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		ASPIRE - Luge: Effects of Gravity on Motion - Teacher Pages ^Votes:0 Activity One Teacher Page: The Effect of Gravity on Motion Objectives \| Materials \| Invitation To Learn \| Lab Procedure \| Closure Objectives In this lab, students will investigate the effect of gravity on the speed of a sled and rider sliding downward on an ice-/snow-covered track. Lesson Objectives: After completing this lesson, students will be able to: Explain the effect of gravity on objects like a luge moving down an incline on Earth or other cosmic bodies. Relate different gravitational forces to the speed of movement of the luge on an incline. Predict the gravitational force acting on the luge when given speed data from any luge run. Explain why the average speed during the first half of the luge run in always less than that during the last half of the run. Background: Introduction: Read More Go to Site


		Bleak future for bobsleigh, luge track after Olympics (February 21, 1998) ^Votes:0 Bleak future for bobsleigh, luge track after Olympics (February 21, 1998) Bleak future for bobsleigh, luge track after Olympics The roaring bobsleighs shooting down the Spiral or crowds cheering their favorite team may be seldom heard once the Nagano Olympics come to a close. The 18-hectare area where the first artificial bobsleigh and luge ice track has been constructed will be open to the general public for a fee as part of the Olympic park in the summer and will be iced in the winter to host several competitions. But one of the main concerns is how the track, located in the foothills of Mt. Iizuna, will be maintained, considering the annual maintenance cost of 290 million yen. There are currently about 150 Japanese bobsleigh and luge athletes, and their fees for use of the track would b Read More Go to Site

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		CNN/SI - 1998 Nagano Winter Olympic Games - Luge ^Votes:0 --> Message Boards Nagano Maps Olympic Records Time Conversion Athlete of the Day Nagano Weather Nagano Info Was It Worth It? Despite the loutish behavior of the U.S. hockey team and the favorites' early ouster, the answer is, Yes, this was a dream of a tournament Golden Girls A talented U.S. women's hockey team showed its mettle by defeating favored Canada A Holy Tara While Michelle Kwan was all business, Tara Lipinski was determined to make friends and have fun, and she left Nagano with a cool keepsake Not chopped liver 'Racing sausage' and teammates sizzled in the luge In luge competition at the Olympics, it's the Germans and everyone else. Georg Hackl, Silke Kraushaar and Stefan Krausse, all soldiers in the German army, swept through the luge events at the Nagano Games, proving that a Read More Go to Site

		Deseret News ^Votes:0 D E S E R E T N E W S Last updated 02/07/1998, 01:47:21 AM MT Suckow psyched for luge launch By Bernie Wilson AP sports writer NAGANO, Japan Quiet will settle over the start house and Wendel Suckow will launch his luge onto the icy Spiral. He'll paddle at the ice a few times with spiked gloves, then lie back for the ride that will approach 80 mph. "The Bullet Man," as Suckow was dubbed by the Japanese media last year, gets to be the first down the 15-turn Spiral on Sunday afternoon (Saturday night MST) as the men's singles competition begins at the Nagano Games. Lugers call the first slider the "Jolly Joker," and on his first run at least, no pressure will be riding along with Suckow. "I love being first off because if you put down the fastest time, then everyone else at the start w Read More Go to Site

		ESPN.com - MORESPORTS - U.S. Luge team win first gold medal ^Votes:0 Keyword Search ESPN.com Search The Web ESPN Network: ESPN \| NBA.com \| WNBA.com \| NHL.com \| ABC \| Radio \| EXPN \| Page 2 \| INSIDER \| Shop \| FANTASY Sport Sections MLB Scores NFL Scores Col. Football Scores NBA Scores Golf Scores Golf Scores Motorsports Soccer Boxing NHL M Col. BB W Col. BB WNBA Horse Racing Recruiting Sports Business College Sports Olympic Sports Action Sports ESPNdeportes ProRodeo More Sports Baseball-min. Fig. skating Football Other sports Broadcast ESPN Radio TV Listings Video Highlights Audio Highlights Community Sign-in/Home Chat Message Boards Arcade Games ESPN Inc. The Magazine ESPN Radio ESPNEWS ESPN Wireless TV Listings This is SportsCenter ESPN National Golf Challenge The ESPYs Ask ESPN ESPN Zone SPECIAL SECTIONS Fantasy Games Begin Section Title Purchase Tickets E Read More Go to Site

