| The 2010 Winter Olympic Games are just around the | | | | competing in his third Olympic games this year in |
| corner with athletes from all around the world getting | | | | speed short track skating. Figure skating greats in the |
| ready to compete for the gold medal. The winter | | | | past have been Dorothy Hamill, Scott Hamilton and |
| Olympics are quite a bit smaller than the summer | | | | Nancy Kerrigan who missed out on getting gold when |
| Olympics as there are less options for winter sports | | | | her competitions boyfriend injured her in an attack the |
| played as in the summer Olympics. There are also less | | | | day before competition. |
| countries and athletes competing as some countries | | | | Some of the sports that people love to watch are the |
| do not have these sports or the weather or terrain to | | | | ones that they only get to see on the Olympics like |
| sustain a winter sport. This does not always stop | | | | bobsledding, biathlon or curling. These lesser known |
| athletes, however, as evidenced by the Jamaican bob | | | | and popular sports get their spotlight during the Olympic |
| sledding team years ago. They took strong runners | | | | Games where they can show off their abilities and |
| and athletes from Jamaica and taught them how to | | | | talents in sports that are not normally played in every |
| bobsled using a wooden cart on wheels. Their entry | | | | town or state. Bobsledding and skeleton are exciting |
| into the Olympics was a great crowd pleaser. This | | | | and fast races where a sled speeds down an icy tube |
| article will talk about some of the different events at | | | | to the finish. In order to find athletes for these sports |
| the Olympics performed by some athletes like the | | | | some coaches go to other states to seek out younger |
| Telluride ski instructor that teaches Telluride ski lessons | | | | kids that may have an interest or knack for it. This |
| and will be competing in the giant Slalom event. | | | | happened in Colorado where the US skeleton team |
| Ice hockey is one of the favorite fan spectator sports | | | | put on a demo and got some interested kids involved. |
| to see at the Olympic Games. One of the most | | | | This ended up producing two of the athletes at the last |
| famous gold medal final games was the 1980 game of | | | | Olympic Games. Curling is a sport that is mainly played |
| the USA versus Russia where the US came out on | | | | in Northern Minnesota and is a calmer sport very |
| top. It had always been a sport for just men but now | | | | similar to bocce ball but on ice. |
| women's ice hockey is also an Olympic sport. Other | | | | Downhill ski racing and Nordic skiing are also big sports |
| forms of skating sports that are popular are speed | | | | in the winter games. The downhill skiers and |
| skating, ice dancing and figure skating. These sports | | | | snowboarders love speed and an element of danger |
| also draw big crowds to their competitions. | | | | and the Nordic skier have extreme stamina and |
| The USA team has always had top performers in | | | | endurance. |
| these events as well with Apolo Anton Ohno | | | | |
