WINTER OLYMPICS

LANGUAGE

  • Olympic Vocabulary matching
  • Good German and English links from German About.com with glossary of terms and quiz
  • Winter Olympics 2006 NAMES QUIZ - can you tell what country they're from by their name?
  • ITALIANS with German names? Why? Historical explanations
  • 2002 Spain's Johann Muehlegg ?? wins one gold and then another
  • Learn the German names of countries and their locations.

    INFO

  • Winter sport games - Mr. Shea's collection
  • Great coverage with video from NBC
  • Logo Olympia - much info, great for students in German - game and quiz
  • Quiz from ZDF in German
  • ARD Olympic coverage in German
  • Medaillenspiegel and more from RTL
  • ZDF Olympische Spiele
  • T-Online coverage in German
  • Olympia.de
  • CTV Countries, athletes and more (English)
  • BBC Countries, athletes and more (English)
  • Deutsche Welle - Radio Germany Olympic Coverage
  • Germany Info Center info and The Week in Germany
  • Focus German language coverage of the Olympics and Sportarten described in German
  • Eurosport Olympiade Coverage
  • National German Olympic Committee in German. Athlete bios, much info
  • Eishockey.de and Hockeyweb.de

  • Austrian Coverage (in German). Excellent coverage by Die Presse and Austria Country info
  • Swiss Olympic Coverage and more Swiss coverage SF and Switzerland Country info
  • Further German, Austrian and Swiss News Sources
  • Learn more about Austria, Switzerland and Germany

  • 2006 standings by medals won and Another medals table
  • Who won the most medals in the 2002 Winter Olympics?
  • Austrian bronze medal skier Hermann Maier's 2002 crash pics. Days later he won gold!
  • Georg Hackl - No wonder he's a luge champion - he rides a Porsche!