With European military roots, the biathlon events include team relays along with individual races with a variety of lengths and formats, all requiring the combination of cross-country skiing and target...

Ski jumping is a classic Winter Olympic event. Women’s ski jumping will make their inaugural Olympic jumps this year in Sochi. However, the focus still lies in the highly competitive men’s field, with...

Snowboarding is a recent staple at the Winter Olympics. One of the newest sports, snowboarding is definitely a must-watch event. This year marks the first time for slopestyle competition in the Olympics. Slopestyle...

Cross-country skiing is the winter counterpart to the summer games’ long-distance track events. There are six men’s events and six women’s events. The both men and women have relay, team sprint,...

A wildly popular sport even without the Olympics as a platform, Olympic hockey is unique in that it involves not only male, but female teams as well. For the men, all 12 teams are put into three groups...

Do not blink, because you might miss all of the action. Much like the track races during the Summer Olympics, speed skating pits skater against skater on a 60-meter long track to see who can complete the...

This sport provides some of the best entertainment during the Winter Olympics as individual skiers race down the mountain at massive speeds while they combat different obstacles. Olympic Alpine skiing...