news and information web site created in Toronto, Canada, by Robert Livingstone. Retrieved on 2007-04-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer
  16. ^ World Games News. International World Games Association (April 1999). This article is about the real-life event. There is also the World Games computer game. Retrieved on 2007-04-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer
  17. ^ Turin 2006—Election. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2007-04-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer
  18. ^ "Olympic corruption whistle-blower Hodler dies", USA Today, 2006-10-18. USA TODAY is a national American daily Newspaper published by the Gannett Company. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid Retrieved on 2007-04-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer  
  19. ^ "Italian city prepares for next Winter Olympics", Associated Press/ESPN, 2002-02-24. The Associated Press ( AP) is an American News agency. The AP is a Cooperative owned by its contributing Newspapers radio ESPN, originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American Cable television network dedicated to See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Retrieved on 2007-04-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer  
  20. ^ Noi2006 - The Volunteers Programme. Retrieved on 2007-04-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer
  21. ^ Villani, Ron. Winter Olympics Return to Italy Opening Ceremonies Begin February 10 in Turin. Archived from the original on 2006-02-08. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Retrieved on 2007-04-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer
  22. ^ Couch, Greg. "Italians take hard line against steroids", 2006-02-24. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Retrieved on 2007-04-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer  
  23. ^ Shipley, Amy. "Ciao to the Winter Games", Washington Post, 2006-02-26. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Retrieved on 2007-04-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer  
  24. ^ Caple, Jim. "The best, and real, drama is always at Olympics", ESPN, 2006-02-26. ESPN, originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American Cable television network dedicated to Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Retrieved on 2007-04-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer  
  25. ^ Brioux, Bill. "Olympics lose against fake games", 2006-02-23. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable Retrieved on 2007-04-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer  
  26. ^ McArthur, Keith; Robertson, Grant. "Olympic hockey loss misses the net for CBC ratings", 2006-02-23. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable Retrieved on 2007-04-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer  
  27. ^ Jones, Terry (2006-02-18). Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Curling is making waves. Archived from the original on 2006-02-21. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland Retrieved on 2007-04-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer


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