how many blade events are in the winter olympic?
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2\n\nFigure Skating\nSpeed Skating
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i got to say figure skating,bobsled,skelaton, luge, curling
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Figure skating is a sporting event in which individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on ice skates, often to music. There are international competitions for figure skating, such as the World Championships, and figure skating is also an official event in the Winter Olympics. \n\nThe winter Olympic events include:\n\n* singles for both men and women;\n\n* couples skating with a couple consisting of a man and womn; and\n\n* ice dancing with a couple  requiring more choreography.
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No.\n\nThe sites for Winter Olympics are:\n1924 - Chamonix, France\n1928 - St Moritz, Switzerland\n1932 - Lake Placid, USA\n1936 - Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany\n1940 - Sapporo, Japan - St Moritz - Garmisch-Partenkirchen - CANCELLED\n1944 - Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy - CANCELLED\n1948 - St Moritz\n1952 - Oslo, Norway\n1956 - Cortina d'Ampezzo\n1960 - Sqaw Valley, USA\n1964 - Innsbrück, Austria\n1968 - Grenoble, France\n1972 - Sapporo\n1976 - Denver - Innsbrück\n1980 - Lake Placid\n1984 - Sarajevo, Yugoslavia\n1988 - Calgary, Canada\n1992 - Haute Savoie, France\n1994 - Lillehammer, Norway\n1998 - Nagano, Japan\n2002 - Salt Lake City, USA\n2006 - Torino, Italy\n2010 - Vancouver, Canada\n2014 - Almaty, Kazakhstan OR Borjomi, Georgia OR Jaca, Spain OR Pyeong Yang, China OR Salzburg, Austria OR Sochi, Russia OR Sofia, Bulgaria (to be announced in 2007)
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It is (I know this for sure, because I am going there this summer) happening in British Columbia, Canada. More specifically, Vancouver, and the surrounding areas. There are numerous mountains for the downhill (skiing and snowboarding) events to take place at. The indoor events (ice skating, curling, etc.)- as well as the opening/ closing ceremonies- will happen right in Vancouver. I'm not sure where the nordic, and other outdoor events will happen, but probably just outside the city. They have really great facilities everywhere, so even though they have a lot of work to do, they already have a great head start. Also, I know from experience, the village at Whistler/ Blackcomb are great "tourist" attractions, and there is a great deal to do right in Vancouver.
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Speed skating as a bigger loop. 2 people go at a time in their own lane. All the times are put in order, fastest wins. \nShort track 4 or 5 people go at a time. Depending which round it is 2 or 3 people per heat move on to the next round. Finally in the final round the 6 (I think) competetors left go for gold, silver and bronze. In the short track, the loop is small and everyone is together. They try to build up momentum to pass but are not allowed to contact the others.
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Show jumping- equestrian-Not only is it the only Olympic event that teams up humans and animals, but it is also one of the only times at the games when men and women compete together.\npairs and ice dancing\nMarathon but not in the Olympic games
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There are four years between each Winter Olympics. And then 4 years between each Summer Olympics.  But only 2 years between the Winter and Summer.   So the next Olympics would be 2008, but that will be the Summer Olympics (the summer olympics will then be held in 2012, 2016, 2020, and so on). The next Winter Olympics will be held in 2010, then 2014 and so on.  \n\nThere was a time when the Summer and Winter were always held in the same year.  They switched it not to long ago ( I believe in the 90s sometime)
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Check Chicago Athlete Magazine's web site for a schedule of running, biking, and 'athon events.\n\nhttp://www.chicagoaa.com/\n\nHere are the currently listed events:\n\nFeb-25-2006  SportsPlex Indoor Duathlon  Orland Park  IL\nMay-6-2006 Law Day Duathlon Rockford IL\nJun-24-2006 Splish, Splash, 5K Dash Lake in the Hills IL\nJun-25-2006 MetLife Race Around The World Duathlon Tinley Park IL\nJul-4-2006 Hillsboro Biathlon Hillsboro IL\nJul-9-2006 Schaumburg Park District Duathlon Schaumburg IL\nSep-3-2006 Trail Shark Off-Road Duathlon Hudson IL\nSep-16-2006 Charleston Challenge Duathlon Charleston IL\nSep-23-2006 Eagle Creek Long Course Duathlon Findlay IL
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2008 Summer Olympics in Bejiing, China\n2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada
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the reason why they call it winter olympics is because of the figure skating, snowboarding, skiing, curling, and luge. They have to have it in the winter so the snowboarders and skiers have snow. And those are sports in the winter and for example, they take the best winter athlete's out of the X Games and put them in the winter olmpics and put them in the country they were born in,that shound explain why they call it the winter olympics.
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no way! come on get a life. olympics come once every 2 years and winter olympics come once every 4 years! try something new. look at skeliten or downhill ski racing instead.
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Try olympics.com or another olympics site
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The official Olympic site lists these:\n\nSummer sports:\n\nAquatics (Swimming)\nArchery\nAthletics (Track & Field)\nBadminton\nBaseball\nBasketball\nBoxing\nCanoe / kayak\nCycling\nEquestrian\nFencing\nFootball (Soccer)\nGymnastics\nHandball\nHockey\nJudo\nModern Pentathlon\nRowing\nSailing\nShooting\nSoftball\nTable Tennis\nTaekwondo\nTennis\nTriathlon\nVolleyball\nWeightlifting\nWrestling\n\nWinter sports:\n\nBiathlon\nBobsleigh (includes skeleton)\nCurling\nIce Hockey\nLuge\nSkating (Alpine and Nordic)\nSkiing\n\nYou can check the site for individual events in each category.
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Freestyle Skiing\nThe word "mogul" comes from the Austrian word "mugel," which means "small hill" or "mound."\n\nFigure Skating\nMen's gold medal favorite Yevgeny Plushenko is the first and only skater in history to successfully land a quad-triple-triple jump combination in competition. \n\nCurling\nCurling is one of four winter Olympic sports contested indoors. The other three are hockey, figure skating, and speed skating.\n\nLuge\nGerman Luge master Georg Hackl will attempt to add to his legend and win a medal in his sixth straight games at Turin in 2006. Hackl is already the only athlete to medal in the same event in five straight games.\n\nNordic Combined \nNordic combined is one of three current Olympic Winter Games events in which the United States has never won a medal. (Biathlon and curling are the others.)\n\nSnowboarding\nAccording to the National Sporting Goods Association, U.S. consumers spent nearly than $270 million on snowboarding equipment in 2004. That's more than hockey and football equipment combined ($225 million).\n\nSkeleton\nAmerican Jennison Heaton won the first skeleton gold medal in 1928, beating his brother John, who took the silver, by one second. A 39-year-old John Heaton would win the silver again in 1948, finishing second to Italy's Nino Bibbia. American Jim Shea, Jr., won the men's gold in the 2002 return of the sport to the Olympics. \n\nIce Hockey\nIce hockey made its Olympic debut at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. The first Winter Olympics didn't take place until 1924.\n\nSpeed Skating\n American Shani Davis narrowly failed in his historic attempt to compete on both the long track and short track speed skating teams at the same Olympics but as the world record holder in the men's 1500 meters he will still be a favorite to medal in the long track events at Turin.\n\nAlpine Skiing\nAmerican skier and Turin gold medal threat Lindsey Kildow was awarded a cow by some local dairy farmers for her World Cup win in Val D'Isere, France in 2005. She had a choice between the cow or an additional $1,200 in prize money. She went with the cow.\n\nBiathlon\nThe first known biathlon competition took place between two Norwegian guard companies in 1767.\n\nBobsled\nIt's been 18 years since the Jamaican bobsled team made its debut at the Olympics. \n\nSki Jumping\nThe oldest man to receive a Winter Olympics medal is 83-year-old Anders Haugen. The Norwegian-American actually received his ski jump bronze medal 50 years after he competed in 1924 when a scoring error was discovered in 1974.\n\nWinter Olympics Through the Years\nThe Shea Family of Lake Placid, New York, is the first to produce three generations of Olympians. Father Jack, 91, was a double-gold medalist in speed skating, son Jim, Sr., was a U.S. ski team member at the 1964 Innsbruck Games, and in 2002 grandson Jim, Jr., won a gold medal in skeleton.\n\nAll-Time Medal Standings\nOnly two countries south of the equator have ever won medals at the Olympic Winter Games—Australia and New Zealand.\n\nWisconsin\nLegends Eric Heiden and Dan Jansen , as well as current stars Chris Witty and Casey FitzRandolph, are from the same U.S. state, Wisconsin.\n\nNorway\nNorway has won more gold medals at the Winter Games than any other country.
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The Olympic Games(Olympics) is an sport event taking place every four years. Held in ancient Greece, and only taken part by male contenders, they were revived by the French Pierre  de Coubertin in the late 19th century.\nThe Summer Olympics (Games of the Olympiad) have been held every fourth year (starting in 1896), with the exception of the years during the World Wars.\nThe Olympic Winter Games was first held in 1924. The first winter Olympics competitions were held as a sports festival, but were declared to be official Games by the International Olympic Committee in 1925. \nLearn more in the sites bellow\n\nPersian Wars\nThe Persian Wars were a series of conflicts between the Greek world and the Persian Empire that started about 500 BC and lasted until 448 BC. \nYou will find imfos in "Creco-persian wars" article in wikipedia \nSee also the article "Greece" and follow the links
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Well, the next XX Winter Olympics are going to be held at Torino, Italy From the 10th to 26th February 2006\n\nThe next summer Olympic games ( XXIX) are going to be held at BEIJING, China From the 8th August to 24th August 2008\n\nAfter that, following is the sequence :\n\nVANCOUVER 2010\nXXI Olympic Winter Games\nFrom the 12th to 28th February 2010\n\nLONDON 2012\nGames of the XXX Olympiad\nFrom the 27th July to 12th August 2012