THIS SPORT HAS EVOLVED ENORMOUSLY WITH DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES ALLOWING ATHLETES TO ACHIEVE EVER GREATER DISTANCES.
ATHLETES WHO PRACTICE THIS SPORT HURTLE DOWN A SLIPPERY ICE TRACK AT GREAT SPEED, RELYING ON REFLEXES FOR STEERING. THEY HAVE NO PROTECTION.
THIS OLYMPIC EVENT HAS DEVELOPED FROM A PRACTICAL WAY TO GET AROUND ON ICE INTO THE ELEGANT MIX OF ART AND SPORT.
IN THIS SPORT, TEAMS MAKE TIMED RUNS DOWN NARROW, TWISTING, BANKED, ICED TRACKS IN A GRAVITY-POWERED SLED.
THIS SPORT IS A FAST, FLUID AND EXCITING TEAM SPORT. IT DRAWS BIG CROWDS THANKS TO THE DRAMA AND TENSION OF THE MATCHES.
THIS OLYMPIC EVENT COMBINES THE POWER AND AGGRESSION OF CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING WITH THE PRECISION AND CALM OF MARKSMANSHIP.
ATHLETES DON’T COMPETE AGAINST THE CLOCK BUT AGAINST EACH OTHER. STRATEGY, BRAVERY AND SKILL IS NEEDED FOR RACING.
THIS SPORT COMBINES ELEMENTS OF SURFING, SKATEBOARDING, AND SKIING. IT MADE ITS OLYMPIC DEBUT AT THE 1998 NAGANO GAMES.
THIS SPORT INVOLVES PLUMMETING HEADFIRST DOWN A STEEP, TREACHEROUS ICE TRACK ON A TINY SLED. IT IS CONSIDERED THE WORLD'S FIRST SLIDING SPORT.
THIS SPORT EMERGED FROM A NEED TO TRAVEL OVER SNOW-COVERED TERRAIN AND DEVELOPED AS A SPORT AT THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY.
THIS SPORT BEGAN AS A RAPID FORM OF TRANSPORTATION ACROSS FROZEN LAKES AND RIVERS. IT DEBUTED IN THE WINTER OLYMPICS IN 1924.
THIS SPORT COMBINES SPEED, SHOWMANSHIP AND THE ABILITY TO PERFORM AERIAL MANOEUVRES. IT DEBUTED AT THE 1988 CALGARY GAMES.
THIS SPORT, WHICH HAS A LONG OLYMPIC HISTORY, COMBINES SKI JUMPING AND CROSS COUNTRY SKIING.
THIS SPORT INCLUDES EVENTS LIKE DOWNHILL, GIANT SLALOM, SLALOM, SUPER COMBINED AND SUPER-G.
A TEAM SPORT PLAYED BY TWO TEAMS OF FOUR PLAYERS ON A RECTANGULAR SHEET OF ICE ACROSS WHICH GRANITE STONES TRAVEL TO SCORE POINTS.
