NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Torino 2006

The XX Olympic Winter Games will be held in Torino, Italy from February 10 to 26 in 2006. This will be the second time that Italy will host the Olympic Winter Games, as it hosted the VII Olympic Winter Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956, and the third time overall that Italy will host an Olympic Games, as it also staged the Games of the XVII Olympiad in Rome in 1960. Turin (Italian Torino) is a major industrial city in north-western Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the west bank of the Po River. ... February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (born in Livorno, 9 December 1920) was elected as the tenth President of the Italian Republic on May 13, 1999. ... The Olympic Oath is taken by an athlete and a judge at the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games. ... The Olympic Oath is taken by an athlete and a judge at the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games. ... The Olympic Flame at the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics The Olympic Flame or Olympic Fire is a symbol of the Olympic Games. ... The Olympic Stadium is the name usually given to the big centrepiece sports arena of the Summer Olympic Games. ... Turin (Italian Torino) is a major industrial city in north-western Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the west bank of the Po River. ... February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The VII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1956 in Cortina dAmpezzo, Italy. ... Cortina dAmpezzo (population 8000) is a town in the province of Veneto, northern Italy. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Games of the XVII Olympiad were held in 1960 in Rome, Italy. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus â€“ SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area - City Proper 1290 kmÂ² Population - City (2004) - Metropolitan - Density (city proper) 2,823,807 almost 4,000,000 1... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Host selection process

Torino was chosen as the host of the Olympics in 1999, defeating Sion (Switzerland), 53 votes to 36. This was just after the IOC had adopted new election procedures during the 108th Extraordinary IOC Session in light of the corruption scandals surrounding the votes for the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics. Since IOC members were forbidden to visit the candidate cities, the 109th IOC Session elected a special body, the Selection College, to choose finalist cities from the pool of candidate cities after each had made their final presentations to the full IOC Session; the full IOC Session will then vote on the cities chosen as finalist cities by the Selection College. Although six cities launched candidacies and made presentations to the full IOC Session in Seoul in June 1999, the Selection College chose only two cities to go forward to be voted upon by the full IOC Session: Sion and Turin. The candidacies of Helsinki, Finland; Poprad-Tatry, Slovakia; Zakopane, Poland; and Klagenfurt, Austria were dropped by the Selection College after all six candidate cities made their candidate presentations to the full session [1]. 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Location within Switzerland Notre Dame de ValÃ¨re above the city Sion is a town in Switzerland, on the RhÃ´ne River. ... The International Olympic Committee is an organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin in 1894 to reinstate the Ancient Olympic Games held in Greece, and organise this sports event every four years. ... The XVIII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1998 in Nagano, Japan. ... The XIX Olympic Winter Games were held in 2002 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. ... Seoul (ì„œìš¸, â–¶(?)) is the capital of South Korea and is one of the most populous cities in the world, located in the northwestern part of the country on the Han River. ... Location within Switzerland Notre Dame de ValÃ¨re above the city Sion is a town in Switzerland, on the RhÃ´ne River. ... Turin (Italian Torino) is a major industrial city in north-western Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the west bank of the Po River. ... Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki City manager Jussi Pajunen Official languages Finnish, Swedish Area - total - land ranked 342nd 185. ... Poprad-Tatry is a town in Slovakia south of the High Tatras mountains. ... Motto: none Voivodship Lesser Poland Municipal government Rada Miasta Zakopane Mayor Piotr BÄ…k Area 8,4 kmÂ² Population - city - urban - density 29,360 - 3495/kmÂ² Founded City rights 1578 1933 Latitude Longitude 49Â°18 N 19Â°57 E Area code +48 18 Car plates KTT Twin towns Poprad, Saint... Klagenfurt is the capital of the federal state of Austrian Carinthia (German KÃ¤rnten, in Austria, on the Glan River. ...

The selection of Torino over Sion came as a surprise, since Sion was the overwhelming favourite. This was felt as the combinations of three factors : the skills of the Italian bid team, the wish of the IOC to compensate Italy for the recent selection of Athens over Rome for the 2004 Summer Olympics and finally a way to retaliate against Switzerland for the whistleblower role played by IOC member Marc Hodler in the revelation of the 2002 corruption scandal.

Torino woes

Bankruptcy threats

The financial situation of the Organizing Committee has gradually become more and more difficult.

The latest development was a 64 million euro financial shortfall appearing at the end of 2005, due to the fact that Italy’s draft budget for 2006, did not include the government’s final 40 million euro allocation to Olympic organizers. This shortfall could have led to a bankruptcy procedures for the Turin 2006 Games.

The concerns went as far as starting to define the first step of a bankruptcy procedure for Torino 2006, which could have happened if the organizing committee had failed to approve its budget at a January 20, 2006 board meeting.

Subway Construction

A VAL subway system was expected to be built for the Olympics. Finally the subway will be opened late, on a shorter stretch than originally expected, and only one week before the opening of the Games, raising concerns over the availability of the network during the Olympics.

Olympic villages

Sestriere (French: SestriÃ¨res) is an alpine village in Italy, located 17 kilometres from the border with France. ... Torino may refer to: Turin (Torino in Italian), a major industrial city in northwestern Italy. ...

