"for each team in each tournament is shown in the following tables. Note: The three medal winners in 1924 were the only teams entered that year. Standings in curling medals won as of the 2018 Winter Olympics. Curling at the Winter Olympics Curling was included in the program of the inaugural Winter Olympic Games in 1924 in Chamonix although the results of that competition were not considered official by the International Olympic Committee until 2006. Curling was a demonstration sport at the 1932 Games, and then again after a lengthy absence in 1988 and 1992. The sport was finally added"
"dorm rooms and classrooms is located directly across from Mirror Lake. The average number of boarding students is around 200 Students per year. The school is located steps from the Olympic Center which is a massive sports facility which houses 3 Hockey rinks and was home to the 1932 and 1980 Olympic Hockey competitions where the United States famously won the Gold medal (1980). The Olympic Center is the home practice and game facility for all of the National Sports Academy hockey players and speed skating athletes. The varsity A boys and girls teams practice daily and host all home"
"Pride House for the duration of the Olympics. Alex Gough won Canada's first ever permanent luge medal on February 13. She had been part of the 2014 luge relay team which briefly won a previous Olympic bronze due to a Russian doping disqualification, but that finding had been overturned on appeal. On February 23, Canada broke its record for most ever Winter Olympic medals, previously at 26, with figure skater Kaetlyn Osmond winning the 27th medal. A day before the closing ceremony, on February 24, Canada won its 28th medal when Sebastien Toutant took gold in the first ever ""big"
"in the Olympic Winter Games was won by Charles Jewtraw of the United States in the 500-meter speed skate. Sonja Henie, at just eleven years old, skates in the ladies' figure skating competition. Although she finishes last, she becomes popular with fans. Henie went on to take gold at the next three Winter Olympics. The figure skater Gillis Grafström was the first one to successfully defend his Summer Olympics title at the Winter Olympics. The Canadian ice hockey team (Toronto Granites) finished their qualifying round with three wins, scoring a total of 85 goals against Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, and Sweden without"
"sports. On 11 July 2005, Jacques Rogge, The Chairman of International Olympic Committee, and Timothy Fok, the Chairman of Olympic Committee held the Olympic House Opening Ceremony. The IOC has permitted the use of the official emblem of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and Olympic Games. This event means that Hong Kong will host the equestrian events at the Hong Kong Sports Institute in Fo Tan, Sha Tin and be one of the Olympic Cities in the world. Olympic House The Hong Kong Olympic House (), originally named Sports House (). The House is in the Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon"
"Pride House Pride House is a dedicated temporary location which plays host to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) athletes, volunteers and visitors attending the Olympics, Paralympics or other international sporting event in the host city. The first was organized for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. The Vancouver location of Pride House was housed within Qmunity center. During the 2010 Winter Olympics, the Vancouver and Whistler Pride Houses served as venues for LGBT sportspeople, coaches, visitors and their friends, families and supporters, and became the first Pride Houses at an Olympics. Although both Pride Houses offered information and support services"
"an NHL-sized ice rink (as opposed to the bigger one normally used for international play). General Motors Place, the Canucks' home arena, was the primary ice hockey venue for the Olympics, and was formally called Canada Hockey Place. The temporary name change reflects the International Olympic Committee policy against selling or promoting naming rights for its competition venues. Another example of this policy is that the ice surface and dasher boards had their advertisements removed. The Canadian team won gold, the American team won silver, and the Finnish team won bronze. At the end of the tournament, United States goaltender"
"House is a 4,780‑seat multi-purpose arena located on the RPI campus. It opened in 1949 and is home to the RPI Engineers men's and women's ice hockey teams. The Field House was renovated starting in 2007 as part of the major campus improvement project to build the East Campus Athletic Village. The renovations included locker rooms upgrades, addition of a new weight room, and a new special reception room dedicated to Ned Harkness. Additionally, as part of the renovations through a government grant, solar panels were installed on the roof to supply power to the building. As part of the"
