Издательский дом «Первое сентября» WINTER OLYMPIC SPORTS

Alpine Skiing // Горнолыжный спорт downhill or straight racing, and slalom racing round a series of markers

Biathlon // Биатлон a Nordic skiing event in which the competitors combine cross-country skiing and rifle shooting

Bobsleigh // Бобслей a mechanically steered and braked sledge, typically for two or four people, used for racing down an ice-covered run.

Cross country skiing // Лыжные гонки a form of ski touring in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles which is popular in many places with large snowfields

Curling // Керлинг a game played on ice, especially in Scotland and Canada, in which large round flat stones are slid across the surface towards a mark. Members of a team use brooms to sweep the surface of the ice in the path of the stone to control its speed and direction.

Figure skating // Фигурное катание the sport of skating in prescribed patterns from a stationary position

Freestyle skiing // Фристайл a form of skiing which used to encompass two disciplines: aerials, and moguls. Besides the two disciplines mentioned earlier Freestyle Skiing now consists of Skicross, Half Pipe and Slope Style

Ice hockey // Хоккей a team game played between two teams of eleven players each, using hooked sticks with which the players try to drive a small hard ball towards goals at opposite ends of a field.

Luge // Санный спорт a sport in which competitors make a timed descent of a course riding luges

Nordic combined // Лыжное двоеборье a winter sport in which athletes compete in both cross-country skiing and ski jumping.

Short track speed skating // Шорт-трек a form of competitive ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters (typically between four and six) skate on an oval ice track with a circumference of m. The rink itself is 60 m by 30 m, which is the same size as an international- sized ice hockey rink.

Skeleton // Скелетон a fast winter sliding sport in which an individual person rides a small sled down a frozen track while lying face down, during which athletes experience forces up to 5g.

Ski jumping // Прыжки с трамплина a sport in which skiers go down a take-off ramp, jump and attempt to land as far as possible down the hill below. In addition to the length of the jump, judges give points for style.

Snowboarding // Сноубординг slide downhill on a snowboard

Speed skating // Конькобежный спорт a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates