Download or read book Team Sports of the Winter Games written by Aaron Derr and published by Red Chair Press. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the first Winter Games in Chamonix, France in 1924 only a few countries were represented by a dozen or more athletes. Today, about 3,000 athletes from nearly 100 countries compete in the Winter Olympic Games. These athletes compete in more than 100 events. The games showcase the strength, skills, stamina, and endurance of amazing athletic teams from around the world.
Download or read book Team Sports of the Summer Games written by Aaron Derr and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An overview of the modern Olympic Games featuring sports played by teams of athletes competing against each other ... The games showcase the strength and skills, stamina and endurance of amazing athletic teams from around the world in a show of sportsmanship."--
Download or read book Snowball s Chance written by David C. Antonucci and published by Booksurge Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only book devoted solely to chronicling the historic VIII Olympic Winter Games at Squaw Valley and Lake Tahoe.
Download or read book The Olympic Factbook written by Martin Connors and published by Visible Ink Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing the same breadth of information offered in The Olympics Factbook--licensed by the US Olympic Committee and issued to every 1992 Winter American Olympian--this all-new guide launches the reader into February, 1994, with facts, stats, rules, and profiles of the athletes. 100 photos.
Download or read book United States Olympic Winter Sports Team written by American Dairy Association and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guide of the United States' Olympic team which participated at the Innsbruck 1964 Olympic Winter Games.
Download or read book What Are the Winter Olympics written by Gail Herman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grab your skis, ice skates, and snowboard and learn how the Winter Olympic Games became a worldwide phenomenal event watched by millions. Although fans the world over have been fascinated by the modern Summer Olympics since 1896, the Winter Olympics didn't officially begin until 1924. The event celebrates cold-weather sports, displaying the talents of skiers, ice skaters, hockey players, and, most recently, snowboarding. Like its summer counterpart, the Winter Games are dedicated to bringing together the world's top athletes to honor their talents and see who gets to stand on the medal podium. Gail Herman covers it all in a wonderful read--the highs, such as the 1980 US hockey team's unexpected gold medal grab, as well as the lows, including the Tonya Harding-Nancy Kerrigan figure-skating scandal in 1994. Includes 80 black-and-white illustrations and a 16-page photo insert.
Download or read book Ice Hockey and Curling written by Robin Johnson and published by Crabtree Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He shoots...he scores! Readers will score with this full-color book featuring two of the coolest sports on ice: hockey and curling. From the hard-hitting, puck-flying action of hockey to the precision sliding and sweeping of curling, these challenging team sports have it all. In this fantastic book, you'll learn about the rules, the records, and the heroes of the games. You'll also learn that sticks and stones won't break your bones - they're just part of the fun in these Winter Olympic sports.
Download or read book Snow and Ice Sports written by Elon Jessup and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The XVIIIth Olympic Winter Games Denver and Colorado written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Olympic Factbook written by George Cantor and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Licensed and supported by the U.S. Olympic Committee, "The Olympic Factbook" includes a thorough history of each of the winter sports, a spectator's guide with game rules and equipment requirements, complete statistics, poignant human interest stories, entertaining anecdotes, and enough compelling detail to satisfy even the most inquisitive home viewer or sidelines spectator. 75 photos.
Download or read book Chamonix to Lillehammer written by United States Olympic Committee and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All of the color and pagentry of the Olympic with scores for all contests and a history of past Winter Olympics.
Download or read book United States Olympic Winter Sports Teams written by United States Olympic Committee and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sports Sponsoring written by Manfred Bruhn and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Olympic Winter Games at 100 written by Heather L. Dichter and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-11 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2024 marks the 100-year anniversary of the winter sports week festival celebrated in Chamonix in 1924, which is now recognized as the first Olympic Winter Games. As a globally watched quadrennial mega-event, the Winter Olympics is unique from both summer sport festivals and other winter festivals, such as the Winter X Games. This book explores the impacts, issues, and legacies of the past century of the Olympic Winter Games. Grounded in sport history, the chapters in this volume draw on the disciplines of cultural history, diplomatic history, global history, environmental history, and media history to analyze the continued allure of the Winter Olympics, a century after its origin, and in light of the sustained and significant problems facing the Olympic movement. Host cities’ efforts to create positive and lasting legacies are analyzed to highlight the challenges and complexities that have plagued the Olympic movement throughout the last century. The Olympic Winter Games at 100 is essential reading for any researcher, advanced student or scholar with an interest in Olympic Studies, sports development, sport policy and history. The chapters in this book were published as two special issues in The International Journal of the History of Sport.
Download or read book Arthroscopy and Sport Injuries written by Piero Volpi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the current applications of arthroscopy in a very wide range of sports injuries involving, among other sites, the hip, knee, ankle, shoulder, elbow, and wrist. For each condition, mechanisms of injury are explained and the role of arthroscopy in diagnosis and treatment is described. Relevant information is also provided on the epidemiology and mechanisms of injury in specific sports and on indications for treatment and rehabilitation. The book fully reflects the recent advances that have taken place in arthroscopy, permitting more accurate assessment and more successful management of post-traumatic pathologies. Furthermore, it acknowledges that as a result of the increasing use of new technologies and biomaterials, there is now particular interest in techniques that promote biological healing of articular lesions and permit complete functional recovery. The authors are leading specialists in the field who have aimed to provide practitioners with the clear guidance that they require on the evaluation and treatment of injuries incurred during sporting activity.
Download or read book Winter Games Pitches written by R. D. C. Evans and published by STRI. This book was released on 1994 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the establishment and care of grass for a wide variety of sports such as association football, rugby, hockey, lacrosse, the Gaelic games, American football and including facilities such as polo grounds, this work provides a comprehensive treatment of the subject. Divided into nine sections, a detailed introduction to the sports to be catered for is followed by sections on: pitch construction and design; sands for construction and top dressing; frost protection and soil warming; grasses for winter pitches; maintenance machinery; fertilizers for pitches; weeds, pests and diseases; and end of season renovation.
Download or read book U S Olympic Winter Games Medalists by Sport written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States Olympic Committee lists the record numbers of medals won by U.S. sports teams at the Olympic winter games during the 20th century. Each entry includes the type of medal, team members, event, and year. The sports events listed include biathlon, bobsledding, curling, figure skating, ice hockey, luge, skeleton sledding, speed skating, and more.
