Winter sports in Ukraine

1. Winter sports in ukraine

WINTER SPORTS IN UKRAINE
TOMACHINSKA VALERIYA

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WINTER SPORTS
Skiing
Skating
Toboggan

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Skiing sport:
Skiing sport:
The snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a snowcovered slope while standing on a snowboard attached to a
rider's feet.

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The ski jumping is a very exciting sport. A long smooth hill is chosen.
About one third of the distance down, a ramp two metres high called the hop
is built and covered with snow.

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The biathlon is a sport that
combines cross-country skiing and rifle
shooting.

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Snowkiting or Kite skiing is an outdoor winter
sport where people use kite power to glide on snow or ice.
The skier uses a kite to give them power over large jumps.
The sport is similar to water-based kiteboarding, but with
the footwear used in snowboarding or skiing.

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Speed skating is a competitive form of
ice skating in which the competitors race
each other in travelling a certain
distance on skates.

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Hockey is played on a rink forty metres long by six players
on each of two teams. It is very interesting, fast, and dynamic
game. It is played with a puck and long straight sticks with an
angle at the bottom. The team that scores the most goals wins.

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Bobsled - sport in which teams of two or four
teammates make timed runs down narrow, twisting,
banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled

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Ukraine medal of the Winter Olympic
Games
Athlete
Sport
Gold medals
Year
Oksana Baiul
Figure skaiting
1
1994
Juliya Dzhyma
biathlon
1
2014
Olena Pidhrushna
biathlon
1
2014
Valentina Semerenko
biathlon
1
2014
Vita Semerenko
biathlon
1
2014