how many athletes are competing in the winter olympics?
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Over 2,500 athletes coming from 84 different nations will be competing at the Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games in 15 different disciplines.
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Ice skating, Ice dancing, Speed Skating, Skiing, and Snowboarding
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Torino and Turin are one and the same. The XXth Winter Olympics are organised by the Italians and in Italian, Turin in Torino. Still not convinced? Okay, look here (and then be amazed)
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Larissa Latynina has won the most and is tied for the gold - 18 Medals, 9 Gold\n\nMark Spitz - 11 Medals, 9 Gold\n\nPaavo Nurmi - 12 Medals, 9 Gold
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The Winter 2005 Special Olympics drew more than 1,800 athletes from 84 countries. \n\n7,000 athletes are expected at the Winter 2007 Special Olympics.
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by the results of their athletes in international competitions
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Really, no wonder people think that the world is heading in the wrong direction! The Winter Olympics are the biggest sporting festival in the world, second only to the Summer Games. How can you be so darn negative?
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I would guess the U.S. will get around 25 - 30 medals total including Gold, Silver, and Bronze.\nThere are 252 total medals to be awarded:\nALPINE SKIING - 30\nBIATHLON - 30\nBOBSLED - 9\nCROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - 36\nCURLING - 6\nFIGURE SKATING - 12\nFREESTYLE SKIING - 12\nICE HOCKEY - 6\nLUGE - 9\nNORDIC COMBINED - 9\nSHORT TRACK - 24\nSKELETON - 6\nSKI JUMPING - 9\nSNOWBOARDING - 18\nSPEED SKATING - 36
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no way! come on get a life. olympics come once every 2 years and winter olympics come once every 4 years! try something new. look at skeliten or downhill ski racing instead.
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Yes. The dates have been set.\n\nOlympic Winter Games: February 12-28, 2010
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It was one of the many destinations that were up for bid on holding the Winter Olympics. It just happened to win.
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Sorry, but there have been no olympic winter games ten years ago, as Olympic games always are every four years! This year, Germany won!
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The sports that India participates in during the 2006 Winter Olympics are Alpine Skiing, Cross Counting Skiing, and Luge. There are four athletics the athletics include Neha Ahuja and Hira Lal for Alpine Skiing, Bahadur Gupta for Cross County Skiing, and Shiva Keshaven participates in Luge. So far, India has not won a medal in this Winter Olympic Games.
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Four athletes have won 9 gold medals:\n\nPaavo Nurmi (Finland), athletics, 1920-1928.\nLarisa Latynina (USSR), artistic gymnastics, 1956-1964.\nMark Spitz (USA), swimming, 1968 and 1972.\nCarl Lewis (USA), athletics, 1984-1996.
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I believe the Italian Olympic team has about 185 members, as of the opening ceremonies.
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If you go to the official site here:http://www.torino2006.org/ENG/OlympicGames/sport_ed_atleti/sport_ed_atleti.html just click on the sport of your choice then "teams and athletes" and you can see everyone. ! Hope this helps!! :]
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Four athletes have won 9 gold medals:\n\nPaavo Nurmi (Finland), athletics, 1920-1928.\nLarisa Latynina (USSR), artistic gymnastics, 1956-1964.\nMark Spitz (USA), swimming, 1968 and 1972.\nCarl Lewis (USA), athletics, 1984-1996.\n\n\nMost total medals -- 18 by Larisa Latynina (USSR), artistic gymnastics. 9 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze