I'm a bit confused... explain the difference between Torino and Turin for the 2006 Winter Olympics?
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Torino is italian, Turin is english
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turin is the english version of the turino which is the italian version
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Russia is one of my favorite , its obvious that they will be competing for the gold medal at least . I would put Finland on 2 nd place and Belarus on 3rd . Belarus is very strong and potential . So called "dark horse" . You never know what to expect from them , despite recent loss to Sweden . Its because Belarus ruled by dictator like in Soviet Union times . Lukashenko said " You have to get a medal "
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The closing ceremony of the XXth Winter Olympics in Turin will be at 2000 CET on February 26th 2006. As Turin is 6 hours ahead of Eastern, this converts to 1400 EST (2.00pm) on the same day.
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Trying to find the answer for that myself, I found this article at this website: \nhttp://www.torino2006.org/ENG/OlympicGames/news/news_eng160276.html\n\nBasically, it says that Hubertus von Hohenlohe, who compets in skiing, was "the only Mexican who qualified and the Mexican Olympic Committee decided against sending him as a one-man team." - so, instead, they decided not to compete at all...\n...That is basically all that I've been able to find out.
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Aparantly both are the name of the same city Turin. Check this out... The name Torino is the italian name of this city Turin.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turin\n\n.:Fishie:.
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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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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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As was already mentioned, the IOC decides where the games will be held.\n\nYou also asked about future games.  They are:\n\n2008 Summer Games -- Beijing\n2010 Winter ames -- Vancouver, BC, Canada\n2012 Summer Games -- London, England
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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.
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I actually went to the website dr000g provided, and looking through it I found this article: http://www.torino2006.org/ENG/OlympicGames/news/news_eng160276.html\n\nBasically, it says that Hubertus von Hohenlohe, who compets in skiing, was "the only Mexican who qualified and the Mexican Olympic Committee decided against sending him as a one-man team."\n...That is basically all that I've been able to find out.
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Of the sports in the Winter Olympics, I have to admit that skeleton bob is quite mad, but not the maddest. I think that honour has to go to Speed Skiing in Albertville in 1992. It was only a demonstration sport, but the winner was clocked at 212kph (not a sensible speed by any stretch of the imagination)
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The complete list of countries taking part in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy will not be known until the parade of the atheletes on February 10th 2006.
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There have been 19 Winter Olympics held in the following locations:\n\n1924: Chamonix (France)\n1928: St. Moritz (Switzerland)\n1932: Lake Placid (United States)\n1936: Garmish-Partenkirchen (Germany)\n1948: St. Moritz (Switzerland)\n1952: Olso (Norway)\n1956: Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italy)\n1960: Squaw Valley (United States)\n1964: Innsbruck (Austria)\n1968: Grenoble (France)\n1972: Sapporo (Japan)\n1976: Innsbruck (Austria)\n1980: Lake Placid (United States)\n1984: Sarajevo (Bosnia)\n1988: Calgary (Canada)\n1992: Albertville (France)\n1994: Lillehammer (Norway)\n1998: Nagano (Japan)\n2002: Salt Lake City (United States)\n\nand next month\n\n2006: Turin (Italy)
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The Summer Olympics (Games of the Olympiad) have been held every fourth year starting in 1896, with the exception of the years during the World Wars.\n\nA special edition for winter sports, the Olympic Winter Games, was first held in 1924. The first winter Olympics competitions were originally held as a non-Olympic sports festival, but were declared to be official Games by the International Olympic Committee in 1925. Originally these were held in the same year as the Summer Olympics, but from 1994 the Winter Games and the Summer Games are held two years apart.\n\nThere are many legends surrounding the origin of the ancient Olympic Games. One of these associates the first Games with the ancient Greek concept of εκεχειρία (ekecheiria) or Olympic Truce. The date of the Games' inception based on the count of years in Olympiads is reconstructed as 776 BC, although scholars' opinions diverge between dates as early as 884 BC and as late as 704 BC.\n\nIn the 17th century, the Olympic Games sports festival was held in England, followed by the National Olympic Games, which were established in the 19th century and continue to this day. Later, similar events were organised in France and Greece, but these were all small-scale and certainly not international.\n\nThe interest in reviving the Olympics grew when the ruins of ancient Olympia were uncovered by German archaeologists in the mid-19th century. At the same time, Baron Pierre de Coubertin was searching for a reason for the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871). He thought the reason was that the French had not received proper physical education, and sought to improve this. In 1890 he attended the Wenlock Olympian Society. Coubertin also thought of a way to bring nations closer together, to have the youth of the world compete in sports, rather than fight in war. In his eyes, the recovery of the Olympic Games would achieve both of these goals.\n\nIn a congress at the Sorbonne University, in Paris, held from June 16 to June 23, 1894 he presented his ideas to an international audience. On the last day of the congress, it was decided that the first modern Olympic Games would take place in 1896 in Athens, in the country of their birth. To organise the Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was established, with the Greek Demetrius Vikelas as its first president.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games#Ancient_Olympics
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There are no summer olympics in 2006, in 2008 they are in Beijing, China. The winter olympics are in 2006.
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That's a good question. These Winter Olympics in Turin are the first I've seen of the new scoring system and it seems to be working fine. Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't this new system designed more to prevent the ugly cheating scandal involving the French and Russian judges at the pairs competition during the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City? If it's made that sort of rubbish impossible to be repeated, then I think it's a big step forward.