"Icehouse is the home of the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia. It features two olympic size rinks and is one of three in Australia to be fully glassed. The Gold Coast Blue Tongues signed an agreement with the Southern Stars Ice Hockey Club to play two of their home games in Brisbane at Acacia Ridge, which is a full sized olympic sized-rink. I Double points game. List shows the ten top skaters sorted by points, then goals. Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage. The playoffs were held between 28 August and 29 August with all three games"
"to being the home rink of gold medalists Sarah Hughes, Elena Bereznaia and Anton Sikharulidze. In 2018, 11 Olympic figure skaters from Israel, Switzerland, Slovakia, Canada, and Australia trained at the Ice House for the ladies' singles, men's singles, pairs and ice dance competitions that they then competed in during the 2018 Winter Olympics. Other points of interest within the city include the Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack River County Park, Bowler City Bowling Lanes, Borg's Woods Nature Preserve, the Bergen County Court House and the Bergen Museum of Art & Science. Radio station WNYM at 970 AM, is licensed"
"Sport Edith Schippers attended the Olympics. The Holland Heineken House was the meeting place for supporters and athletes during the Olympics. The Dutch team won 24 medals of which 23 were in (long track) speed skating and one in short track speed skating. The speed skaters swept the podiums in the men's 500 metres, men's 5,000 metres, men's 10,000 metres, and the women's 1,500 metres. The Netherlands is the first country to achieve four podium sweeps at one Winter Olympics edition (beating the previous record of two which was achieved by Norway in 1924, 1928 and 1932, Soviet Union in"
"(along with Makomanai Ice Arena) and 1990, hosted the Asian Winter Games ice hockey tournaments. Eighteen years later, -in 2008- it was the main venue of the ice hockey World Championship Division I Group B and, every year, hosts some regular season games of the Asia League Ice Hockey, usually played around Christmas. The arena hosted the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2017 Asian Winter Games. The gymnasium is also the home arena of the team ""Skate House"", who plays on the (second tier) hockey league, the . The venue was used for the women's world curling championship in"
"freestyle skiing (aerials, moguls and ski cross), and all snowboard events (half-pipe, parallel giant slalom, snowboard cross). Vancouver 2010 was also the first winter Olympics in which both men's and women's hockey were played on a narrower, NHL-sized ice rink, measuring , instead of the international size of . The games were played at General Motors Place (now Rogers Arena), home of the NHL's Vancouver Canucks, which was temporarily renamed Canada Hockey Place for the duration of the Olympics. Utilizing this existing venue instead of building a new international-sized ice rink facility saved $10 million in construction costs and allowed"
"from the European Gay and Lesbian Sports Federation and the Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association. Other organisations involved included Federation of Gay Games, the LGBT Consortium, and Pride House Foundation. An attempt to obtain a Pride House at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia was struck down by the Ministry of Justice, which refused to approve the registration of the NGO set up to organize the Pride House. The ban was upheld by Krasnodar Krai Judge Svetlana Mordovina on the basis of the Pride House inciting ""propaganda of non-traditional sexual orientation which can undermine the security of the"
"of the “House of Sport” (Russian: «Дом спорта»), which was opened by the Fund for the Support of the Olympians. In the ""House,” live broadcasts, exhibitions, film screenings, competitions and entertainment tournaments for fans were held. The bookmaker presented a separate betting line with odds on the events of the Olympics. “Liga Stavok” takes bets on the results of sports competitions, as well as various events of cultural and social life. In addition to constant rates for the results of Eurovision Song Contest, Oscars, Golden Globe Award, Cannes Film Festival, the company bets on individual events. For example, in 2011,"
"Games. The 2012 Holland Heineken House had various shops, restaurants, reception rooms for sponsors and athletes, media facilities and a NOC*NSF information desk. During the day visitors could watch Olympic events on big screens and play different sports. There was a big hall for medal celebrations and performances of different artists during the night. The overall design and executions was created by Gielissen Interiors & Exhibitions. Dutch medalist together with their coaches were honoured on the day they won on medal or later when they had to participate in other events. Because Marianne Vos won her gold medal in the"
