How does the mens olympic tourny work?
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Group A: Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Switzerland and Italy. \n\nGroup B: Sweden, Slovakia, USA, Russia, Latvia and Kazakhstan. \n\nRules:\n\nIn the Olympics, tied playoff games are followed by ten minutes of sudden death overtime. If the game remains tied, it is decided by a shootout. An Olympic hockey shootout uses five shooters from each team.\n\nThe international ice is 210 feet long and 98 feet wide. Goal lines are 13 feet from the end boards. \n\nGoaltenders can play the puck anywhere behind the net. \n\nInternational hockey uses "no touch" icing. Sponsored Links\nThe play is whistled down as soon as the puck crosses the goal line. \n\nWhen a penalty shot is called during Olympic hockey, any player on the shooting team may be selected to take it. \n\nPlayers fighting in Olympic hockey receive a match penalty and are ejected form the game. \n\nMost of the rest of the rules are similar to the NHL.\n\nFormat:\n\nRound robin play within each group.\n\nThen the following playoff schedule:\n\nWednesday, Feb. 22 \nQuarterfinal (A1-B4)\nQuarterfinal (A2-B3)\nQuarterfinal (B1-A4)\nQuarterfinal (B2-A3)\n\nFriday, Feb. 24 \nSemifinal(winner A1-B4 vs. winner B2-A3) \nSemifinal(winner B1-A4 vs. winner A2-B3)\n\nSaturday, Feb. 25 \nBronze Medal Game\n\nSunday, Feb. 26 \nGold Medal Game
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Even the actors in the matches admit it is fake.\n\nYou still have to be physically fit to participate.
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Section 47.1 of the Olympic Charter says:\n\nTo be included in the programme of the Olympic Games, an Olympic sports must conform to the following criteria:\n\n1. Only sports widely practised by men in at least seventy-five countries and on four continents and by women in at least forty countries and on three continents may be include in the programme of the Games of the Olympiad.\n\nSo, never.
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Their speed is amazing and fun to watch, but the guys who amaze me are the 400m guys, now THAT's a stud's race. A quarter mile race, flat out as hard and as fast as you can go. The USA puts out the BEST 400m men in the world and that's why we've won every 400m & 4x400 gold medal for the last 6 olympic games
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Of course there's a strategy. How you set up the team effects the balance of defense and attack. The individual skills of independant players have to taken into account when deciding where and when to play them.\n\nThe ball can be played long to get it up the pitch and to the striker, or held and passed a lot to tire the opponents.\n\nYahoo answers needsa a seperate section just to discuss the tactics there are so many! I assume from your commenst that you are an american and are therefore utterly terrible at the sport. It may suprise you to know that the rest of the world doesn't think much of most of the sports you guys play either...
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It is held every 4 years cause these guys have day jobs. They play for teams all over the world that have their own competition. It takes a lot of time and effort to plan these things too. That is also why they olympics is held every 4 years. It is more exciting this way too.
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I actually went to the website dr000g provided, and looking through it I found this article: http://www.torino2006.org/ENG/OlympicGames/news/news_eng160276.html\n\nBasically, it says that Hubertus von Hohenlohe, who compets in skiing, was "the only Mexican who qualified and the Mexican Olympic Committee decided against sending him as a one-man team."\n...That is basically all that I've been able to find out.
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Try to watch here:\nhttp://www.sportsmanagementworldwide.com/faq.asp
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well it depends on who you are\nfor one thing they are both point sparring\nbut the so called point sparring is usually only 3 or 5 points\nto where the olympic sparring goes for a few rounds of a minute or two each and the winner has the most points after all of the rounds so some kids I noticed are better at the point sparring because when they do round sparring they tend to get tired\nhonestly its more exciting to watch the olympic style because it last longer but then again you have to have strong technique to win at point so.... the answer is depends on what you like
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Your question isn't clear, but there are two Walking events in the Olympics and one for women\n\nThe men's are the 20 Kilometer Walk (12.43 miles) & the 50 Kilometer Walk (31.07 miles).
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no, the x-games are an international competition, and besides that every athlete in the olympics practices, competes, or trains basically every day. the x-games just happens to be one of the bigger events.
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The Olympics games were not originally an international competition, they were held with in Greece.  They used to be male only competitions, and the men had to compete naked to prove they were male after a woman competed and beat some men somewhere back in history before they had to do it nude.\nThere are many more sports in the modern olympics than there were in the classic games, tho there are some that remain, mainly athletic events such as javelin, discus, jumps and running events.\nDuring the classical period the olympic movement did not have the same ideals as the modern one, and there were no winter olympics.\nThe 5 interlocking rings is a new symbol, though there was a torch in the classical period.\nThe games from classical greece were held to honour the gods, now they are used to spread a message about good sportsmanship and international co-operation.\nRules have become rationalised in the modern olympics, no doubt in the classic games the final decision was made by an important official, probably with a few favourites....
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It depends what sport you're looking to try out for. If its a speed sport, than chances are there's a national qualifying time you have to make to get on to the olympic team. If you think you're ale to beat mathe the qualifying time, you'd have to contact that sports' organization, like us athletics, or swim US, for example.
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There used to be a Tour Feminin back in the 1980s. It was contested by national teams, and was run concurrently with the last two weeks of the men's Tour on parts of the same courses (over greatly reduced distances).\n\nEventually, it moved to a separate date on the calendar. It's now held at the end of June, prior to the start of the men's Tour.
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Yes, natty little method this. They split it up and only send a tiny piece of the Olympic flame in a special container which is then flown to whether it needs to go
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Just the athletes...\nBut the coaches are recognized...\nIf one of their athletes receives a medal, depending on which one they receive points and distinctions.\nUsually most countries then select the highest scorers for special events, appearances, and recognitions.\nI know it does not sound like much but to a coach it is pretty important...
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well there are 6 players on the court from one team at a time. 7 if you have a DS. it's not a timed sport you play for points. you play by getting the ball over the net by passing or setting or hitting without hitting it out of bounds. you score by having the other team hit it out or having them not get it over in their three tries. you win by winning 2 out of three games to 25 or 3 out of 5 fames to 25. depends on the rules. basically the back row wants to pass the ball to the setter so the setter can set up the hitter to slam the ball in the other teams face =]