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Spectrum Chart - 593 : Sports 3
1. Alpine Skiing – Alpine skiing is the
sport or recreation of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with
fixed-heel bindings. It is typically practised at ski resorts which
provide services such as ski lifts, artificial snow making and
grooming, first aid and restaurants. FIS Alpine World Ski
Championships, the World Cup and the Winter Olympics are the major
competition in this sports.
2. Figure Skating - Figure skating is both
an art and a sport, in which people skate around on ice, doing jumps
and spins. It is done at the Winter Olympics and it has its own world
championships. The name means to make figures or patterns on the ice.
People skate with music. Skaters generally perform two programs
which, depending on the discipline, may include spins, jumps, moves
in the field, lifts, throw jumps, death spirals and other elements or
moves.
3. Bobsleigh – Bobsleigh or bobsled is a
winter sport in which teams of two or four teammates make timed runs
down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled.
The timed runs are combined to calculate the final score. It is a
sport played during the Winter Olympic Games. It is played by riding
on iced tracks with a sled. Modern tracks are made of concrete,
coated with ice. Artificial bobsleigh tracks are also available.
4. Snowboarding – Snowboarding is a
sport that is much like skiing. A person stands on a snowboard and
rides down a mountain covered with snow. A snowboard is a flat board
with bindings that hold your feet in place while gliding down the
mountain. It is different from skiing because both feet are on one
board – like surfing. Some snowboarders like to ride over jumps and
do tricks. It became a Winter Olympic Sport at Nagano in 1998.
5. Cross Country Skiing - Cross-country
skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion
to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or
other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practised
as a sport and recreational activity, however some still use it as a
means of transportation. It has been an event during the Olympic
Winter Games since the 1924 start.
6. Biathlon (Rifle Shooting + Cross
Country Skiing) – Biathlon is a term used to describe any sporting
event made up of two disciplines. However, biathlon usually refers
specifically to the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing
and rifle shooting. A biathlon competition consists of a race in
which contestants ski through a cross-country trail system whose
total distance is divided into either two or four shooting rounds,
half in prone position, the other half standing. Depending on the
shooting performance, extra distance or time is added to the
contestant's total running distance/time. The contestant with the
shortest total time wins.
7. Nordic Combination (Cross Country
Skiing + Ski Jump) - Nordic combined is a winter sport in which
athletes compete in cross-country skiing and ski jumping. Nordic
combined is major competition at the Winter Olympics and the FIS
Nordic Combined World Cup. It is an individual and team event in
men's category only. There is no women's competition sanctioned by
the International Ski Federation.
8. Ice Hockey - Ice hockey is a contact
team sport played on ice, usually in a rink, in which two teams of
skaters use their sticks to shoot a vulcanised rubber puck into their
opponent's net to score points. Ice hockey teams usually consist of
six players each one goaltender and five players who skate up and
down the ice trying to take the puck and score a goal against the
opposing team.
9. Luge – Luge is a Winter Olympics
sport. It is similar to the bobsleigh, but faster and more dangerous.
The athletes ride in a flat, aerodynamic position on the sled,
keeping their heads low to minimise air resistance. They steer the
sled mainly with their calves by applying pressure on the runners
right calf to turn left, left calf to turn right. It takes a precise
mix of shifting body weight, applying pressure with calves and
rolling the shoulders. There are also handles for minor adjustments.
Lugers can reach speeds of 140 km per hour (87 mph).
10. Ski Jumping - Ski jumping is
predominantly a winter sport and has been part of the Winter Olympic
Games since its inception in 1924. Ski jumping is a form of Nordic
skiing in which athletes descend a specially constructed takeoff
ramp, jump from the end of it with as much power as they can generate
and "fly" as far as possible down a steeply sloped hill.
11. Speed Skating - Speed skating is a
competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each
other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed
skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating and
marathon speed skating.
12. Curling – Curling is a sport in which
players slide stones on a sheet of ice towards a target area which is
segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls,
boules and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take
turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called rocks,
across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a circular target
marked on the ice. Each team has eight stones. The purpose is to
accumulate the highest score for a game points are scored for the
stones resting closest to the centre of the house at the conclusion
of each end.
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