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What are the sports in the Winter Olympics

The sports of the Winter Olympics are as follows:

1. Alpine skiing. Alpine skiing specific programs contain abseiling, super slalom, giant slalom, slalom, all-around and so on. Slide down the vertical height difference of the competition site is usually more than 800 meters for men and 450 meters for women, slalom, giant slalom, super giant slalom site height difference ranging from 140 meters to 650 meters.

2, freestyle skiing. Freestyle skiing includes aerial skills, snow skills, U-shaped field skills, slope obstacle skills, obstacle chasing and big jumps and other small items, different small items have their own characteristics.

3, snowboarding. Snowboarding is a sport in which athletes use only one ski, transferring power and direction through their feet, gliding on the track, crossing obstacles and making technical moves.

4, ski jumping. Ski jumping is the athlete from the ski jump on the helper slide, with the help of speed and power to jump upward, make technical movements in the air, and then land on the slope of the ski jump downward.

5, cross-country skiing. Cross-country skiing is the athlete's feet wearing skis, holding ski poles, the use of skiing technology cross-country skating, the competition site is divided into three sections, uphill, downhill, flatland accounted for one-third of the final who skated the shortest time to win.

6, Nordic biathlon. Nordic biathlon is a combination of cross-country skiing and ski jumping, ski jumping on the first day of the competition, ski jumping points earned into time to determine the next day of cross-country skiing station. For example, the first ski jumper is also the first to start skiing in the cross-country skiing, the second place than the first place to start the corresponding time difference, and so on, and finally whoever reaches the finish line first who wins.