		HickokSports.com - History - Olympic Luge and Skeleton Medalists ^Votes:0 Sports History Alpha Index Index by Sport History Bits Forum Links Search Olympic Luge and Skeleton Medalists Table of Contents Men's Luge Singles Men's Luge Doubles Women's Singles Men's Skeleton Women's Skeleton Other Resources History Both the luge and the skeleton are similar to toboggans. Despite its name, the skeleton is almost twice as heavy as the luge, nearly 100 pounds for a singles sled compared to just over 50 pounds for a singles luge. In luge, the slider goes down the run feet first, steering with the legs and shoulders. In skeleton, the slider goes down head first and steers mainly by dragging the feet. Luge competition entered the Olympics in 1964. There is no women's doubles competition, but women have been allowed to enter the men's doubles event since 1992, although none Read More Go to Site

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		INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - ORGANISATION - STRUCTURES ^Votes:0 THE MOVEMENT INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE OLYMPIC GAMES SPORTS ATHLETES NEWS THE MOVEMENT OLYMPIC MUSEUM EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE The International Olympic Committee is the supreme authority of the Olympic Movement ORGANISATION The International Olympic Committee was founded on 23 June 1894 by the French educator Baron Pierre de Coubertin who was inspired to revive the Olympic Games of Greek antiquity. The IOC is an international non-governmental non-profit organisation and the creator of the Olympic Movement. The IOC exists to serve as an umbrella organisation of the Olympic Movement. It owns all rights to the Olympic symbols, flag, motto, anthem and Olympic Games. Its primary responsibility is to supervise the organisation of the summer and winter Olympic Games. Learn Read More Go to Site

		INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - THE OLYMPIC MUSEUM LAUSANNE ^Votes:0 WWW.MUSEUM.OLYMPIC.ORG OLYMPIC MUSEUM LAUSANNE The symbol of the union of sport, art and culture - exhibitions, events, shows, seminars, conferences, concerts... A universe filled with history and emotion. Enter Read More Go to Site

		It's all about Speed: The Physics of Luge ^Votes:0 It's all about Speed: The Physics of Luge We all know what it feels like to travel 65 miles an hour sitting comfortably in a car. Now imagine that you are traveling just that fast, but only three inches above solid ice - lying feet first on a tiny sled. This is the sport of luge! Linear Kinematics Introduction Getting Started with position measurements Kinematics: Fundamental concepts and activities Displacement Velocity Average velocity Direction Speed Instantaneous velocity Acceleration (average and instantaneous) Kinematics in more than one dimension Vectors A digression Vector addition and subtraction Displacement Velocity Acceleration 3. Review 4. Think Linear Dyamics Introduction Getting started Newtons Second Law Forces Free body diagram Straight line motion andfriction Moveme Read More Go to Site

		Luge ^Votes:0 History Did you know that Vikings were the first to create luge sleds? They made them to slide down mountainsides in Olsofjord. They raced as early as 800 AD! The sleds were not aerodynamic, but they were made heavy and strong for speed. The first international luge race was in 1883. Seven nations participated including the United States. By the turn of the century, luge was governed by the International Bobsled Federation, and in 1953 the sport had its own governing body, Federation Internationale de Luge de Course. Finally, in 1964, luge became an Olympic sport at the games in Innsbruck, Austria. Sport Luge takes place on a track called "spiral." The athletes fly down a chute lying on their backs on open sleds, feet first. They race down the ice covered course at very high speeds around Read More Go to Site