Venues

Torino may refer to: Turin (Torino in Italian), a major industrial city in northwestern Italy. ... Pinerolo is a town 40 km southwest of Turin. ... Sestriere (French: SestriÃ¨res) is an alpine village in Italy, located 17 kilometres from the border with France. ... Ã‰tienne ClaviÃ¨re (1735 - December 8, 1793) was a French financier and politician. ...

Sports/events

Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics will include ten alpine skiing events. ... Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics will include ten biathlon events. ... Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics will include three bobsleigh events. ... The Cross-country skiing events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin will feature 12 medal winning events. ... Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics will be held in the town of Pinerolo, Italy from February 13 to February 24. ... The Figure Skating results at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. ... The Freestyle skiing results from the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. ... Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics will be held at the Torino Olympic Palasport Stadio Comunale Area and the Torino Esposizioni in Turin, Italy. ... Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics Mens Singles Mens Doubles Womens Singles Categories: | ... Nordic combined at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games Individual Team Sprint Categories: | ... 2006 Winter Olympic Games Short track speed skating // Mens 500m Mens 1000m Mens 1500m Mens 5,000m Relay Womens 500 m Womens 1000m Womens 1500m Womens 3,000m Relay Categories: | ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games K90: K120: K-120 Team Competition See also Nordic combined. ... 2006 Winter Olympic Games Snowboarding competition consists of the following events. ... At the 2006 Winter Olympics, ten speed skating events to be contested. ...

Calendar

The name biathlon is commonly confused with duathlon, the term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines. ... Historic bobteam from Davos around 1910 Bobsleigh is a winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purpose-built iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled. ... Curling is a game played on ice with granite stones Curling is a precision sport similar to bowls or bocce, but played on ice with polished heavy stones rather than plastic balls. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... Figure skating is an ice skating sporting event where individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on the ice, often to music. ... Cross-country skiing (also known as XC skiing) is a winter sport popular in many countries with large snowfields, primarily Northern Europe and Canada. ... The Nordic combined is a winter sport in which competitors involve in both cross-country skiing and ski jumping. ... A luge is small one- or two-person sled on which one sleighs supine and feet-first. ... Gaetan Boucher training for the 1976 Olympics Speed skating or speedskating is a form of ice skating in which the competitors attempt to travel a certain distance over the ice as quickly as possible. ... Short track speed skating (also Shorttrack speedskating) is a form of ice skating akin to speed skating. ... Alpine skiing (or downhill skiing) is a recreational activity and sport involving sliding down snow-covered hills with long, thin skis attached to each foot. ... Freestyle Skiing began in the 1930s, Norwegian skiers began using ski acrobatics in alpine and cross country training. ... Ski jumping is a winter sport in which skiers go down a hill with a take-off ramp (the jump), attempting to go as far as possible. ... Skeleton is an individual, sledding, winter sport where competitors drive the sled in a prone, head-first position down an ice track on a sled or sleigh. This differs from luge, where the rider drives the sled from a supine, feet-first orientation. ... Snowboarder in a halfpipe Snowboarder trail entry Snowboarding is a boardsport on snow similar to skiing, but inspired by surfing and skateboarding. ...

Participating NOCs

The Turin Web Site confirms that there are to be 85 National Olympic Committees present at the 2006 Winter Olympics. There is no confirmation yet that all those present at the Salt Lake City games will be at Torino.

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See also

See also: 2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Paralympic Games will be the ninth winter Paralympics and they will be held in Turin, Italy. ... The International Olympic Committee (IOC) allocates three-letter country codes to all National Olympic Committees and other groups competing in the Olympic Games. ...

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Categories: Future sporting events | 2006 Winter Olympics The Olympic Games, or Olympics, is an international multi-sport event taking place every four years and comprising summer and winter games. ... Poster for the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. ... The 1896 Summer Olympics, formally called the Games of the I Olympiad, were the first modern Summer Olympic Games and the first Games since Roman emperor Theodosius I banned the Ancient Olympic Games in AD 393 as part of the Christian campaign against paganism. ... The 1900 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the II Olympiad, were held in 1900 in Paris, France. ... The 1904 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the III Olympiad, were held in St. ... The 1906 Summer Olympics are the fourth modern Olympic games, held in Athens. ... The fifth modern Olympic games, originally scheduled to be held in Rome, were instead held in 1908 in London, England. ... 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The III Olympic Winter Games were held in Lake Placid, New York, USA and opened on February 4, 1932. ... The IV Olympic Winter Games were held in the villages of Garmisch and Partenkirchen in Bavaria, Germany. ... The anticipated V Olympic Winter Games were cancelled due to World War II. They were to have been held in Sapporo, Japan. ... The anticipated V Olympic Winter Games were cancelled due to World War II. They were to have been held in Cortina dAmpezzo, Italy. ... The V Olympic Winter Games were held in St. ... The VI Olympic Winter Games were held in 1952 in Norway. ... The VII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1956 in Cortina dAmpezzo, Italy. ... The VIII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1960 in Squaw Valley, USA. Alexander Cushing, the creator of the resort, campaigned vigorously to win the Games. ... The IX Olympic Winter Games were held in 1964 Innsbruck, Austria. ... 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