A winter sport is a sport commonly played during winter and on snow or ice. The main winter sports are ice hockey and figure skating, sledding events such as luge, skeleton, and bobsleigh, skiing (Alpine and Nordic) and snowboarding.

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magazine article: The Winter Olympics. "The Olympic Motto is 'Citius, Altius, Fortius', (or faster, higher, stronger), and when you hear the words "The Olympics", you may see mental pictures of tanned men and women athletes in brightly coloured sportswear, trying hard to live up to the motto, while keeping to the Olympic ideals of friendship, unity, fair play and peace." Read article

word game: Winter sports. Do you know your luge from your bob sleigh and your curling from your biathlon? Match names and pictures of 12 different winter sports. Play game

story: The Skier. Afel was twelve years old when he saw them. “What are those?” he asked his uncle excitedly. “Skis,” replied his uncle, “And those people are called skiers.” Afel was in love. Here was the snow, and here were people who were flying across the snow. It was just like one of his dreams. It was perfect. At that moment, he decided. He wanted to be a skier. Read story

cartoon: "I'm going to give up skiing now I've made it to the top." "Really? Why?" "Because it's all ..." See cartoon

trivia: Quotes: "In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed." (Ralph Waldo Emerson) See more winter sports trivia

links: Wikipedia: winter sports See more links

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