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Topic - Sport

Topic ­ Sports Tallinn English College 8b form  2007 1. Introduction For some people sport plays a very important part in their lives. And to some, it is even a way of life. There are different kinds of sports. For instance, there are sports meant for playing indoors, some can be practised only at a certain time of year. There are winter and summer sports also. Skiing, figure-skating, sledding and snowboarding ­ these four most popular are practised during winter. Good examples of summer sports are: swimming, badminton, roller skating and golf. 2. The ancient Olympic Games The first recorded Olympic Games took place in 776. B.C. at Olympia but the city may have functioned as a meeting place for worship and other political practices many years earlier. The city is located in western Greece. The games were held every four years. It is also presumed that such competitions pleased the spirits of the dead and were organized as part of

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Sports

Sports. Sports has a very old history. The ancient Olympic Games were the first big sports competitions. The history of the Olympic Games is linked with many myths referred to in ancient sources, but in the historic years their founder is said to be Oxylos whose descendant Ifitos later rejuvenated the Games. According to the tradition, the Olympic Games began in 776 B.C. when Ifitos made a treaty with Lycourgos the king and famous legislator of Sparta and Cleisthenes the king of Pissa. In this treaty that was the decisive event for the development of the sanctuary as a Panhellenic centre, the "sacred truce" was agreed. That is to say ceasing of fighting in all of the Freek world for as long as the Olympic Games were on. The Olympic Games were held, after the completion of four years during the month of July or August. The time between two competitions was called the Olympiad. In the beginning the games last

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Olympic Games

Olympic Games · The first Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. · It was organized by the French Olympic Committee. · Winter Olympics medal table (1924):  Winter Games · Alpine skiing · Cross-country skiing · Figure skating · Ice hockey · Ski jumping · Speed skating · Short track speed skating · Freestyle skiing Estonian's famous cross-country skiers Kristina Smigun-Vähi Torino 2006 Andrus Veerpalu Salt Lake City 2002 Torino 2006  Future Raido Ränkel Triin Ojaste Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 

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Shaun White

White has gone on to win many titles on his skateboard, most notably winning the overall title of Action Sports Tour Champion, as well as being the first person to compete in and win both the Summer and Winter X Games in two different sports. Following in his older brother's footsteps, White switched from skiing to snowboarding at age six, and by age seven he received his first sponsorship. White has participated in two Winter Olympics in his career. At both the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics, White won gold in the snowboard halfpipe event. White has also participated in the Winter X Games, where he has won a medal every year since 2002. Including all winter X Games competitions through 2009, his medal count stands at 15 (10 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze), among which is the first quadruple win streak by a male athlete in one discipline, the snowboard slopestyle. White's streak was snapped in 2007 when he lost to

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Olympic Sport Fact Sheet

-- You need to have a pair of skates and ski poles. What is the competition format of your sport (tick the correct box)? Races How is the medal awarded in your sport (fastest time, highest score, farthest distance)? Fastest time Which three countries have won the greatest number of medals in your sport throughout the Olympics? Norway ,Soviet Union ,Sweden Write the names of people from Estonia participating in your sport at the Vancouver Olympics. Kristina Smigun - Vähi Find out if Estonians have won medals in your sport throughout the Olympics. Write the names of the winners and the number of medals. Gold Silver Bronze Kristina Smigun ­ Vähi 2 Kristina Smigun ­ Vähi Jaak Mae Andrus Veerpalu 2 Andrus Veerpalu

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Estonian Sport

● born 11 June 1962 ● track bicycle racer ● only Estonian female medallist ● gold in 1988, 1992 Andrus Veerpalu ● 8 February 1971 ● most successful male cross country skier ● 2002 gold and silver ● 2006 gold ● oldest world champion in history - 38 years old ● oldest Olympic champion in individual distance Kristina Šmigun-Vähi ● 23 February 1977 ● most successful Estonian female cross-country skier ● 2 gold medals 2006 ● silver 2010 ● first woman to win a medal at the Winter Olympics Museum of sport ● established 1963 ● largest of its kind in the Baltic States ● over 135 000 exhibits as if 2012 Otepää Museum of Winter Sports ● opened 2011 ● Tehvandi Stadium complex ● almost all of the medals won by the winter sports athetes TV 10 Olympic Starts ● encourage participartion ● initiated by Estonian Radio ● 1971 ● 46. season ● Andrus Värnik, Ksenija Balta, Marek Niit, Grit Šadeiko ect

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Petra Majdic

Petra Majdic Petra Majdic was born on December 22, 1979 in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia. She is an Olympic cross country skiing specilizing in the women's individual sprint discipline. Majdic is representing her home country of Slovenia in the 2010 Winter Olympics in .Vancouver, British Columbia Majdic has made 169 World Cup starts in her career, with 15 victories and 31 podiums to her credit. In her first start on the circuit on January 9, 1999, she finished 69th of 75 skiers in a 10 km cross country event held in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic. Her first podium came just over two years later on February 1, 2001 n Asiago, Italy when she placed third in the 1.5 km sprint event.10Her first victory came on December 1, 2007 in Kuusamo, Finland

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Sochi Olympic Winter Games (winners)/Sochi Olümpia võitjad

Winners of Sochi Winter Olympic Games 11. Klass  Main medal winners Russia (33) Norway (26) Canada (25) USA (28) Netherlands (24) Germany (19) Austria (17) Sweden (15), France (15) Switzerland (11)  Russia Russia won 33 medals 13 Gold 11 Silver 9 Bronze  Norway Norway won 26 medals 11 Gold 5 Silver 10 Bronze  Canada Canada won 25 medals 10 Gold 10 Silver 5 Bronze Winners by sport Ice Hockey: Canada 2 Speed Skating: Netherlands 23 Short Track: China 6 Figure Skating: Russia 5 Curling: Canada, Great Britain & Sweden 2 Biathlon: Norway 6 Cross-Country: Norway & Sweden 11 Winners by sport 2 Ski Jumping: Germany, Poland, Austria, Japan & Slovenia 2 Nordic Combined: Norway 4 Alpine Skiing: Austria 9 Freestyle skiing: Canada 9 Snowboard: USA 5 Bobsleigh: Russia 2 Skeleton: Russia 2 Luge: Germany 5 Thank you! 

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