Why some refer the Winter's Olympics Turin 2006 and others refer it as Torino 2006?
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"Turin" is the name of the city in English.  It is pronounced "Torino" in Italian.  Some reporters say "Torino" because it sounds more sexy.  Other examples:\n\nMilan - Milano\nRome - Roma
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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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Currently, there are seven candidate cities for the 2014 Winter Olympics and the XXI Winter Olympics. The candidate cities are;\n\n1. PeyongChang, South Korea\n2. Sofia, Bulgaria\n3. Sochi, Russia\n4. Salzburg, Austria\n5. Almaty, Kazakhstan\n6. Borjomi, Georiga\n7. Jaca, Spain\n\nThis is my prediction for the 2014 Winter Olympics and the Games of the XXI Winter Olympics which include the five candidate cities and how I believe the IOC delegation will vote in Guatemala, City, Guatemala;\n\n1. PeyongChang, South Korea\n2. Sofia, Bulgaria\n3. Sochi, Russia\n4. Salzburg, Austria\n5. Jaca, Spain\n\nFirst Round – Sochi is eliminated\nSecond Round – Jaca, Spain\nThird Round – Sofia, Bulgaria\nFinal Round – Salzburg is eliminated and PeyongChang is awarded the 2014 Winter Olympics and the Games of the XXI Winter Olympic Games.\n\nhttp://www.answers.com/topic/2014-winter-olympics?method=22
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I have an two articles you can read. One is from Wikipedia and the other is from the IOC Website.
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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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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 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.
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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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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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The 2006 Winter Olympics will be in Torino, Italy.
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The Olympics games were not originally an international competition, they were held with in Greece.  They used to be male only competitions, and the men had to compete naked to prove they were male after a woman competed and beat some men somewhere back in history before they had to do it nude.\nThere are many more sports in the modern olympics than there were in the classic games, tho there are some that remain, mainly athletic events such as javelin, discus, jumps and running events.\nDuring the classical period the olympic movement did not have the same ideals as the modern one, and there were no winter olympics.\nThe 5 interlocking rings is a new symbol, though there was a torch in the classical period.\nThe games from classical greece were held to honour the gods, now they are used to spread a message about good sportsmanship and international co-operation.\nRules have become rationalised in the modern olympics, no doubt in the classic games the final decision was made by an important official, probably with a few favourites....
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http://sport.ard.de/spe/turin/\n\nhttp://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/16/0,1872,2250512,00.html
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No, most American's still refer to it as Turin (check out newspaper and online coverage, as Associated Press datelines all say TURIN, Italy and not Torino.) Just a decision the television has followed as the International Olympic Committee has asked that they use the local, Italian name of the community.
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No.  The last time they were in the same year was 1992.  The winter olympics was held again in 1994, then it resumed it's usual every 4 year pattern.
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The Olympic Games(Olympics) is an sport event taking place every four years. Held in ancient Greece, and only taken part by male contenders, they were revived by the French Pierre  de Coubertin in the late 19th century.\nThe 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.\nThe Olympic Winter Games was first held in 1924. The first winter Olympics competitions were held as a sports festival, but were declared to be official Games by the International Olympic Committee in 1925. \nLearn more in the sites bellow\n\nPersian Wars\nThe Persian Wars were a series of conflicts between the Greek world and the Persian Empire that started about 500 BC and lasted until 448 BC. \nYou will find imfos in "Creco-persian wars" article in wikipedia \nSee also the article "Greece" and follow the links
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because there are (feelslike) 1000 sports for summer but winter needs stupid stuff to fill in time. I love snowboard but I think its not olympic, Maybe just slalom.  plus its hard to include,more, sports that are judged subjectivly like figure skating.
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The Olympic Games, or Olympics, are an international multi-sport event taking place every four years and comprising summer and winter games. Originally held in ancient Greece, they were revived by a French nobleman, Pierre Frèdy, Baron de Coubertin in the late 19th century.\n\n\nThe Commonwealth Games is a multi-sport event held every four years involving the elite athletes of the Commonwealth of Nations. The first such event, then known as the British Empire Games, was held in 1930. The name changed to British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954, to British Commonwealth Games in 1978 and assumed the current name of the Commonwealth Games in 1978.