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Interesting Olympic Facts
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A collection of brief facts about the Olympic Games. Topics covered include the opening ceremonies, Olympic symbols, canceled games, and counting Olympiads. An About.com site.
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http://history1900s.about.com/od/greateventsofthecentury/a/olympicfacts.htm |
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EdGate: Gateway to the Summer Olympics
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A site for K-12 teachers and students that includes lesson plans, facts about the Olympics and Olympic sports, projects, and information on health and exercise, the 2004 games in Athens, previous host countries, and the Paralympics. Also includes lin ...
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http://www.edgate.com/summergames/ |
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Research Starters: the Olympics
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If you need to write a paper about the Olympics, this site has all kinds of articles and links to get you started. Even if you're just intersted in Olympic sports, it has descriptions of sports, training, and the history of the games.
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http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/researchstarters/olympics/ |
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Olympic Torches
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Facts and figures about the torches of past Olympic Games. Includes details about the distance and locations of the torch runs, as well as descriptions and images of the torches. From the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
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http://www.olympic.org/uk/passion/collectors/search_uk.asp?TypeId=8 |
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Questia: Olympics
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Over 5,000 extracts and abstracts from books and journal, newspaper, and encyclopedia articles. Searchable. Full text requires a paid subscription.
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http://www.questia.com/SM.qst?act=search&keywordsSearchType=1000&keywords=olympics |
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The Olympics and the Movies
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This 2000 article discusses three memorable documentaries about the Olympics: Kon Ichikawa's 1964 "Tokyo Olympiad"; Leni Riefenstahl's "Olympia," about the 1936 Berlin Olympics; and "Visions of Eight," about the 1972 Mun ...
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http://archive.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2000/09/14/olympic_movies/ |
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Special Olympics
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"Special Olympics is an international organization dedicated to empowering individuals with intellectual disabilities to become physically fit, productive and respected members of society through sports training and competition." The site c ...
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http://www.specialolympics.org/ |
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Olympic Women
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This British companion site to a print publication "is dedicated to women sporting pioneers, many of whom are Olympians." The site features brief stories of female athlete experiences from Olympic Games from the first half of the 20th centu ...
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http://www.olympicwomen.co.uk/ |
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The Indoor Olympics
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"Recreate the World Indoor Athletics Championships at home or work in a series of stupid (but fun) games." Try your hand at shot put with a computer mouseball, discus with a compact disc (CD), internal phone system relays, and other activit ...
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/shared/spl/hi/athletics/03/world_indoor/html/initial.stm |
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Around the Rings (ATR): The Business of the Olympics
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News and forums about the Olympic Games in 2006 (Torino, Italy), 2008 (Beijing), Vancouver (2010), and London (2012), as well as information about host bidding for the future games. The site also includes news and links about the international and na ...
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http://www.aroundtherings.com/ |
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