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Feb 5, 2018 · With the next edition of the games getting ready to start, it's a perfect time to look back 20 years to the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Hockey had a big Olympics that year.
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The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games (French: XV es Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Calgary 1988 (Blackfoot: Mohkínsstsisi 1988; Stoney: Wîchîspa Oyade 1988 or Wenchi Ispase 1988; Cree: Otôskwanihk 1988 / ᐅᑑᐢᑿᓂᕽ 1988; Sarsi: Guts’ists’i 1988; Kutenai: ʔaknuqtapȼik’ 1988; Slave: Klincho-tinay-indihay 1988), were a multi ...
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Feb 21, 2017 · By hosting the 19th Winter Games, Utah, an Indian word meaning “home on mountain top,” joins California, Georgia, Missouri and New York as the only U.S. states to host the Olympics. The 2002 Games will mark the end of Salt Lake City's long quest to host the games, a story that included failed bids in 1972, 1976 and 1998.
Overview. It had been 26 years since the Olympic Winter Games had been held in the Orient, those also in Japan at Sapporo on the northern island of Hokkaido. Nagano had been an “upset” choice over the more favored selections of Salt Lake City and Östersund. But the Japanese typically put on a wonderful show. And it was much quieter in ...
Feb 9, 2022 · A brief history of Olympic mascot design. Link Copied! Shuss was the first ever mascot used in the Olympics Games back in 1968. The mascot of the 1976 Montreal Games was a chunky beaver called ...
Apr 23, 2021 · The 1908 Olympic Games, held in London in a newly built 68,000-seat stadium, were the first where the events were organized by the relevant authorities in each athletic discipline. More than 2,000 athletes from 22 nations competed in 100 events. The 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm drew more than 2,500 competitors from 28 countries and featured ...
Jul 28, 2021 · Table tennis became an Olympic sport in 1988 while tennis came back after a 64-year hiatus, the IOC's website says. Women's cycling track also made its debut, according to the IOC. A table tennis ...
