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THE LIST OF OLYMPIC SPORTS HELD AT THE 2006 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES

15 disciplines grouped over 7 sports (Skiing, Skating, Ice Hockey, Bobsleigh, Luge, Curling, Snowboarding)
(the number of events to be contested in each discipline is indicated in brackets)

• Alpine Skiing (10) (Slalom, Giant Slalom, Super-G, Downhill Race, Combined Event)

• Biathlon (10)

• Bobsleigh (3)

• Cross-country Skiing (12)

• Curling (2)

• Figure Skating (4) (Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles, Pairs, Ice Dancing)

• Freestyle Skiing (4) (Moguls, Aerials, Ski Cross)

• Ice Hockey (2)

• Luge (3)

• Nordic Combined Event (3)

• Short Track Speed Skating (8)

• Skeleton (2)

• Ski Jumping (3)

• Snowboarding (6) (Half-pipe, Dual Slalom, Snowboard Cross)

• Speed Skating (12)

SPORT AT SUMMER PARALYMPIC GAMES

• special sports for the disabled: Boccia, Goalball, Powerlifting, Wheelchair Rugby

• Archery, Athletics (track and field), Cycling, Equestrian, Football 5-a-side, Football 7-a-side, Judo, Rowing, Sailing, Shooting, Swimming, Table Tennis, Volleyball (sitting), Wheelchair Basketball, Wheelchair Fencing, Wheelchair Tennis

SPORT AT WINTER PARALYMPIC GAMES

• Alpine Skiing (Downhill Race, Slalom, Giant Slalom, Super-G)

• Ice Sledge Hockey

• Nordic Skiing (Cross-country Skiing, Biathlon)

• Wheelchair Curling

RECOGNIZED SPORTS

EXTREME SPORTS

In order to promote the Olympic Movement, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) may recognise as International Sports Federations (IFS) international non-governmental organisations administering one or several sports at world level and enompassing organizations administering such sports at national level. The current list includes:
Air sports, Bandy, Billiard Sports, Boules, Bowling, Bridge, Chess, Dance Sport, Golf, Karate, Korfball, Life Saving, Motorcycle Racing, Mountaineering and Climbing, Netball, Orienteering, Pelote Basque, Polo, Power-boating, Racquetball, Roller Sports, Rugby, Squash, Surfing, Sumo, Tug of War, Underwater Sports, Water Skiing, Wushu.

EXTREME SPORTS

An extreme sport (also called action sport, adventure sport, or adventurous sport) is any sport featuring speed, height, danger, a high level of physical exertion, highly specialized gear, or spectacular stunts. “True” extreme sports are referred to as leisure or recreation activities where the most likely outcome of a mismanaged accident or mistake is death. Another characteristic of activities so labelled is the fact that they tend to be individual rather than team sports. Extreme sports can include both competitive and non-competitive activities.

Extreme sports include e.g. aggressive skating, BMX freestyle, bodyboarding, bossaball, bouldering, buildering, bungee jumping, canyoning, cave diving, drag racing, extreme skiing (Flying Kilometer, Ski Alpinism), freediving, freestyle motocross, hang gliding, ice climbing, mountain biking, kite surfing, mountaineering, parachuting, rally, rock climbing, scuba diving, skateboarding, skydiving, slamball, spearfishing, street luge, stunt pogo, wakeboarding, water skiing, whitewater rafting, zorbing, etc.