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The Winter Olympics

by L uke Burns. The Winter Olympics. CONTENTS. EVENTS WINTER OLYMPIC HISTORY MEDALLISTS FOR AUSTRALIA DEATH AT THE WINTER OLYMPICS 2014 WINTER OLYMPICS MAP SHOWING SOCHI IN RUSSIA CONCLUSION. EVENTS. Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh Cross country Curling Figure skating

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The Winter Olympics

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  1. by Luke Burns The Winter Olympics

  2. CONTENTS • EVENTS • WINTER OLYMPIC HISTORY • MEDALLISTS FOR AUSTRALIA • DEATH AT THE WINTER OLYMPICS • 2014 WINTER OLYMPICS • MAP SHOWING SOCHI IN RUSSIA • CONCLUSION

  3. EVENTS • Alpine skiing • Biathlon • Bobsleigh • Cross country • Curling • Figure skating • Freestyle skiing • Ice hockey • Luge • Nordic combined • Short track • Skeleton • Ski jumping • Snow boarding • Speed skating

  4. WINTER OLYMPIC HISTORY • In that first Olympic Winter Games, 16 nations participated, bringing 258 athletes (11 women, 247 men) to compete in 16 events. • During the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, many more athletes – approximately 2,500 – will compete in 15 sports and over 86 separate medal events.

  5. MEDALLISTS FOR AUSTRALIA • Gold Medallists • Freestyle Skiing - Ladies' Aerials • Australia LASSILA Lydia • Snowboard - Ladies' Half pipe • Australia BRIGHT Torah • Silver Medallists • Freestyle Skiing - Men's Moguls • Australia BEGG-SMITH Dale

  6. DEATH AT THE WINTER OLYMPICS • Georgian luger NodarKumaritashvili was killed in a horror crash in training at the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Friday after he was thrown from his sled at high-speed before smashing into a metal pillar.

  7. 2014 WINTER OLYMPICS • The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXII Olympic Winter Games, will be the next Winter Olympics held from February 7 to February 23, 2014 in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city was elected on July 4, 2007, during the 119th International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in Guatemala City, Guatemala. • This will be the first time that the Russian Federation will host the Winter Olympics; the Soviet Union hosted the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow.

  8. SOCHI 2014

  9. CONCLUSION • The 2010 Winter Olympics came to an official close during a closing ceremony on February 28, 2010. • The 2010 Olympic Opening and closing ceremonies were the first in Olympic history to be held indoors.

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