"has had the most golds for a host country and is currently dominating in men's ice hockey. In summer sports, the United States' closest rival at the Summer Olympics is now China. All time, the United States is the number one ranked country in gold, silver, bronze, and total medals won. In the run-up to the 1998 Winter Olympics, ""Los Angeles Times"" columnist Mike Penner named Canada the United States' most important rival, especially in hockey. and ""USA Today"" ran the headline ""Cold War now means Canada"", with Canadian columnist Terry Jones reporting that the Canadian Olympic team approved of"
"Box lacrosse Box lacrosse, also known as boxla, box, or indoor lacrosse, is an indoor version of lacrosse played mostly in North America. The game originated in Canada in the 1930s, where it is more popular than field lacrosse and is the national summer sport. Box lacrosse is played between two teams of five players and one goalie each, and is traditionally played on an ice hockey rink once the ice has been removed or covered. The playing area is called a box, in contrast to the open playing field of field lacrosse. The object of the game is to"
"10 metre air rifle competition, which was won by Nancy Johnson of the United States. The Triathlon made its Olympic debut with the women's race. Set in the surroundings of the Sydney Opera House, Brigitte McMahon representing Switzerland swam, cycled and ran to the first gold medal in the sport, beating the favoured home athletes such as Michelie Jones who won silver. McMahon only passed Jones in sight of the finish line. The first star of the Games was Ian Thorpe. The 17-year-old Australian first set a new world record in the 400 m freestyle final before competing in an"
"Icehouse (arena) The Icehouse (also currently known as O'Brien Group Arena due to naming rights) is an Australian ice sports and entertainment centre, located in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. During construction of the Icehouse, it was known as the National Ice Sports Centre. Home of the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia, it contains two Olympic-sized ice rinks and a specialist winter sports gym. Rink 1, which features stadium seating and fully glassed boards suitable for ice hockey, is known as the Henke Rink, named in honour of Australian ice sports champion Geoffrey Henke AO. Rink 2,"
"Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre The Holden Centre (originally known as the Swimming and Diving Stadium and formerly known as the Olympic Swimming Stadium, Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre, Holden Centre, and unofficially The Glass House) is a sports administration and training facility located in the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Precinct in Melbourne, Australia. The facility opened in 1956 as an aquatic centre for the 1956 Olympic Games. In 1983, the Olympic-sized pool was replaced with a parquetry floor and the facility became Melbourne's home to numerous basketball events until 1998, most notably as the home venue for several National"
"Winter Olympics. Eight points – all the rocks thrown by one team counting – is the highest score possible in an end, and is known as an ""eight-ender"" or ""snowman"". Scoring an eight-ender against a relatively competent team is very difficult; in curling, it is considered the equivalent of pitching a perfect game in baseball. Probably the best-known snowman came at the 2006 Players' Championships. Future (2007) World Champion Kelly Scott scored eight points in one of her games against 1998 World bronze medalist Cathy King. Competition teams are normally named after the skip, for example, Team Martin after skip"
"Vikingskipet Vikingskipet (""The Viking Ship""), officially known as Hamar Olympic Hall (), is an indoor multi-use sport and event venue in Hamar, Norway. It was built as the speed skating rink for the 1994 Winter Olympics, and has since also hosted events and tournaments in ice speedway, rally, association football, bandy, ice sledge speed racing, flying disc and track cycling. The arena is also used for concerts, trade fair and the annual computer party The Gathering. It is the home arena of Hamar IL bandy team. The venue is owned by Hamar Municipality, and along with Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre is"
"home soil. The first loss came against Canada (a 2–1 OT loss) in their first game at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. Thanks to the much-anticipated Canada–USA matchup in the final in front of a North American home crowd, TV ratings for this match were the highest in Olympic history to that time. In the United States, NBC's live coverage of the gold medal hockey game drew a 10.7 rating, the highest-rated hockey game, Olympic or NHL, since the 1980 Winter Olympics and was the largest network hockey audience in the U.S. in 22 years. In Canada, the"
"having never participated in international athletic competition, does not have the right to be critical of Olympic athletes. After winning five medals (more than any other Canadian at a Winter Games), Cindy Klassen accepted the selection as the flag bearer for the closing ceremonies. As the host nation of the next Winter Games, Canada's role was to promote the 2010 Winter Olympics, its host city, its host province, and the country over the duration of these Games. ""Canada House"" was a log cabin constructed with Canadian pine wood and it was one of 12 nation's houses established in Turin. The"
