Winter Olympic Games

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HISTORY OF WINTER SPORTS The history of winter sports is inextricably connected with the life way of northern peoples. For example, medieval Norwegians used sleds to attack enemy tribes by scurrying down the mountains - this is how tobogganing was born. And the Finno-Ugric tribes were the first skaters, because they believed that it was much easier to travel long distances on skates than on foot.

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WINTER SPORTS Winter sports - a set of sports carried out on snow or ice, that is, mainly in winter. The main winter sports are included in the program of the Winter Olympic Games.

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WINTER OLYMPIC SPORTS .

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SKIING Cross-country skiing is one of the first disciplines included in the program of the Olympic Games. Skiing includes five sports disciplines: slalom, giant slalom, super giant, downhill, alpine biathlon . And at the same time, this is a favorite winter activity for many people who do not play sports professionally. Every year, mass cross-country skiing competitions are held in different parts of our country. Everyone of any age can take part in them.

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SNOWBOARD Snowboarding is a type of skiing that includes various descents from the mountains along a special track on one board - a snowboard and acrobatic jumps on a snowboard on various ski jumps

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FIGURE SKATING It is believed that the birthplace of figure skating is Holland. It was there, in the XIII-XIV centuries, that the first iron skates appeared. The appearance of a new type of skates gave a powerful impetus to the development of figure skating.Figure skating includes singles (men and women), pair skating and sports dancing. Olympic competitions in singles and pair skating have been held since 1908.

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BIATHLON Biathlon is a Winter Olympic sport that combines cross-country skiing with rifle shooting. The first competitions in skiing with shooting were held in 1767. in Norway. In the 1920s and 1930s paramilitary skiing competitions were widespread in the Red Army units. Athletes covered a distance of 50 km with full combat gear, overcoming various obstacles. From 1993 to the present, official international biathlon competitions have been held under the auspices of the International Biathlon Uni on .

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SPEED SKATING Speed skating is a sport in which it is necessary to overcome the distance as quickly as possible on the ice stadium in a closed circle. Speed skating was first talked about after Mr. Lamb's record-breaking 15 miles in 46 minutes at a competition in London

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CURLING The first mention of the game, the predecessor of modern curling, is found in literary sources of the 15th century. The birthplace of curling is also known - Scotland.Curling is a team sport played on ice. The participants of the two teams alternately launch special heavy granite projectiles (“stones”) across the ice towards the target marked on the ice

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BOBSLED Bobsleigh is a downhill race down an ice chute in a sleigh called a bobsleigh. They are developed for two or four athletes. The birthplace of bobsleigh is Switzerland. At the Olympic Games, 2s and 4s were first introduced in 1924 .

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SLUGING Luge is a downhill race on a sports sleigh along specially made tracks 800-1200 m long . Luge originated in the mid-19th century in the Swiss Alps. Kaspar Badrutt , an enterprising hotel owner near St. Moritz, is officially considered its founder. Since 1883, the first luge competitions began to be held in Switzerland, and in 1913 an international federation was founded in Dresden, Germany. Luge was included in the Olympic program in 1964.

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HOCKEY Hockey is a sport in which two teams try to hit the target with the puck - the opponent's goal, using sticks. Each team has one goalkeeper who defends the goal of his team.The first Olympic ice hockey tournament took place at the 1920 Summer Olympics. Since 1924, ice hockey has moved to the program of the Winter Olympic Games.