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Parent topics
- Sports [r]: Activity that involves skill and physical exertion, and is governed by a generally accepted set of rules and guidelines. [e]
Subtopics
- Olympic Games [r]: A quadrennial multi-sport event organised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) involving athletes from around the world in both summer and winter sport editions. The summer event was first staged at Athens in 1896 as a revival of the Ancient Olympics; the winter event was first staged at Chamonix in 1924. [e]
- Biathlon [r]: An athletic competition combining the sport activities of cross-country, or Nordic, skiing, and rifle shooting. [e]
- Bobsleigh [r]: Sled racing down an ice-covered run using a sledge which is mechanically steered and braked. There are two-men and four-men versions of the sled. [e]
- Ice hockey [r]: A game, played on ice, which consists of two teams of six players, each attempting to drive a small hard rubber disc called a puck into their opponent's goal net. [e]
- Luge [r]: A small sled on which the contestant lies supine (face up, feet first). A race is against the clock down an ice-covered run. [e]
- Skating [r]: A collection of sports that are broadly sub-divided into ice skating and roller skating. [e]
- Skiing [r]: Various means of travelling over snow with the aid of skis which are bound to the foot using a special boot; in sporting terms the main classifications are alpine skiing and Nordic skiing. [e]