WINTER OLYMPIC WRAP UP

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1 TASK THE COMPETITION SCHEDULE Use the Competition Schedule to answer these questions.. In which sport are events held over the most days?. How many medals events are being held on February6? 3. In which sport/s will the most medals be presented? 4. Which competition finishes the earliest? 5. How many medal events will be contested in the eight Ice sports? 6. On which day will the least number of medals be presented? 7. How many sports begin before the opening ceremony? 8. In the table why do you think in some sports the number of events listed is more than shown by dots? eg In snowboarding0 events are listed but the table only shows 8 days of medal events 9. Which sport is contested over the least number of days? 0. Why do you think an Exhibition Gala is held at the end of the Figure Skating program? SOCHI 04 DATE Feb SPORT 0 Ceremony 3 Alpine 0 Skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh 3 Cross Country Curling Figure G 5 Skating E Freestyle 0 Skiing Ice Hockey Luge 4 Nordic 3 Combined Short track 8 Skelton Ski 4 Jumping Snowboard 0 Speed Skating No of Events - Medal event GE Gala Event

2 TASK AUSTRALIA AT THE WINTER OLYMPICS 980 McIntyre Sarejevo 984 Calgary (5) (4) 7 Colin Coates Michael Richmon d Games Chamonix 94 St Moritz 98 Lake Placid 93 Garmisch- Partenkirch en 936 St. Moritz 948 Nation Australian Male Team Size Athlete Female Athlete Opening Ceremony Flag Bearer Closing Ceremony Flag Bearer Total Medals Albertville 99 Lillehamme r 994 Nagano 998 Salt Lake City 00 Torino 006 Vancouver (3) (5) (6) (5) (46) (5) 0 0 Danny Kah Kirstie Marshall Richard Nizielski Adrian Costa Alisa Camplin Torah Bright Kirstie Marshall Zali Steggall Steven Bradbury Dale Begg- Smith Lydia Lassila Overall Oslo 9 () 7 - Cortina d'ampezzo 956 Squaw Valley 960 Innsbruck 964 Grenoble 968 Sapporo 97 Innsbruck (3) (7) 7 4 Vic Ekburg 36 6 (5) (4) 3 - Malcolm Milne 35 4 (5) () 5 3 Colin Coates Lake Placid 37 0 (5) 6 4 Robert ( ) Figures in brackets demote number of officials.. In which years did more officials go to the Olympics than athletes?. Which city hosted the most nations competing at the Olympics? 3. How many Modern Winter Olympics have Australia not competed in? 4. How many women who have been Flag Bearers? 5. In total how many officials have gone to the Winter Games? Compare this to the number of athletes. 6. What do you think the officials jobs entail? 7. List in order by year, the largest to smallest Australian team. 8. At which games was the number of male and female athletes closest? 9. Which games have been the most successful for Australia? 0. Why do you think Australia has become more successful at more recent Winter Olympics?

3 TASK 3 HOSTING THE GAMES Use the locations as listed on the table in Task to help you answer these questions. You will have to research which country the city is located.. Which country has hosted the Winter Games the most?. Why were no games held in 940 and 944? 3. Have the games ever been held in the Southern Hemisphere? 4. When were the games only held two years apart instead of four? Why was this? 5. Which cities / towns have hosted the Games twice? 6. Which countries have hosted the most Winter Games? 7. Which Games (in Roman Numerals) are being held in Russia? 8. How many years has it been since the USA last hosted the Games? 9. List where each of the following games were held IV VII XI XVI XX 0. Find out which city was meant to originally host the 976 Winter Games and why they were moved to Innsbruck, Austria. * Mark roughly on the map the places in the world where the winter Olympics have been held. TASK 4 LOGOS Imagine Mt Kosciusko, Australia, has been given the right to host the 06 Winter Olympics. Design a logo for the Games. Your design should reflect the region, its people and the event and must incorporate the Olympic Rings Below are some former logos used at Winter Olympics.

4 TASK 5 RUSSIAN CURRENCY In Russia the currency used is the Ruble (RUB). The symbol used is руб. The minor unit is the kopek (k) with 00 kopeks making up one ruble. If you were to go to Sochi in Russia you would have to use this currency and exchange Australian dollars for Russian Ruble. Using the exchange rate listed, calculate the cost of the following activities at the Winter Games in Australian dollars / Russian Ruble. TASK 6 I SAY, I SAY, I SAY Un-jumble these sayings / idioms and match them to their correct meanings (in brackets). the as pure snow as driven on thin skating ice ( to hurry) (to get something started) Australian Dollar = 3 Ruble * Find out the exchange rate listed today in the newspaper. ticket to the opening ceremony - руб tickets to the men s Ice Hockey Final руб 6500 each A set of soft toy mascots руб 960 and a t-shirt руб people on a 6 hour sightseeing tour of Sochi - AUD$507 7 nights accommodation AUD$09 per night under be snowed to around skating issue the to the ice break on skates put your to put on to ice have to effect a snowball cut ice to no ( taking a big risk) ( to be good) ( to delay plans / to deal with at a later time) ( to have no influence on someone or something) ( to avoid dealing with a problem) ( something that has become bigger and bigger) ( to have a large amount of work to do) 00 Russian Ruble banknote designed and printed in commemoration of Sochi 04.

