The Winter Olympics

Author : David Wallechinsky,Jaime Loucky
Publisher : Amazon Difital Services LLC - Kdp Print Us
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1937530701

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The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics by David Wallechinsky,Jaime Loucky Pdf

"Published in anticipation of the 2014 Sochi Games, The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics has been expanded to include the rules and scoring for all the upcoming events. The book also looks at the history of each Olympic event from inception to the present day, including discontinued events and the four skating events first featured, before the creation of the Winter Olympics, in the 1908 London Summer Olympics. From speed skating to snowboarding, bobsled to ice hockey, the book gives the medals tables, timings, distances, and scores. But much more than a statistical compendium, the book also offers an abundance of Winter Olympic history, anecdotes, and lore, as authors David Wallechinsky and Jaime Loucky bring alive the most dramatic moments from the Games and celebrating the many extraordinary individuals who have competed."--Publisher's description.

Author : Gail Herman,Who HQ
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780593093788

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What Are the Winter Olympics? by Gail Herman,Who HQ Pdf

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.

Author : Nick Hunter
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781432977009

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The Winter Olympics by Nick Hunter Pdf

Who was the first Winter Olympic gold medalist? Who is ôthe Flying Tomatoö? Which sports are part of the Winter Paralympics? Get set for one of the worldÆs greatest sporting events with this fact-packed unofficial guide to the Winter Olympics. Meet the greatest stars on snow and ice, and discover the fast-paced sports that make this one of the worldÆs most exciting sports events. Book jacket.

Author : Arne Martin Klausen
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1571817069

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Olympic Games as Performance and Public Event by Arne Martin Klausen Pdf

Discusses how the winter games related to Norwegian culture and ethos.

Author : Larry R. Gerlach
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : UOM:39015058213367

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The Winter Olympics by Larry R. Gerlach Pdf

Prior to the 2002 Winter Olympic Games held in Salt Lake City, Utah, ten highly regarded Olympic historians presented a series of lectures on the politics, history, and controversies surrounding the winter games. Those lectures are collected in The Winter Olympics, offering readers fascinating insights into issues of gender, amateurism, commercialism, ceremony, and more over the one hundred years of Winter Olympics history. It also includes a survey of the Salt Lake Winter Games. The only volume available that explores the winter games as a whole, The Winter Olympics is invaluable reading for understanding the movements' roots as well as the contemporary issues surrounding the Games.

Author : Nick Hunter
Publisher : Raintree
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-12
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781406269734

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Winter Olympics by Nick Hunter Pdf

The Winter Olympics are a thrilling festival of sports, bringing together skiers, skaters, and sliders from around the world. Held every four years, they turn snow and ice into an amazing sports arena. But how did they get their start, and how are they organized? Who have been the star performers, and what can we expect at the 2014 Games in Sochi, Russia? Read this book to find out all about the Winter Olympics.

Author : Larry Dane Brimner
Publisher : Children's Press(CT)
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Winter Olympics
ISBN : 0516204564

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The Winter Olympics by Larry Dane Brimner Pdf

Briefly discusses the international competition in winter sports, beginning with the Nordic Games in 1908, and describes some of the sports involved, including skiing, ice hockey, skating, and bobsledding.

Author : Jack C. Harris
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Athletes
ISBN : 9781442978522

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The Winter Olympics by Jack C. Harris Pdf

Discusses the history of the Winter Olympics, the events, and outstanding athletes over the years.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Winter Olympics
ISBN : 9781594853272

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The Winter Olympics by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781442950382

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The Winter Olympics (Volume 1 of 2) (EasyRead Super Large 24pt Edition) by Anonim Pdf

Author : Aaron Derr
Publisher : Gold Medal Games
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781634407212

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Individual Sports of the Winter Games by Aaron Derr Pdf

"An overview of the modern Olympic Games featuring Winter sports played by individual athletes competing against each other ... These athletes compete in more than 100 events. The games showcase the strength and skills, stamina and endurance of amazing individual athletes from around the world."--

Author : Jules Boykoff
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-17
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781784780746

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Power Games by Jules Boykoff Pdf

The Olympics have a checkered, sometimes scandalous, political history. Jules Boykoff, a former US Olympic team member, takes readers from the event's nineteenth-century origins, through the Games' flirtation with Fascism, and into the contemporary era of corporate control. Along the way he recounts vibrant alt-Olympic movements, such as the Workers' Games and Women's Games of the 1920s and 1930s as well as athlete-activists and political movements that stood up to challenge the Olympic machine.

Author : Kelli Lawrence
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786485444

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Skating on Air by Kelli Lawrence Pdf

Of all winter sports, none is so widely watched and commented upon by the media as figure skating, which is often considered the Winter Olympics' centerpiece. This critical text examines the ways in which media attention has gradually altered and affected the sport, from the early appearances of Sonja Henie, to skating's gradual audience growth via television, and to the ramifications of the scandals in the 1994 and 2002 Olympics. The topic is illuminated by more than 30 interviews with commentators, skaters, producers, directors and others. In addition to numerous photos, illustrations show the compulsory figures for which "figure skating" got its name, as well as a sample of the charted-out "camera blocking" for TV directors. Appendices include collected anecdotes from early broadcasting experiences; a profile of broadcaster Jim McKay; and commentary from Carol Heiss on her 1961 musical Snow White and the Three Stooges.

Author : Arne Martin Klausen
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1571812032

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Olympic Games as Performance and Public Event by Arne Martin Klausen Pdf

Discusses how the winter games related to Norwegian culture and ethos.

Author : David Wallechinsky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1585671851

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The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics by David Wallechinsky Pdf

Statistics, photographs, and anecdotes from every Winter Olympic Games held from 1924-1998.