Winter sport

Winter sports are sports played during winter. They often must be played on ice or snow. The International Olympic Comittee has the Winter Olympics, which are every four years. In the Winter Olympics, people try to win at winter sports for their country. Cold countries, for example Russia, Canada and Norway, are good at winter sports.

Winter sports include:

• Ice skating
• Skiing
• Snowboarding
• Sleighing
• Bobsleighing
• Ice Hockey
• Bandy
• Curling
• Snowmobile

Winter Sport Media

• Skating in the 17th century

• 1901 Davos travel poster

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  United States biathlete Jeremy Teela at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

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  Ski jumping at Salpausselkä in Lahti, Finland in 2010

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  An East German bobsleigh in 1951, Oberhof track, Germany

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  A snowmobile tour at Yellowstone National Park.

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  Based on the number of participating athletes, bandy is the second most popular winter sport in the world for men

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  Snowman in front of the Bellerive museum in Zurich, Switzerland.