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    What Are the Winter Olympics?
    What Are the Winter Olympics?
    What Are the Winter Olympics?
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    What Are the Winter Olympics?

    By Gail Herman, Who HQ and Jake Murray

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    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Young Readers Group
    Release dateOct 12, 2021
    ISBN9780593093788

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      What Are the Winter Olympics? - Gail Herman

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      For Sara, full of grace on and off the ice—GH

      For Matt and Amanda, the sportiest and most worldly people I know—JM

      Contents

      What Are the Winter Olympics?

      The 1920s: Let the Winter Games Begin

      The 1930s: Troubled Times

      1948–1952: After the War

      1956–1968: Lights, Camera, Controversy

      The ’70s: Jumps and Spins for the Win

      1980–1984: Miracles and More

      1988: Battles, Bumps, and Bruises

      1992–1994: Comebacks and Crime

      1998: Olympic Firsts

      2002: Sleds, Skates, and New Sports

      2006–2010: Legends and Losses

      2014: Emotions Run High

      2018: Two Sports, One Athlete—Two Athletes, One Sport

      The Spirit Continues

      Timelines

      Bibliography

      What Are the Winter Olympics?

      It was the 2018 Winter Olympics, held in PyeongChang, South Korea. At Phoenix Snow Park, the American snowboarder Shaun White waited for his run.

      No one thought he’d win.

      White grew up by the beach in San Diego. He’d always loved skateboarding and decided he could use those skills for snowboarding—and snowboard tricks. He started practicing on family trips to the San Bernardino Mountains, dropping into icy half-pipes built into the slopes. On these U-shaped courses, athletes ride from side to side, flipping and twisting every time they fly into the air to turn around.

      Amazingly, White had previously won two gold medals, one in 2006 and the other in 2010. But the legendary snowboarder didn’t three-peat in 2014. In fact, he hadn’t medaled at all. Every day since, he’d lived with the disappointment.

      Now thirty-one years old, he stood at the top of the Olympic half-pipe once again.

      Snowboarders in a Winter Olympics contest do many runs. White was in second place, down to his final ride. To win, he’d need to perform a trick he’d never mastered in practice.

      It was the very trick, in fact, that had sent him to the

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