how are the flags under the olympic ice skating rink changed for each race?
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They are put in through the magic of television, just like the yellow first down line in football.
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The colors on various countries flags come from the 5 rings on the Olympic flag, blue, black, red, yellow and green.  These colors represent the five continents that participate in the games.Blue representing Europe, Black representing Africa, Red representing America, Yellow representing Asia and Green representing Australia(Oceania). Every country has at least one of these colors.
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The change was made because of the introduction of third jerseys. It was not "change for the sake of change" – it was done because teams traveling on the road found that they had to bring both dark and white jerseys with them on their road trip, because some opponents wore the standard white jerseys, while others wore the (usually dark) third jerseys which have been around since 1996-97.\n\nTo allow teams to travel light, the NHL switched the home/road jersey color so that road teams could always know that they'd only need to bring a white jersey.
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I don't go to track races but of the few I've ssen on TV they always seem to be run anti-clockwise.  I'm thinking of things such as the Grand National and Derby horse races that are held in the UK.\n\nIf you're referring to track races in the form of athletics then again, I'd say they're run anti-clockwise - all the ones I've taken part in (going back to chool sports days) and have seen in the Olympics etc go anti-clockwise.\n\nI'm not sure why this should be but you've got a point there.
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http://www.ice.gov/graphics/fams/index.htm
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Well, I can't draw it online, but it would have a color from every counrty [sort of like the Olympic Rings symbol has] because America is a melting pot of nationalities. I would try to make the stars do an outline of the US on the field [the blue part] with the red stripes remaining as is. The stars would be different colors.
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The flags had eight stripes, each color representing a component of the community:  \n1. Hot Pink for Sex 2. Red for Life  3. Orange for Healing 4. Yellow for Sun 5. Green for Nature   6. Turquoise for Art   7.  Indigo for Harmony  8. Violet for Spirit.
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Speed Skating is basically sprint running on ice
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There is no overall winner of the Olympics, but when compiling medal tables, the usual convention is:\n\nSort by the number of golds, if more than one country has the same number of golds then sort by silvers and if more than one country has the same number of silvers then sort by bronze. If more than one country has the same number of bronzes, then sort by alphabetical order of country where list is compiled.
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They have a hole in the middle through which the ribbon loops.\n\nhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10685869/?meta_salt=1356452\nClick on "Olympic Designs", and it's the last picture.
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Although I am not from Pittsburgh, I wanna take a shot at it... :D \n\nThe City of Pittsburgh's official flag is black and gold.\n\nThe last team to adopt the Black and Gold colours was the Pittsburgh Penguins who adopted the colours at the begining of the 1971 season.
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Well, the next XX Winter Olympics  are going to be held at Torino, Italy  From the 10th to 26th February 2006\n\nThe next summer Olympic games ( XXIX) are going to be held at BEIJING, China From the 8th August to 24th August 2008\n\nAfter that, following is the sequence :\n\nVANCOUVER 2010\nXXI Olympic Winter Games\nFrom the 12th to 28th February 2010 \n\nLONDON 2012\nGames of the XXX Olympiad\nFrom the 27th July to 12th August 2012
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Upon its initial introduction, de Coubertin stated the following in the August, 1913 edition of Revue Olympique:\n\nThe emblem chosen to illustrate and represent the world Congress of 1914 ...: five intertwined rings in different colours - blue, yellow, black, green, red - are placed on the white field of the paper. These five rings represent the five parts of the world which now are won over to Olympism and willing to accept healthy competition. \nIn his article published in the "Olympic Revue" the official magazine of the International Olympic Committee in November 1992, the American historian Robert Barney explains that the idea of the interlaced rings came to Pierre of Coubertin when he was in charge of the USFSA ( Unión des Societes Française de Sports Athletiques): The emblem of the union was two interlaced rings (like the typical interlaced marriage rings) and originally the idea of Austrian psychiatrist Carl Jung because for him the ring meant continuity and the human being. \nMoreover, the six colours thus combined reproduce those of all the nations without exception. The blue and yellow of Sweden, the blue and white of Argentina, the French, British, American, German, Belgian, Italian, and Hungarian tricolours, the yellow and red of Spain lie next to the new Brazilian and Australian flags, and the old Japan and the young China. This is really an international emblem.
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The olympic rings is the symbol of the olympics with the five intersecting circles. There are three on the top and two on the bottom. I believe the colors are red, blue, yellow, red, and green. Supposedly each flag in the world has one of those colors. I would go to www.wikipedia.org to find out more.
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http://www.centennialpark.com/about/features.html\n\n23 FLAG POLES\n\nIt's the focus of a vast paved plaza bordered by 23 flags honoring all the host countries of the modern Games. :-)
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http://fraser.cc/FlagsCan/Nation/CanFlag.html
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Well, the next XX Winter Olympics are going to be held at Torino, Italy From the 10th to 26th February 2006\n\nThe next summer Olympic games ( XXIX) are going to be held at BEIJING, China From the 8th August to 24th August 2008\n\nAfter that, following is the sequence :\n\nVANCOUVER 2010\nXXI Olympic Winter Games\nFrom the 12th to 28th February 2010\n\nLONDON 2012\nGames of the XXX Olympiad\nFrom the 27th July to 12th August 2012