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2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics (), officially the XX Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February in Turin, Italy. This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter O ...
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Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is main ...
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, a total of fifteen sports venues were used. Venue construction ran from 2002 to 2005. Cesana Pariol had to have turns 17 and 18 modified following the Luge World Cup in January 2005, but they were not cleared out until October 2005. Winds postponed the Nordic combined team event for a day. Many of the venues served as host for the Winter Universidade the following year.


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Before the Olympics

Stadio Olimpico in 1934 was known as Stadio
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that took place that year, the stadium hosted two matches, including the quarterfinal match between
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. Turin was selected by the Italian Olympic Committee to be selected to host the 2006 Winter Olympics in March 1998. It was awarded the 2006 Winter Olympics on 19 June 1999. Cesana Pariol construction began in 2002 and was completed in 2004. After a Luge World Cup test event in January 2005 that was abandoned to accidents. This led to modifications of Turns 17 and 18 and a retest of the track that was approved by the
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(FIL) in October 2005. Oval Lingotto opened on 9 December 2005. Palavela, constructed in 1961, was modified for the 2006 Games to host figure skating and short track speed skating events. San Sicario Fraiteve hosted an
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in February 2005, and was modified to make the women's super-G event more challenging. Torino Esposizinoi was constructed in 1949 and refurbished in time for the 2006 Games to host the preliminary ice hockey matches. Venues were selected between May 2001 and the summer of 2002. Construction of the venues ran between the summers of 2002 and 2005. The venues were turned over for use of the 2006 Games between the summer of 2005 and February 2006. New construction included Cesana Pariol, Cesana San Sicario, Pragelato, Pragelato Plan, and Sauze d'Ouix-Jouvencaux while the other venues used were refurbished or expanded. Sustainability efforts were applied on all venues, but the most noted in the Olympics report were Cesana Pariol and Pragelato Plan. The most expensive venue construction in the Mountain area was Cesana Pariol at
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85.78 million while the most expensive city venue used for competition in the City area was Oval Lingotto at €74.27 million.


During the Olympics

The men's curling bronze medal match at Pinerolo between
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was interrupted by a streaker wearing a rubber chicken as a loin cloth. At Cesana Pariol, the women's singles luge event had thirteen crashes or near crashes during the four runs. Among those who crashed were American Samantha Retrosi who was knocked unconscious at the end of the second run while
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Anastasia Oberstolz-Antonova Anastasia Oberstolz-Antonova (born 12 October 1981) is a Soviet/Russian-born, Italian luger who has competed since the late 1990s and for Italy since 2003. She won two bronze medals in the mixed team event at the FIL World Luge Championships (200 ...
crashed out during the first run. During the men's super-G alpine skiing event at Sestriere Borgata, seventeen skiers had gone down the course in the morning portion of the event before it was halted to heavy snowfall. The event was restarted in the afternoon with all morning results cancelled.
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Kjetil André Aamodt Kjetil André Aamodt (born 2 September 1971) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Norway, a champion in the Olympics, World Championships, and World Cup. He is one of the most successful alpine ski racers from Norway. Biography Born ...
won the event. San Sicario Fraiteve had its women's downhill alpine skiing course modified at the request of
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Michaela Dorfmeister Michaela Dorfmeister (born 25 March 1973) is an Austrian former alpine skiing, alpine ski racer who competed in the Olympic Games and FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup. Her specialities were both the downhill and the super-G disciplines, althou ...
who complained that the course was too easy. Modifications included bigger jumps and steeper banks and it was after a women's super-G event that was a test event in 2005. During the ski jumping portion of the Nordic combined team event, it was postponed halfway through to strong winds. They resumed the next day with
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having a 10-second lead over Austria going into the cross-country portion of the event. At the halfway point of the final leg, Austria's Mario Stecher overcame a 20-second deficit to defeat Germany's Jens Gaiser by 15.3 seconds.


After the Olympics

Oval Lingotto hosted the
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. Several of the venues used for the 2006 Games were also used for the Winter
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the following year. They included Bardonecchia, Pragelato, Cesana San Sicario, Palavela, Pinerolo, and Oval Lingotto. San Sicario Friateve's last World Cup event in alpine skiing was in 2007. Pragelato's last World Cup ski jumping event was in 2008. Bardonecchia's last snowboarding World Cup event was in 2009. Palavela hosted the
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. Cesana Pariol hosted the
FIL European Luge Championships The FIL European Luge Championships, part of the International Luge Federation (FIL) have taken place since 1914. From 1914 to 1934, these championships were part of the Internationaler Schlittensportsverband (ISSV - International Sled Sport Federa ...
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and the
FIL World Luge Championships The FIL World Luge Championships, part of the International Luge Federation (FIL) have taken place on an almost annual basis in non-Winter Olympics years since 1955. These championships are shown for artificial tracks. See FIL World Luge Natural ...
three years later.FIL-Luge.org artificial track calendar: 2010-11.
Retrieved 29 December 2010.


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