TORINO 2006:
THE OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
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• Torino hosts the 20th Olympic Winter Games February 10-26, 2006.
  
  
• The Olympic torch will be lit November 27 in Athens and will travel 1,234 miles throughout Greece for 10 days before it is handed to Italian organizers for the flight to Rome on December 7. In Italy, the torch relay will last 64 days and will cover almost 7,000 miles, passing through each region of Italy before arriving in Torino on February 10.
  
  
• Olympic-style games for athletes with disabilities were first organized in Rome in 1960. Now called Paralympics, the sporting event is for athletes from six different disability groups and is held in the same year and at the same venue as the Olympics.
  
  
• Official ticket agent for the Olympics: toll free phone: 877-457-4647; www.cosport.com

The Olympics aren't just for sports enthusiasts! Another Olympic competition is designed to challenge the world's top chefs. Every four years, thousands of the world's top chefs compete in the International Culinary Olympics held in Erfurt, Germany. The next competition is scheduled for 2008.