Winter Olympic
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The Olympic Games took their name from the Greek city of Olympia and while there were very important athletic competitions held in other Greek cities in very old times, the Olympic Games were regarded as the extremely prestigious.
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The Winter Olympic Games are a winter multi-sport event organize every four years. They feature winter sports organize on snow or ice, such as Alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, figure skating, bobsledding and ice hockey.
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The games were organize each four years for the duration of August and September and the word "Olympiad", which referred to the four year intervals between competitions, was commonly used to measure time. The first recognized Olympic champion was a man Coroebus, a cook from Elis who won the sprint race in 776 BC.
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Cross-country skiing, figure skating, , Nordic combined, ice hockeyski jumping, and pace skating have been competed at every Winter Olympics since 1924. Other athletic games have been added as the Games have progressed. Some of these events like as sleigh, short track speed skating, and freestyle skiing have earned a permanent spot on the Olympic programme. Others, like speed skiing, bandy, and skijöring have been display sports but never included officially as an Olympic sport.
The modern Olympic Games start in 1896 and have been detained every four years except during the two world wars. Another Winter Olympic Games happening in 1924 and until 1994 were held in the same year as the Summer Olympics. To center more attention on the Winter Games, it was decided that opening in 1994, the Winter Games would be held on a different four year cycle.
Winter Olympic 2010
Winter Olympic 2010 Schedule
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