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Italia
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Italian Olympic Facts
• Ciao and welcome to Italy (Italia in Italian)! Italy is a country in southern Europe. It is known as "Bel Paese" or beautiful country. Italy is famous for beautiful paintings, sculptures, historic buildings, and delicious foods.
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Italian Olympic Facts
Italy has hosted the Olympic Games three times.
• The 1956 Winter games in Cortina d’Ampezzo.
• The 1960 Summer games in Rome, • The 2006 Winter in Turin.
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Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956
• This was the year the Soviet Union first took part in the games.
• The Cortina Games were the last Games at which the figure skating competitions took place outdoor
• For the first time in the history of the Games, the Olympic Promise was made by a female athlete
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Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956
• The Body PositionIn the ski jumping competition, the Finnish team introduced a new aerodynamic style, of holding the arms flat against the body rather than over the head in a diving position.
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Rome 1960 Olympic games
Cassius Clay of the US, also known as Muhammad Ali, became famous by winning the light-heavyweight gold medal.
The Games in Rome were the last Games in which racism was tolerated, with the banning of the once Racist South Africa for 32 Years.
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Turin 2006
With a population of more than 900,000, Turin became the largest city ever to host the Olympic Winter Games.
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Turin 2006
• Live video coverage• For the first time, live video coverage of the
Olympic Games was available on mobile phones.
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Turin 2006
• Oldest athlete• Duff Gibson of Calgary, Canada became the
oldest athlete in the history of the Winter Games by winning a gold medal. On the day he won, he was 39 years and 190 days’ old.
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Turin 2006
US speed skater Joey Cheek won a gold medal in the 500 metres event and a silver at 1,000 metres. His gold medal earned him $25,000 which he donated to charity.
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Turin 2006
Saw the introduction of snowboard cross.
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