The history of the Winter Olympic Games and some memorable American athletes

The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver will soon be ready to start in Canada. The Olympic Winter Games every four years and have been going on since the first success in 1924 in France. These games are much smaller than the Summer Olympic Games, because it does not sport many competitors in the snow or ice. There are some events have been around since the early games, such as different types of events, ice skating, skiing and bob are different races. The United States has hostedthe Winter Games four times more than in any other country. The athletes train hard all year round Olympic plates and various techniques provided. Many athletes are sponsored by businesses, to promote events such as a treadmill for sale. There are many moments of "things to discuss with the American athletes during the Olympic Winter Games and in this article occur only sometimes.

The Olympic Games in Squaw Valley included some of the first things thatOlympic Games. Since this area was not very developed, there was a great need to build hotels, shops and even the roads to be ready for the Olympic Games. This was also the first time a village of special athletes' has been built and the first time, computers were used for the results. Start with a large opening and closing ceremonies, and Disney has happened in Squaw Valley with a production of Walt these events in 1960.

In 1976, the figure skater Dorothy Hamill became known as America'sSweetheart after winning the gold medal at the Olympics. His spin label was known as the Hamill Camel, and many girls copied her short haircut and bought the doll fashioned after her. Lake Placid hosted the Winter Games for the second time in 1980 and had some questions about that, with the possibility of a boycott, but went ahead as planned. Eric Heiden made a name for himself in speed skating in these games has won all five events he competed as well as settingWorld and Olympic record. The other big event in 1980 as "The Miracle on Ice" when the U.S. hockey team defeated the Soviet team's most famous.

The 1994 Games in Lillehammer, Norway were full of scandal for the American skater, Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding. The former husband of Tonya Harding, Kerrigan attacked by hitting the leg with a metal tube trying to remove them from competing against Harding. Although hurt, but Kerrigan was the gold went to Oksana Baiul ofUkraine.

held the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver is the largest city of the Olympic Winter Games. Most of the events in the metropolitan area during the ski events will take place in Whistler. Short track speed skater, Ohno, Apollo head back for his third Olympic Games and try to break the record of Eric Heiden won five medals. More Americans are looking for Lindsay Vonn in alpine skiing and a favorite of fans, Shawn White, known as "The Flying Tomato" in theSnowboard.