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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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