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The Probert Encyclopaedia - Sport (A-M) (10998 words) |
 | Cyclo-Cross is a form of bicycle racing practised in winter on cross-country courses of about 20 km length over a duration of about 60 minutes depending upon the severity of the course. |
| It entered the Olympics in 1912 and is a two day event testing sprinting, hurdling, middle-distance running and a range of field events. |
| They were first held in 523 BC and resemble the Olympic games except that the victor received a crown of wild parsley. |
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Winter Olympics - MSN Encarta (1241 words) |
| The Olympics organization is headed by a president, elected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) members for an initial period of eight years. |
| Alpine skiing, for men and women, has been part of the Olympic programme since 1948: the events are the downhill, the slalom, the giant slalom (since 1952), the super giant slalom or super-G (since 1988), and the combined event (downhill and slalom), which has been staged intermittently since 1936. |
| Bobsleighing or tobogganing was instituted in 1924 (the four-man version); the two-man version was introduced in 1932. |
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