WINTER GAMES AND SPORTS

MIRON BIANCARADU GEORGETA

WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES• THE WINTER OLYMPIC

GAMES IS A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL SPORTING EVENT THAT OCCURS ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS. THE FIRST WINTER OLYMPICS, THE 1924 WINTER OLYMPICS, WAS HELD IN CHAMONIX, FRANCE. THE ORIGINAL 6 SPORTS WERE BOBSLEIGH, CURLING, MILITARY PATRO, ICE HOCKEY, NORDIC SKIING AND SKATING.

FIGURE SKATINGFIGURE SKATING IS A SPORT AND

ACTIVITY IN WHICH INDIVIDUALS, DUOS, OR GROUPS PERFORM ON FIGURE SKATES ON ICE. IT WAS THE FIRST WINTER SPORT

INCLUDED IN THE OLYMPICS, IN 1908.THE SPORT IS ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH

SHOW BUSINESS. MAJOR COMPETITIONS GENERALLY CONCLUDE WITH EXHIBITION

GALAS, IN WHICH THE TOP SKATERS FROM EACH DISCIPLINE PERFORM NON-

COMPETITIVE PROGRAMS. MANY SKATERS, BOTH DURING AND AFTER THEIR COMPETITIVE CAREERS, ALSO

SKATE IN ICE SHOWS WHICH RUN DURING THE COMPETITIVE SEASON AND

THE OFF-SEASON.

CAROLINA KOSTNER,AN ITALIAN FIGURE SKATING

CAROLINA KOSTNER IS AN ITALIAN FIGURE

SKATER. SHE IS THE 2012 WORLD

CHAMPION, A FIVE-TIME EUROPEAN

CHAMPION. CAROLINA KOSTNER

WAS BORN IN BOLZANO, ITALY AND LIVES IN URTIJËI. SHE BEGAN SKATING AT

AGE 4.

SKIINGSKIING IS A RECREATIONAL

ACTIVITY AND COMPETITIVE SPORT IN WHICH THE PARTICIPANT

ATTACHES SKIS TO BOOTS OR SHOES ON THE FEET AND USES

THEM TO TRAVEL ON TOP OF SNOW. MANY TYPES OF COMPETITIVE

SKIING EVENTS ARE RECOGNIZED BY THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC

COMMITTEE, AND THE INTERNATIONAL SKI FEDERATION.

THE OLDEST AND MOST ACCURATELY DOCUMENTED

EVIDENCE OF SKIING ORIGINS IS FOUND IN MODERN DAY NORWAY

AND SWEDEN.

ICE HOCKEYICE HOCKEY IS A

TEAM SPORT PLAYED ON ICE . A SIMILAR GAME HAD BEEN

PLAYED FOR A THOUSAND YEARS OR

MORE BY THE VIKINGS, AS

DOCUMENTED IN THE ICELANDIC SAGAS.

SKI JUMPINGSKI JUMPING IS A

SPORT IN WHICH SKIERS GO DOWN A TAKE-OFF

RAMP, JUMP, AND ATTEMPT TO IMPRESS JUDGES, WHO GIVE

POINTS FOR STYLE. SKI JUMPING AS A SPORT

ORIGINATED IN NORWAY.

SKELETONSKELETON IS A FAST

WINTER SLIDING SPORT IN WHICH A PERSON RIDES A

SMALL SLED DOWN A FROZEN TRACK WHILE

LYING FACE DOWN, DURING WHICH THE RIDER EXPERIENCES FORCES UP

TO 5 G AND REACHES SPEEDS OVER 130 KM/H

SNOWBOARDINGSNOWBOARDING OR BOARD

SNOWING IS A WINTER SPORT THAT INVOLVES DESCENDING A SLOPE

THAT IS COVERED WITH SNOW WHILE STANDING ON A BOARD ATTACHED

TO A RIDER'S FEET, USING A SPECIAL BOOT SET INTO A MOUNTED

BINDING.THE DEVELOPMENT OF

SNOWBOARDING WAS INSPIRED BY SKATEBOARDING, SLEDDING, SURFING AND SKIING. IT WAS

DEVELOPED IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE 1960S AND BECAME A

WINTER OLYMPIC SPORT IN 1998

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