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Freestyle skiing began in that decade, when social change and freedom of expression led to new and exciting skiing techniques. 

The word hockey comes from the old French word “hocquet,” meaning “stick.”

Ice sledge hockey was invented at a Swedish rehabilitation centre in the early 1960s, when a group of athletes with a disability decided they wanted to continue playing hockey.

Two athletes — Peter Minsch of Switzerland and George Robertson of Australia — tied for first place in what was called 

Throughout Norway in the 1800s, skiers gathered each winter for a series of ski carnivals consisting of small athletic competitions combined with some entertainment.

Short track speed skating is only about 100 years old and a product of North America.

Like the other sliding sports of bobsleigh and luge, the start is crucial in skeleton — where a tenth of a second lead at the start can become three-tenths of a second by the bottom of the run. 

The first known ski jumper was a Norwegian lieutenant named Olaf Rye, who, in 1809, launched himself 9.5 metres in the air before an audience of other soldiers.

Combining elements of surfing, skateboarding and skiing, snowboard — one of the fastest growing sports — is a recent addition to the Olympic Winter Games.