Just wondering if Australia is playing in the Winter Olympics and if so what sports?
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They have a team of about 40.  Some of the sports include snowboarding, skating and skiing.
912061
why are you asking this in winter sports?
42361
Hockey No Doubt. It Is Legal To Check You, It Is Legal To Fight ( It Results In A 5 Min Penalty But Talk To The Players And Its Worth It )You Have To Know How To Ice Skate, ( Which Can Be Murder On Your Ankles Especially If You Dont Know How To Skate ) Oh And Did I Mention The Puck Comes At You At Speeds Of 98 MHP?!!!!!! Yes Its Hockey
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I don't think so. It's a sport that both men and women can participate in. They make a good couple too when they join the figure skating event :-)
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I love snowboarding, but I disagree with you on this. \nSnowboarding has only been in the winter olympics since 98!
96829
That's a good question. These Winter Olympics in Turin are the first I've seen of the new scoring system and it seems to be working fine. Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't this new system designed more to prevent the ugly cheating scandal involving the French and Russian judges at the pairs competition during the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City? If it's made that sort of rubbish impossible to be repeated, then I think it's a big step forward.
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Snow in Australia falls in the Australia Alps, it snows inTasmania, It can fall in other parts of Victoria such as Ballarat (as it did about two weeks ago, it snows in the southern highlands north of Canberra, it snows in the blue mountains west of sydney from Bullaburra to Mt Victoria (in fact last week it snowed on a bushfire, which by the way is now out of control - close to where I live) it snows from Lithgow to Orange ( west of Mt Victoria) It can snow on the tablelands as far north of as Southern Queensland (as it did last week).\n\nHow do I know this. Well I am Australian. I live in the Blue Mountains and this all happened last week. Yesterday the temperatures were extremely hot (a complete turn around from last week, which led to our media calling it SNOVEMBER, due to the snow across the country - Tasmania to Queensland), 40 degrees (for those in the US - 104 degrees).\n\nYes it snows in Australia, but not just south of Canberra. Yes from Tasmania to Queensland. It is the ski fields that are south of Canberra.\n\nHope this helps.
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Winter Olympics -- Skeleton ... I'm just amazed how they can fly down the track head first like that. Childhood sledding to the Nth degree.\n\nSummer Olympics -- Water Polo.\n\nNot that either sport is my favorite sport to watch that is part of the Olympics, but you can watch hockey and even skiiing and figure skating all the time and the same for swimming, basketball, baseball and even track and field. But other than when the Olympics are on can you see either skelton or water polo televised?
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Only if Australia isnt playing...lol
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Um...Every Olympics...Most recent Olympics was Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, 2006.\n\nAdded:\nOK..OK... I think I realize what they are asking now....The last time they actually gave out actual Gold "gold medals" was in 1912. Now it is just gold plated silver for the "gold medals".\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games#Olympic_champions_and_medalists
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there are countries that can participate in winter sports nearly all year round. Unlike most other countries that only compete in the summer olympics.\n\nIn those winter counries, skiing (downhill and cross-country), shooting, and others are done daily to survive. In other words, some in those northern counthern ski to an from work and to an from school.\n\nWhy, because they can... they have the climate.
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Sorry, but there have been no olympic winter games ten years ago, as Olympic games always are every four years! This year, Germany won!
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Meriam Webster defines sport as a function (noun); a source of diversion; RECREATION; physical activity engaged in for pleasure; and a particular activity (as an athletic game) so engaged in...\n\nThere is such a thing as DANCE SPORT. And people have been lobbying to include ballroom dancing in the Olympics. The Winter Olympics' figure skating may also be considered a dance on ice.  So YES, dancing MAY be considered a sport.\n\nHowever, it may also be considered a PROFESSION for some - like dance instructors, coaches, dancers, entertainers.\n\nIt may also be considered a HOBBY for those who just dance because they want to, but not for sport (competition) or livelihood (career).
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Me! GO AllBlacks! You should visit New Zealand in their winter and catch some games!
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Of the sports in the Winter Olympics, I have to admit that skeleton bob is quite mad, but not the maddest. I think that honour has to go to Speed Skiing in Albertville in 1992. It was only a demonstration sport, but the winner was clocked at 212kph (not a sensible speed by any stretch of the imagination)
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No it isnt.\n\nBut we do play Lawn Bowls wich is about as close as you can get to Curling without having ice or sweepers.  \n\nTo see Lawn Bowels played try to catch it on broadcasts of the upcoming Commonwealth games mid MARCH from Melbourne.
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there are soccer being contested in the Olympics, currently 16 teams will be played in the Olympics.\n\nqualification will be similar to the World Cup where respective confederations will be allocated their berth, host nation will get the automatic berth.\n\nthe Olympic soccer event is only restricted to under 23-squad but 3 player over 23 can be included in the squad.\n\nARGENTINA won the last summer Olympics soccer final in 2004 beating PARAGUAY in the final. Ironically, this is ARGENTINA's 1st first gold medal & PARAGUAY's first silver medal in the competition.\n\nBRAZIL may have won the World Cup 5 times but they have yet to win the elusive gold medal in Olympics soccer event. they have only won silver medal in 1988 losing to Soviet Union.