2006-12-19 17:07:37 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Olympics
Winter olympics are the winter equivelant to the more popular summer olympics.
where summer oympics consist of events such as athletics, swimming, field hockey, basketball, marathon, triathalon, diving, tennis, weightlifting,softball, rowing, fencing, boxing, table tennis, judo, wrestling, taekwondo, gymnastics, and other commo summer sports.
winter olympics generally consist of events such as down hill skiing, downhill snowboarding, cross country skiing, half pipe, slalom, snowboard cross (like moto cross), luge, bobslegh, ice hockey, figure skating, ice dancing, speed skating, ariels, skeleton, curling, ski jump, and other winter based sports
like the summer olympics, the winter olympics are held at a different location every 4 years
2006-12-19 21:35:31 · answer #1 · answered by bekka 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Olympic Games in Winter
2006-12-22 01:48:47 · answer #2 · answered by moglie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It embraces all the well known winter sports that are played according to the Olympic Charter by more than a 100 countries over five continents, or sports that were incorporated during the early years and have been kept because of their popularity. This is the Winter Olympic program and consists of the most popular sports in the Winter genre.
2006-12-20 18:04:47 · answer #3 · answered by Bru 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Winter Olympic Games or the Olympic Winter Games, are a winter multi-sport event held every four years. They feature winter sports held on ice or snow, such as ice skating and skiing.
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC), as with the Summer Games, enters athletes to compete against other NOC's athletes for gold, silver, and bronze medals. Fewer nations participate in the Winter Olympics than the Summer Olympics; the most obvious reason for this is sheer geography, as most of the countries near the equator have no access to winter sport training facilities.
The most recent games were held in Turin, Italy in 2006, and the next games will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 2010.
2006-12-19 17:21:28 · answer #4 · answered by Shubho 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The same thing as the summer Olympics except they have winter sports played instead of summer sports.
Ex. snowboarding, skiing, skeleton, ice skating, etc.
2006-12-23 04:39:23 · answer #5 · answered by steveo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Olympics in the winter. DUHHHHHH!!! Lol!!!!
2006-12-21 07:07:06 · answer #6 · answered by :) 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well it is like ice skating sledding skiing and other stuff really cool
2006-12-19 17:15:43 · answer #7 · answered by Jasmeen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