5 TASK 7 A NEW OLYMPIC SPORT Invent a new Winter Olympic sport. There are many unusual Olympic Sports, like skeleton (running then sledding) and curling (using brooms to propel an object over ice). Make up a new winter sport that would be fun to watch and play. Name of sport : Playing Field / Venue: Equipment : How to Play: Diagram : TASK 8 SPORTING EQUIPMENT Match the equipment with the sport it is used in. Equipment Stick Sled Target Half Pipe Rifle Puck Track Granite Stone Poles Broom Jump / Ramp A trail of a series of bumps Sport Biathlon Ice Hockey Mogul Skiing Ice Hockey Skeleton / Luge Bobsleigh Curling Snowboarding Biathlon Skiing Speed Skating Curling Sled Aerial Skiing

6 TASK 9 SPORTING SYMBOLS Match the symbols to the sports listed. alpine skiing biathlon TASK 0 AUSSIE, AUSSIE, AUSSIE Crack the code to work out which sport each of these Australian Athletes will be competing in at the XXII Winter Olympics. Phil Bellingham bobsleigh Dale Begg Smith cross country skiing curling figure skating free style skiing ice hockey luge nordic combined skeleton ski-jumping Greg Merriman Alex Ferlazzo Jana Pittman Deanna Lockett Belle Brockhoff Lucy Chaffer Danielle Greig short track speed skating snowboarding Greta Small CODE C V Z I X Q L J A R

7 TASK THE MOTTO / SLOGAN A motto or slogan is developed for the Olympics to welcome the world. It is used leading up to the Games and throughout the event in promotional activities and at the sports venues. The official 04 Winter Games motto has been chosen to express the character and personality of Russia s Games:- Hot. Cool. Yours TASK THE MASCOTS Choose one of the mascots to write a newspaper report about. Imagine you are going to have an interview with the mascot. - Make a list of questions you would ask them. Use the descriptions below to help you. Visit talisman.sochi04.com/en/ to find out more about them. THE POLAR BEAR He lives where everything is made of ice and snow. He knows how to do many Winter Olympic Sports. THE HARE This busy forest creature takes part in all sporting events, studies at the Forest Academy and loves to sing and dance. What do you think each word in the motto represents or reflects? (for the answer visit Imagine Mt Kosciusko, Australia, has been given the right to host the 0 Winter Olympics. Devise a motto for the Games that reflect the character and personality of Winter Games in Australia. THE LEOPARD Living high in the branches of trees in the Caucasus Mountains, the leopard is a good mountain climber who likes to rescue those needing help. He is also very good at snowboarding. Example of past mottos:- Vancouver 00 was the line from the Canadian Anthem "With glowing hearts". The slogan of Turin 006, "Passion lives here" reflected the link between the Olympic spirit and the passionate character of the Italians.

8 TASK 3 TIME YOUR RUN In the final of the two run bobsleigh competition, Sweden, Russia, Italy and South Korea posted the following times. Using the clues, figure out each team s time for each run, then calculate their combined run time to determine the Gold, Silver and Bronze medals. The times on the st run were: The times on the nd run were: minute and 9. seconds minute and 9.06 seconds minute and 8.44 seconds minute and 8.98 seconds minute and 8.30 seconds minute and 9.58 seconds minute and 8.67 seconds minute and 9.64 seconds CLUES. On the second run the team from Sweden was ninety-one hundredths of a second slower than their first run.. The team that finished the first run in one minute and 8.30 seconds was not the team that finished the second run in either one minute and 9.64 seconds or one minute and 8.98 seconds. 3. On the first run, the team from South Korea was ninety- two hundredths of a second behind the winners of the first run. 4. The team from Italy finished the second race in less than one minute and 9 seconds. 5. The team from Russia finished the first race in less than one minute and 8.69 seconds. 6. The bobsleigh team from South Korea clocked a combined time of two minutes and seconds. TASK 4 SPEEDY SKATES The Short Track Skating track at the Olympics is a metre course. Pierre Boda is skating in the 500 metre event. How many times will he have to skate around the rink to complete the event? It takes the Czech Republic ice hockey team minutes to drive from the athletes village to the Ice Hockey Stadium. It takes them 5 minutes to change into their uniforms and 45 minutes to warm up. The game begins at 3:45pm. What is the latest time the team can leave the village to be ready to play when the game starts? The seating capacity at the Adler Speed Skating Arena is On the first day of events, 7600 of the seats were filled. What percentage of the total number of seats was taken? If each ticket sold cost AUD$75.50 what was the total amount made on ticket sales? Adler Skating Arena - Sochi