Torino olympic winter games venuesoil ceteris paribusThe city of Torino (45 degrees N, 7 degrees E NW Italy) has a long history of heavy industry. Additional sources of potential pollutants originate from transport such as car emissions. We selected an area potentially at high risk of ...
By the way:The last Winter Olympics held in Europe took place in 2006. Back then, another Italian host,Turin, was chosen by the IOC for the biggest winter sports event in the world. Therebetween, the Games were or will be held in Vancouver (2010), Sochi (2014), Pyeongchang (2018), a...
The following day, Compagnoni tore knee ligaments in the Giant Slalom, but returned to win the Giant Slalom at the Lillehammer 1994 Games. She defended that title atNagano 1998,meaning she is also the only alpine skier to earn gold at three-consecutive Olympics. Today she is ...
After 19 days of exhilarating action, theBeijing 2022 Winter Olympicsofficially ended with theClosing Ceremonyat the Bird’s Nest stadium on Sunday. Come February 20, the iconic venue, which also staged the Opening Ceremony, li...
In Whistler, where the 2010 Olympics were held, there is “a lot of interest” in teaming up with Quebec City, according to Mayor Nancy Wilhelm-Morden. She said Labeaume called her a couple of weeks ago to say Quebec City was exploring a bid for the 2026 Games,...
“An agreement is thought to be close on staging speed skating events at the Fiera Milano Exhibition Centre in Milan (ITG - 31/03/23).” ‘Italy's Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Matteo Salvini has made a late plea for Turin 2006 Winter Olympics venue Oval Lingotto to be selecte...
Shaun White’s Olympics victory lap was nearly done before it started. Competing in his fifth and final Games, the three-time Gold Medalist fell during his first men’s halfpipe run, putting his Beijing future in doubt. However, the man once dubbed the “Flying Tomato” rallied in his seco...
Erzurum seems like an outlier. Bach has said he wants to return to a "traditional winter venue" after Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and Pyeongchang, South Korea. Dubi didn't rule out the venue in eastern Turkey, which would present new security problems. ...
This marks the third time the Winter Olympics will be held in Italy, coming 70 years after Cortina hosted the 1956 games and 20 years after the Winter games were hosted in Turin in 2006. Outside Festival May 31-June 1 Featuring Khruangbin and Lord Huron ...
need to comply with the formal due date specified by the IOC,” the statement explained, “and following numerous meetings and communications with the heads of the International Olympic Committee, CONI expressed this intention in a letter, declaring the candidatures of the City of Milan/Turin.”...