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| (Ice Sport) feet first, supine lying on sled. In 2xs the riders lie on top of e/o face up. 4 runs down the spiral course to earn the best total time. |
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| (Ice Sport) head first prone lying on a sled, tobogganing on a small sled that has no steering or braking mechanism. winner is the person with best total time |
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| (Ice Sport) individuals pairs or groups perform spins jumps and footwork on ice to music. Familiar turns are camel spin, sit spin and upright spin. |
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| (Ice Sport) ballroom or theatrical dancing on ice skating is to music and partners cant be separated by more than two arm lengths. |
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| (Ice Sport) clap skate and aerodynamic skating suits help lower the times over the different race distance. Athletes are eliminated in heats. |
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| Short Track Speed Skating |
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| (Ice Sport) usually raced with 4-6 people in heats on an oval skating rink. Short track racers wear helmets because of all the possible contact and collisions. |
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| (Alpine Skiing and snowboarding sports) downhill skiing that originated in 1880. skis have fixed heel bindings. Black diamond is an expert rating for a ski slope. |
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| (Alpine) Skiers fly off jump (kickers) and perform somersaults back flips and twist before landing on a steep hill |
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| Skiers travel a bumpy downhill course and skis over off a ramp where he will do an aerial trick that is awarded pts |
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| course is made up of whoops (moguls) waves banks kickers and spines (90degree jumps) four racers at a time go down the course marked by blue and red gates and triangle shaped flags |
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| Snowboarding Giant Slalom |
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| racers take qualifying runs against other snowboarders to postthe best times. Athletes with the best time on 2 runs win |
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| half pipe is a semi circular ditch built ramp. Athletes perform tricks while going from one side to the other and while in the air above the sides of the pipe |
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| newest Olympic sport, downhill race that includes bumps, jumps, and sometimes full body contact, 4-6 person race to the bottom racers wear padded clothing |
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| (nordic event) combines cross country skiing and rifle shooting. Rifle shooting rounds are half in prone position and other half standing. Poor shooting performances add time onto the cross country race time |
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| (Nordic) racers propel themselves around on different snow covered terrains with their poles and skis. This is one of the most difficult endurance sports. Most races are done using a free skating technique but the classic diagonal stride is still used in some areas of the course. Different races are sprints pursuit mass start and relays. |
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| (nordic) skiers go down an inrun with a take off ramp attempting to fly as far as possible. jump lengths and style pts add together to make the total pts |
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| (nordic) the event encompasses two jumps from the ski jumping normal hill an d 15km cross country ski race |
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| (nordic) demonstration sport. Snowshoeing athletes cover different distances |
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| (nordic) consist of 5 events cross country skiing rifle shooting downhill skiing fencing and snowshoeing. This is a demonstration sport and the events can vary for each Olympic |
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