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Sled-dog racing
Sled dog races are gaining in popularity as dog owners explore the traditions.Races can be sprints or long distance.Long-distance races use a sled with runners.Some races use skis instead of a sled or hitch the dogs to a small toboggan known as a pulka. -
Speed skating Located in Vancouver
Speed skating takes place on a 400 metre oval ice rink. Timed to one-hundredth of a second, athletes compete in pairs, skating counter-clockwise around the oval and changing lanes once per lap, to equalize the distance covered. The skater in the outside lane has the right-of-way at the crossover if the skaters arrive at the changeover point at the same time. -
Ski jumping Located in Vancouver
Athlete ski down a long ramp and launch into the air at speeds up to 95 kilometres per hour.Once in the air, jumpers assume the V-style and adjust their position. -
Bandy
Bandy is like hockey but you play it with a ball. -
Ice Hockey Located in Vancouver
The object is for one team to get the puck past the other team’s goaltender and into the net.If a tie occurs in a game in which a winner must be determined, a sudden-victory overtime period is played. -
Short track Located in Vancouver
Short track speed skating takes place on a 111.12-metre oval track within a hockey rink.Short track speed skaters compete against each other. -
Alpine Skiing Located in Vancouver
In alpine skiing, racers can reach speeds of more than 130 kilometres an hour, travelling down a vertical drop that ranges from 180 metres (slalom) to 1,100 metres (downhill) for men and 140 metres (slalom) to 800 metres (downhill) for women. Skiers who miss a gate must then climb back up and go through the missed gate or be disqualified. -
Luge Located in Vancouver
In luge racers begin by sitting on open fibreglass sleds they use spiked gloves on the ice surface for extra acceleration before lying down on their backs.Luge racers steer using their legs and shoulders, and brake by sitting up, putting their feet down and pulling up on the sled runners. -
Figure skating Located in Vancouver
Skaters must complete both a short program (maximum 2 minutes 50 seconds) of required steps, jumps, spins and combinations, and a longer free skating program (4 minutes for ladies, 4 minutes 30 seconds for men), both set to music. The free skate — worth two-thirds of a skater’s final score — allows the athletes to demonstrate their creativity, innovative moves and technical difficulty. -
Nordic combined Located in Vancouver
The jumping portion occurs first followed by a free technique cross-country race. The break between the jumping and the cross-country race can be as little as 35 minutes, or as long as a few hours. -
Biathlon Located in Vancouver
The skiing portion of the biathlon requires fast and physically demanding cross-country free technique racing, while the rifle shooting requires accuracy and control. -
SnowBroading Located in Vancouver
One snowboarder at a time performs a routine of acrobatic jumps, twists and tricks on the inside of a half-cylinder-shaped snow tube or ramp while moving from one side of the halfpipe to the other.The riders are judged on the height and style of their tricks. -
Cross Country Sking Located in Vancouver
In this event, women race 10 kilometres and men race 15 kilometres. A competitor starts every 30 seconds, with the best skiers starting at the very end. Skiers race against the clock. The winner is the skier with the lowest time. -
Curling Located in Vancouver
Curling consists of two events: a women’s tournament and a men’s tournament. Each tournament starts with 10 curling teams. Two teams play against each other at a time. The game is played on ice, and the two teams take turns pushing.The object is to get the stones as close to the centre of the rings as possible. -
Super G
Super-G racer you need to go fast like a downhill skier.The course has at least 35 changes of direction for men and at least 30 changes of direction for women. -
Skeleton Located in Vancouver
To start, a skeleton slider grasps the handles on either side of the sled, runs as fast as possible for approximately 50 metres, then dives head first onto the sled. Sliders lie on their stomachs and steer by shifting their bodies very slightly. -
Ice dancing Located in Vancouver
Ice dancing is just dancing but on the ice either single,pairs,or a team. -
Bobsleigh Located in Vancouver
Starting, the racers push off as fast as they can for approximately 50 metres then jump into the bobsleigh.The driver steers down the track, while, at the end of the run, the brakeman stops the sled. -
Skijöring
Skijoring combines cross-country skiing with dog sledding and is widely popular in Canada and some parts of the United States. -
Gymastics Locatrd in Vancouver
In gymastics you have to flexible.You do different stunts and compete against each other.
