Indore is also a traditional powerhouse for the game of basketball which has been growing in popularity over the last 3 to 4 decades.

It is one of the traditional powerhouses of the Shute Shield competition, winning 14 titles from 1978 to 1996.

"It's nothing new for us," tailback Michael Turner said of playing traditional powerhouses.

The 1,600-student school was a traditional powerhouse under the old single-class system.

The team became a traditional powerhouse when head coach Harry E. Franks took over the team from 1952 through 1959.

But this year, the city had five finalists, with only one from the traditional powerhouse, Stuyvesant.

Its lugers won four medals, more than the sport's traditional powerhouse, Germany.

East Germany did not take part and Czechoslovakia, as the other traditional powerhouse, won only one medal.

Hanyang University's Volleyball team has been a traditional powerhouse since the late 1980s.

The LBF was a traditional powerhouse in the North African region.