"the host city. The first attempt to organize a Pride house was for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. The first was organized for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. During the 2010 Winter Olympics, the Vancouver and Whistler Pride Houses served as venues for LGBT sportspeople, coaches, visitors and their friends, families and supporters, and became the first Pride Houses at an Olympics. Although both Pride Houses offered information and support services to LGBT athletes and attendees, the Whistler location in Pan Pacific Village Centre had a ""celebratory theme"", while the Vancouver venue emphasised education about Vancouver's LGBT community and, for non-Canadian"
"Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium (Beijing) The Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium () is an indoor arena next to the Olympic Sports Centre Stadium at the southern part of the Olympic Green in Beijing, China. It was reformed for the 2008 Summer Olympics where it hosted the handball tournaments up to and including the quarter-finals, after which they will move to the larger Beijing National Indoor Stadium. It also hosted the Wushu Tournament Beijing 2008, a separate wushu competition hosted by the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games and the International Wushu Federation, which runs parallel to the Olympic Games. It"
"in 2002. The Vancouver location of Pride House was housed within Qmunity. During the 2010 Winter Olympics, the Vancouver and Whistler Pride Houses served as venues for LGBT sportspeople, coaches, visitors and their friends, families and supporters, and became the first Pride Houses at an Olympics. Although both Pride Houses offered information and support services to LGBT athletes and attendees, the Whistler location in Pan Pacific Village Centre had a ""celebratory theme"", while the Vancouver venue emphasised education about Vancouver's LGBT community and, for non-Canadian athletes, information about immigration to and asylum in Canada, including ""legal resources"" from Egale Canada"
"was completed in the final months of 2017. It occupies a surface of , and has a range in altitude from 940 m above sea level at the top of the track down to 800 m above sea level at finish line. The track itself is 2,018 m long (to commemorate the Olympics), and is 1.40 m wide. The venue can also hold 7,000 attendants, with 1,000 seats and standing room for the remaining 6,000. During coverage of the Games on NBC Sports in the United States, the track was referred to as ""The House of Speed"" while turns 9-12"
"1, 2, 6, and 7, as in American skeet, but also on 3, 4, and 5. This includes a reverse double (low house first) on station 4. This last double was introduced in the sequence starting in 2005. With her bronze in women's skeet shooting at the 2016 Rio Olympic games, Kim Rhode became the first American to medal in 6 successive Olympic games. Her prior Olympic medals were for trap shooting in 1996, 2000 and 2004 and for skeet shooting in 2008 and 2012. American skeet is administered by the National Skeet Shooting Association (NSSA). The targets are shot"
"The following quota place has been qualified for the Netherlands rowing squad at the Games Netherlands has qualified 1 boat for each of the following events The following quota place has been qualified for the Netherlands shooting squad at the Games; Dutch swimmers have achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): Netherlands has qualified a women's team. Netherlands has qualified 1 athlete. Netherlands has qualified the following athletes. The Holland Heineken House in Alexandra Palace was"
"Victoria, Australia. Icehouse (arena) The Icehouse (also currently known as O'Brien Group Arena due to naming rights) is an Australian ice sports and entertainment centre, located in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. During construction of the Icehouse, it was known as the National Ice Sports Centre. Home of the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia, it contains two Olympic-sized ice rinks and a specialist winter sports gym. Rink 1, which features stadium seating and fully glassed boards suitable for ice hockey, is known as the Henke Rink, named in honour of Australian ice sports champion Geoffrey Henke AO."
"wrestling is a Summer Olympic sport, comprising two disciplines: Greco-Roman and Freestyle. It is further broken down into fourteen events for men and four events for women, each representing a different weight class. The Summer Olympics programme includes 26 sports, while the Winter Olympics programme features 15 sports. Athletics, swimming, fencing, and artistic gymnastics are the only summer sports that have never been absent from the Olympic programme. Cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping, and speed skating have been featured at every Winter Olympics programme since its inception in 1924. Current Olympic sports, like badminton, basketball,"