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2010 Winter Olympic Games

Olympic.org: Official Website of the Olympic Movement. http://www.olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.

This comprehensive site has plenty to offer, from the history of the Olympic movement to an explanation of how an Olympics city is chosen. Readers can learn about more than 25,000 Olympic athletes by navigating to pages that feature color photos, individual medal counts, and free video footage.

Snow Sports Library. http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/snow-sports-channel.htm. HowStuffWorks, Inc.

Engaging articles on four winter Olympic sports, bobsledding, biathlon, luge, and snowboarding, discuss the necessary equipment and training and include color photos, maps, and graphics. Links to supplementary articles provide details on related sports and a concise discussion of performance-enhancing drugs.

SR/Olympic Sports. www.sports-reference.com/olympics. Sports Reference, LLC.

Created by “a group of dedicated Olympic historians and statisticians,” this easy-to-use site offers pages on all of the games and every athlete, sport, and participating country. Though large ads distract, with a few clicks readers can find an overview of Olympic history or choose from an array of related trivia.

Team USA. http://teamusa.org. United States Olympic Committee.

While this site features ads and solicitations for funds, it remains a good source of up-to-date news on U.S. and other athletes, including a candid AP article on the Jamaican bobsled team whose biggest obstacle is a lack of funds. Calendars of upcoming events and links to specific sports are additional highlights.

Vancouver 2010. www.vancouver2010.com. The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

At this attractive site, Olympic fans can trace the progress of the torch across Canada, track the medal count by each participating country, catch up on the latest news, and access information on the Paralympic Games, scheduled for March, 2010. Information on each sport and more that 100 athletes, current and legendary, is also available.

Other Sites of Interest

Olympic Games Primer - http://www.aafla.org/6oic/primer_frmst.htm
A really comprehensive history of the Olympic Games (summer and winter)

The REAL Story of the Ancient Olympic Games - http://www.upenn.edu/museum/Olympics/olympicintro.html
Were the ancient games better than ours? More fair and square? More about sports and less about money? Are modern games more sexist? More political? Have we strayed from the ideal? Read on and decide for yourself.

The Olympic Museum - http://www.olympic.org/uk/passion/museum/home_uk.asp
Discover the Olympic Museum (Lausanne, Switzerland) with its wealth of memories which will keep your passion for Olympism burning. Young and old, individually, as a family or in a group, come and witness the many different exhibition zones, all packed with history and emotion.