Sports in my life

Sports in my life
individual or better team sports?
individaul
or team sports?
Individual
sports:
Team sports:
 Skiing
Skiing is the most popular of all winter sports. It is
believed that skiing comes from northern Europe and
Siberia, where it was a vital means of transportation
during the long months of winter with much snow..

The pre-historic people of these regions used skis to

keep hunters on top of the snow. Wooden planks were
strapped to feet, making it possible to glide over the
snow and travel faster. Skiing was such an important
way of life in Scandinavia that the Vikings worshipped
Ull and Skade, the god and goddess of winter/skiing.

The first written account of skiing appears circa 1000

A.D. in the Viking "Sagas" where several kings are
described as being superb skiers.
 What does SKI
mean?
The word "ski" is a Norwegian word which
comes from the Old Norse word "skid", a board
or a piece of split wood.

The first skis existed 4,500 to 5,000 years ago. A

rock carving at the Norwegian Island of Rodoy
shows a man on long runners with a hunting
equipment in hand.
The oldest ski was 1.10 m. long and 20 cm.
broad and was found in Sweden.

The ancient skis show regional

differences in length and width, and in
technology.
Types of SKIING:
Alpine skiing, Nordic skiing and freestyle skiing.
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Which things do
you need?
 Mikaela Shiffrin won a Gold Medal in
Ladies' Slalom | Are | FIS World Alpine Ski Championships
The title of the greatest female alpine skier of all time goes to

Janica Kostelić.
She made her debut at the age of 16 before injury cruelly

cut her career short and forced her to retire at 25.

Despite her relatively short career she still achieved

plenty in three

Winter Olympics (six medals, including 4 gold), four

World Cups

(55 podium positions and 30 wins) and several World

Championships that included 5 gold medals.

Many say, “she was born with skies on her feet” due to her
Ole Einar Bjørndalen was a professional Norwegian biathlete who, because of his
success on track, earned the nickname “King of Biathlon”. His medal haul includes 45 medals at the

World Championships, 20 of which were gold; World Cup races were he achieved a total of 252

podium positions in individual and team events.

But Bjørndalen’s most prized medals, are the 13 overall

medals (eight of which were golds) he picked up from six

winter Olympics appearances. He retired from the sport

on 3 April 2018 as the world's most successful biathlete.

Skateboarding: general information
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