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		Luge medals at Nagano Olympics ^Votes:0 Hockey Baseball Basketball Football HELP SEARCH CANOE NAGANO '98 ISP DIRECTORY Luge medals at Nagano Olympics MEN DOUBLES Gold Krausse - Behrendt Germany Silver Thorpe - Sheer United States Bronze Grimmette - Martin United States WOMEN SINGLES Gold Silke Kraushaar Germany Silver Barbara Niedernhuber Germany Bronze Angelika Neuner Austria MEN SINGLES Gold Georg Hackl Germany Silver Armin Zoeggeler Italy Bronze Jens Mueller Germany Read More Go to Site

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		O'Bayley on Road to Olympics ^Votes:0 ONLINE EDITION THURSDAY DECEMBER 18, 1997 News Sports Calendar Opinion Obituaries Contents Sports O'Bayley on Road to Olympics By Daniel J. McCue As a result of his performance in the 1997 NYNEX/Bell Atlantic Junior Luge Series, Charles O'Bayley, a student at the Rushmore School in Carle Place, has been invited to attend the Junior Luge Screening Camp being held in Michigan this coming January. The camp, which is held annually at the Great Lake Sports Training Center in Marquette, Michigan, is considered the first step in a long journey towarded competing with the U.S. Winter Olympics team. Camps such as this provide young athletes with quality on-ice experience, while also emphasizing discipline and a commitment to academic excellence. Said Fred Zimny, manager of recruitment and developme Read More Go to Site

		O'Bayley on Road to Olympics ^Votes:0 ONLINE EDITION THURSDAY DECEMBER 18, 1997 News Sports Calendar Opinion Obituaries Contents Sports O'Bayley on Road to Olympics By Daniel J. McCue As a result of his performance in the 1997 NYNEX/Bell Atlantic Junior Luge Series, Charles O'Bayley, a student at the Rushmore School in Carle Place, has been invited to attend the Junior Luge Screening Camp being held in Michigan this coming January. The camp, which is held annually at the Great Lake Sports Training Center in Marquette, Michigan, is considered the first step in a long journey towarded competing with the U.S. Winter Olympics team. Camps such as this provide young athletes with quality on-ice experience, while also emphasizing discipline and a commitment to academic excellence. Said Fred Zimny, manager of recruitment and developme Read More Go to Site

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		SLAM! NAGANO: Luge ^Votes:0 November 23, 2007 Hockey Baseball Basketball Football HELP SEARCH CANOE NAGANO '98 ISP DIRECTORY Lugers inspiring new sliders NAGANO, Japan (AP) -- Luge, American style, may finally have come out of obscurity. The four U.S. sliders who won medals in the doubles competition spent the weekend having fun. They put on their gaudy lime-green racing suits to tape a spot with David Letterman's mom. They received congratulations from their music hero, Mojo Nixon, who wrote the luge theme song, "Arctic Evel Knievels." And they remembered the 18 minutes of prime-time television showing Chris Thorpe and Gordy Sheer winning the silver medal and Mark Grimmette and Brian Martin winning the bronze on Friday. Feb. 16: Full story Germans win gold in doubles NAGANO, Japan (AP) -- So what if it wasn't gold. Read More Go to Site

		Sporting Life - Winter Olympics ^Votes:0 Home Index Archive Fanzine Soccer Racing R. League R. Union Golf Boxing Cricket Formula1 Tennis NFL Extra Betting Zone Pools Sport Shop Messages Competition Sports quiz Calendar Diary Email Java enabled browser required to view latest information LUGE Sleighs were thought to have originated after skis but historical evidence suggests this is not the case. Findings in Norway point to sleighs in the year 800 and there are references to sleighs in Norway in 1480. By the 18th century people were riding sleighs on artificially-constructed ice hills in the Russian capital. The first international race took place in 1883 with 21 competitiors from seven nations. The first World Championships were held in 1955 in Oslo Norway. There were 52 competitiors from eight nations. In 1957 lugers broke away Read More Go to Site

