Events at the Winter Olympics  cancelled because of snow?
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Yes, it may sound odd but today's Women's Super Giant Slalom was indeed cancelled due to blizzards and high winds and while it sounds bizarre there is a very good reason (namely the same reason behind the delay in the Women's Combined Downhill when a Croatian who was first down the mountain crashed when a gust of wind caught her off balance as she cleared a jump)
194599
Winter Olympics, last month.  Summer Olympics, 2004
752079
i'm fixing to go outside and play in the snow.\ni live in oklahoma and we had a blizzard!\nand we now have two days off from school.\nit's kind of a big deal. :]
1037661
depends on snow..ya know. Snow hasn't exactly been predictable in recent years. Normally, you'd be safe to plan that date.
201974
A decision was made by the IOC in 1986 to hold the Winter Olympics four years apart, but two years seperated from the Summer Games.  The decision was applied in 1994, when the Games in Lillehammer were the first to be held apart from the Summer Games.
137647
I can't say that there was one moment in the whole Winter Games that I liked the most. Watching athletes' reactions as soon as they learn they've won the gold is pretty exciting. Especially seeing Shizuka Arakawa win Japan's first medal. Even Lindsey Kildow's crash inspired something. Just watching the Olympics is my favorite part.
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Seems like you're a few decades behind!  I'm not sure of the exact date, but the world used to host the Olympics every four years, and both Summer and Winter Games would be in the same year.  \n\nFor example, during the Cold War, the 1980 Olympics were held in Lake Placid (winter) and in Moscow (summer) later that year.  There was some controversy because the Easterners (Russia, Czechoslovakia, Ukraine, etc.) talked about boycotting the Lake Placid games, and President Carter talked about retrobuting by boycotting the Moscow games.  Something like that.  \n\nAnyways, since then, the schedule has changed, and the Olympics are every two years.  The seasonal games, like the summer games, are held every 4 years.  The schedule is: Beijing 2008(summer), Vancouver 2010(winter), and London 2012(summer).  Check out the links below for more info. (there are links to each of the sites from olympic.org)
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there are countries that can participate in winter sports nearly all year round. Unlike most other countries that only compete in the summer olympics.\n\nIn those winter counries, skiing (downhill and cross-country), shooting, and others are done daily to survive. In other words, some in those northern counthern ski to an from work and to an from school.\n\nWhy, because they can... they have the climate.
221650
Dunno. Is there something going on I didn't get invited to? Really, I don't care about anything except the upcoming Champions on Ice at Altel Arena.
95532
That's not the sort of information that is usually available at a snap. The only thing I can suggest is that you contact people living in past Winter Olympic host cities who were aged between 5 and 13 when the Games where hosted there and ask what influence it had on them.
168284
The Olympics! (ie. not the winter olympics)\nThe winter olympics simply involes people sliding, almost every single winter olympics event is just another way to slide!\nEdit: I have to disagree with harley01xlc - The olympics (in my experience) are one of the least comcialised, very large scale sporting events in existence.
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Well, the next XX Winter Olympics are going to be held at Torino, Italy From the 10th to 26th February 2006\n\nThe next summer Olympic games ( XXIX) are going to be held at BEIJING, China From the 8th August to 24th August 2008\n\nAfter that, following is the sequence :\n\nVANCOUVER 2010\nXXI Olympic Winter Games\nFrom the 12th to 28th February 2010\n\nLONDON 2012\nGames of the XXX Olympiad\nFrom the 27th July to 12th August 2012
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Here in Washington it seems like any time it spits snow they delay or cancel school.\n\n  in reality it has nothing to do with the amount of snow it has to do with trying to get the kid to school safely. As former safety director for a local school district it was ultimately my call and if there was any chance that the weather would signify that it could jeopardize the safety of the kids I would either delay or cancel.\n\n it had nothing to do with the staff they were still required to report to work as with any other job unless it got really bad
98735
For some people I can see how it would spoil the results.  But if you're a true fan of the Olympics then it doesn't matter.  It's unfortunate that they can't be held on our continent every time but there are other people in the world besides Americans. (That may shock some of you to learn!)  But we can all look forward to the next winter olympics that will be held in Canada.
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Luge and Bobsledding.\nThey do not have men's pairs dancing, and curling is 3 men.
95936
1992 marked the last time that the Winter and Summer Olympics were held in the same year... Albertville, France for Winter and Barcelona, Spain for Summer.  \n\nTwo years later in 1994, the Winter Olympics appeared in Lillehammer, Norway... and then every four years after that (1998- Nagano, Japan; 2002- Salt Lake City, USA; 2006-Torino, Italy; 2010- Vancouver, Canada). \n\nIn 1996, the Summer Olympics appeared in Atlanta, USA... and then every four years after that (2000- Sydney, Australia; 2004- Athens, Greece; 2008- Beijing, China).\n\nSo, if you just watch the Winter or just watch the Summer... then you get a veiwing every four years.  However, you do have the opportunity to watch an Olympic Game every two years.
467341
I believe in theory, both summer and winter are supposed to be equal. However, in reality, I believe that summer is more important. Not every country has ice/snow (where are people supposed to find snow in the Sahara desert, except if you're lucky to be living on a mountain that contains some type of ice/snow?). Therefore, not very many peole are able to compete in a lot of the competitions in the Winter Olympics. However, there's always something that somebody can find to do in the Summer Olympics (like running, or swimming, or gymnastics). That is why I think that the Summer Olympics is more important than the Winter Olmpics.