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Skating as a sport emerged in the 60-19, and in 1871, it was recognized at the I Congress of skaters. The first competitions were held in Vienna in 1882, the male skaters.

Tobogganing is a competition in downhill on single or double sledge on a pre-arranged route. Athletes are riding on his back, kicking forward. Horse management is performed by means of changes in the situation of the body.

Biathlon is Winter Olympic sport that combines ski race with shooting a rifle. Biathlon is the most popular in Germany, Russia, Austria, Norway and Sweden.

As the sport has evolved in the 2-nd half of the 19th century the first skating society were established in Norway (1864), Russia (1877), Britain (1879).

Sport - a kind of speed-skating.

Bob (from the English. Bobsleigh) is a Winter Olympic sport, which is downhill from the mountains on a specially equipped ice routes in the sledge driven - bean.

Curling (born curling, from Scotts. Curr) is team sports game on the ice floor. Participants in turn allowed the two teams on the ice of special heavy granite projectiles ("stones") in the direction marked up on the ice target. From each team take place for four players.

Ice hockey is team sports game on the ice, kind of hockey, which consists in the confrontation between the two teams, who, passing the puck sticks, try to throw her the greatest number of times in the opponent's gate and not to miss in his own.

Skeleton is considered the progenitor of the descent from the mountains to the toboggan - wooden sleigh bespoloznyh prevalent among Canadian Indians.

Cross Country is race on skis at a certain distance on a specially prepared track among a certain category (age, gender, etc.). Refer to cyclic sports. Olympic sport since 1924.

Speed ​​ skating is one of the oldest sports. The program of the Olympic Winter Games speed skating men were incorporated in 1924, since 1960, and held competitions for women.

Freestyle is one of the earliest styles of riding, invented by a man after the invention of the skateboard. In this style tricks are made only on the plane. In the mid 1970 's freestyle was quite popular and it katalos′ a lot of people.

Wheelchair curling is a relatively new kind of sport. His debut in the official program of the Paralympic Winter has Game takken place in 2006 in Turin.

At the Olympic Games in Nagano in 1998, snowboarding made ​​ its debut as Olympic discipline.