What are the competitions when the Winter Olympics are held

The Winter Olympics have the following events:

Speed skating

Speed skating, or speed skating for short, is the oldest and most widely practiced sport in skating. The first 15-kilometer speed skating competition was held on February 4, 2003, in England. The World Championships were first held in 1889 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Men's and women's speed skating were included in the Winter Olympic Games in 1924 and 1960 respectively.

Short track speed skating

Short track speed skating originated in Canada in the 1880s as a sport played on indoor field hockey rinks.

Short track speed skating was made an official sport at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Figure skating

Figure skating originated in England in the 18th century. It is a winter sport that has been included in the Summer Olympics and was included in the first Winter Olympics in 1924.

Ice hockey

Ice hockey originated in Canada and is a traditional Winter Olympic sport and was included in the Summer Olympic program in 1920.

Curling, an ice throwing competition, is played by teams. It has been called "chess on ice". It tests the physical and mental strength of participants, demonstrating the beauty of the sport and the wisdom of making choices.

The sport of skating on ice was invented in Scotland in the 14th century, and the first curling club was founded in Scotland in 1795. The first national curling competition was held in Canada in 1927, and curling was introduced to Asia in 1955. Curling was introduced as a performance sport at the first Winter Olympics in 1924.

Cross-country skiing

Cross-country skiing is the use of skiing equipment and the use of basic skills such as climbing, sliding, turning, and sliding on high mountains and snow.

Cross-country skiing, also known as Nordic skiing, originated in Northern Europe and is one of the oldest sports in the history of world sport.It was first included in the Winter Olympics in 1924. The men's World Cup Cross-Country Skiing Championships were successfully held in the 1973-1974 season, and the women's World Cup Cross-Country Skiing Championships began in the 1978-1979 season.

Ski jumping

Nordic biathlon

Nordic combined, originating in Northern Europe, consists of cross-country skiing and ski jumping, and has been practiced for a long time in Norway and Sweden, becoming a Nordic tradition, and also known as Nordic all-around.

In 1883, it was included in the Holmenkollen Ski Grand Prix and began to be promoted to the world at the beginning of the 20th century.In 1924, it was included in the first Winter Olympic Games.

Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing originated in Europe and is also known as "alpine skiing". Alpine skiing first became a Winter Olympic sport in 1936.

Biathlon

Biathlon originated in Northern Europe and was a military training discipline in the Middle Ages. It was included in the eighth Winter Olympics.

The biathlon has its ups and downs, with two to four poles inserted to test the ability to switch between motion and static during intense skiing races.

Freestyle skiing

Freestyle skiing was first developed in the United States in the middle of the last century and was successively included in the Winter Olympics in the 1990s, and is accomplished on a two-person board.

Skiing

Snowboarding became an official event at the 18th Winter Olympics in 1998.

This year's Winter Olympics will see 11 gold medals awarded in the u-pool, slope obstacle, parallel giant slalom, ski jumping and slalom events***, with the slalom mixed team event being new to the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Snowmobiling

Coaster bobsledding originated in Switzerland and has been a competition event since the first Winter Olympics.

The average speed of a snowmobile is about 100 kilometers per hour, with a top speed of 160 kilometers per hour. The biggest attraction of snowmobiles is the high speed.

Steel Motorcycle Sleds

In 1892, Englishman Childs used a new type of sled made mostly of metal, which was later officially named the steel sled.

He was disqualified from the 2002 Winter Olympics twice for being too excited.

The steel bobsled has one race for men and one for women. The main difference between it and the coxless bobsled race is that it is prone, with the head facing forward.

Luge

The coxed bobsleigh, which originated in Switzerland and northern Europe, was an official event at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.