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Six team sports you can play on ice

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Ice Hockey

Two teams use sticks to hit a puck into the opposite team’s goal.

Curling

Two teams take tums sliding heavy stones along the ice toward a target.

Bandy

Two teams use sticks to hit a bali into the opposite team’s goal. Similar rules to soccer.

Ringette

Two teams use canelike sticks to guide a rubber ring into the opposite team’s net.

Ice Stock Sport    Sledge Hockey

Similar to curling, “ice stocks” A type ot ice hockey with a 11.8 in (30 cm) handle where people with physical are slid toward a target. disabilities use a sledge.

6300 bce

World’s oldest known ski buried near Lakę Sindor, Russia

4000 BCE

Rock carvings near Bola, Norway, depict humans on skis

1199 ce

The Battle of Finnmarkers and Danes is fought on skis

1767

In Norway, military skiing competitions are held

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Napoleon’s retreating forces battle with Russian soldiers

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Which sports are hot in winter?

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Snów, ice, and frozen mountains provide exciting conditions for all types of winter sports, such as speed skating, ice climbing, skiing, and snowboarding.

With modern indoor facilities, many winter sports can be played all year round.

How to: ski jump

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W ■ ■ Put on your skis at the top of the jumping ramp. Wait for the “go” signal and then push off.

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1850

Norwegian Sondre Norheim invents the heel strap by braiding birch tree roots

1882

First US ski Club opens—

The Norske Ski Club in New Hampshire

1936

The world’s first ski lifts operate at Sun Valley resort in Idaho.

1988

The Jamaican bobsled team make their debut in the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary, Canada; their story is the inspiration for the Hollywood movie, Cool Runnings

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