		Sporting Life - Winter Olympics ^Votes:0 Home Index Archive Fanzine Soccer Racing R. League R. Union Golf Boxing Cricket Formula1 Tennis NFL Extra Betting Zone Pools Sport Shop Messages Competition Sports quiz Calendar Diary Email Java enabled browser required to view latest information The first modern Olympic games were held in 1896 but it was not until 1924 that the first Winter Games were held. Winter Sports had long had their own World Championships with speed skating first holding theirs in 1893, and the first figure skating World Championships taking place in 1896 - the same year as the first Olympics. But initially these events were included in the Summer Games the 1908 London Summer Olympics had figure skating and by the 1920 Antwerp games ice hockey was also included. By 1924 it was decided there should be a separate Wi Read More Go to Site

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		The New York Times: Luge ^Votes:0 EXPANDED COVERAGE Alpine Skiing Biathlon Bobsled Cross-Country Skiing Curling Figure Skating Freestyle Skiing Men's Hockey Women's Hockey Luge Nordic Combined Ski Jumping Short-Track Skating Snowboard Speedskating Medal-Winning Lugers Don't Expect Fanfare By IRA BERKOW IIZUNA KOGEN, Japan -- For the American lugers, winning the silver and the bronze medals in doubles Friday afternoon -- the country's first Olympic medals in this sport -- was a giant step. But they maintained perspective. "What will it be like for us walking down a street in America?" Gordy Sheer, a member of the silver-medal-winning team, asked rhetorically. "Well, I don't expect to be walking down the street and being recognized like Alberto Tomba or Michael Jordan." Germany's Hackl Uses His Wits to Stay on Top By CHRISTO Read More Go to Site

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		Washingtonpost.com: Winter Olympics ^Votes:0 Olympics Front Sport by Sport Gallery History Nagano Countries Results AP Articles Post Articles Alpine Skiing Biathlon Bobsled Curling Figure Skating Freestyle Skiing Ice Hockey Luge Nordic Combined Snowboarding Speedskating Send us your feedback on our Olympics section. Luge David J. Phillip/AP Luge Duos Win Silver, Bronze, End 34-year U.S. Medal Drought Two doubles teams ended a 34-year drought by the United States in luge Friday as Gordy Sheer and Chris Thorpe ( pictured, front ) won the silver medal, and Mark Grimmette and Brian Martin claimed the bronze. Stefan Krausse and Jan Behrendt of Germany won the gold with two runs in 1 minute, 41.105 seconds. Luge Federation Forms Multinational Training Team In an effort to expand the sport of luge to countries that do not traditionally comp Read More Go to Site

		Winter Olympics 1998 \| Explainers & Discliplines ^Votes:0 SOURCES AND CREDITS Luge athletes become virtual "flying" machines by lying on their backs on open sleds, feet first, maintaining perfect form. They fly down the same ice-covered course as the bobsled event. The course is filled with hairpin turns. They steer with their calves. Speeds reach about 74 mph. Both men and women compete in singles and mixed doubles events. CRUCIAL PUSH-OFF A bad start can mean defeat in this Olympic sport where victory can be determined by a thousandth of a second. Spiked Gloves Lugers use their gloves, which have small spikes in the palms, to move forward after the push-off. LUGE FACTS Luge means "sled" in French Luge and bobsled races held on same track In 1964 , first U.S. Olympic luge team consisted primarily of American soldiers statione Read More Go to Site

		Winter Olympics 1998 \| Explainers & Discliplines ^Votes:0 HoustonChronicle.com Olympic coverage SOURCES AND CREDITS Luge athletes become virtual "flying" machines by lying on their backs on open sleds, feet first, maintaining perfect form. They fly down the same ice-covered course as the bobsled event. The course is filled with hairpin turns. They steer with their calves. Speeds reach about 74 mph. Both men and women compete in singles and mixed doubles events. CRUCIAL PUSH-OFF A bad start can mean defeat in this Olympic sport where victory can be determined by a thousandth of a second. Spiked Gloves Lugers use their gloves, which have small spikes in the palms, to move forward after the push-off. LUGE FACTS Luge means "sled" in French Luge and bobsled races held on same track In 1964 , first U.S. Olympic luge team consisted p Read More Go to Site

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