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​​ = My 2010 Winter Olympics Project Wiki-Page = ​ =**__Week 1__**=

​​ __ For my country I chose Austria. __

What sports in the Winter Olympics does your country participate in?

Austria participates in some different sports. Those sports are Alpine Skiing, Biathlon, Bobseligh, Cross Country Skiing, Figure Skating, Freestyle Skiing, Ice Hoskey, Luge, Nordic Combined, Skeleton, Ski Jumping, Snowboarding, and Speed Skating.

What sports in the Winter Olympics does your country do well in?

Austria does well in Ski Jumping, Alpine Skiing, Nordic Combined, and Luge. They play the best in Ski Jumping by far! Austria is known as a well-playing country in the Winter Olympics.

What year was your country most successful in the Winter Olympics?

My country's most successful year in the Winter Olympics was 2006, when Austria won 23 medals.

Who are the most succcessful athletes in the Winter Olympics and what sports did they compete in?

Austria 's most successful athletes are Andrea Fischbacher and Thomas Morgansteen. Andrea Fischbacher competes in Alpine Skiing. Thomas Morgansteen competes in Ski Jumping.

What are some high points of the previous Olympic Games for your country?

Some high points from the previous Winter Olympic Games for my country are 1107.9 points in Ski Jumping and 131.0 points in Nordic Combined.

=__Week 2__=

__For my sport I chose Snowboarding.__

From reading things about Snowboarding in the Winter Olympic Games I found out -
 * In the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, the venue for Snowboarding was Cypress Mountain.
 * There is Halfpipe, Paralell Giant Slalom, and sometimes Snowboard Cross in most of the Olympic Winter Games.
 * In the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, the venue for Snowboarding was Bardonecchia.
 * In the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, there were only four events. The events were Men's Halfpipe, Men's Parelell Giant Slalom, Women's Halfpipe, and Women's Paralell Giant Slalom.
 * From 2002-2010, the most successful medal-winning year for USA was 2006.
 * In 2006, the Snowboard Cross event was added to the Winter Olympics.
 * Each Snowbaord run is scored on a scale of 0.1 to 10.0 by a panel of five judges.
 * One judge scores the standardized moves of the Snowbard run, another scores amplitude of the Snowboard run, one scores quality of rotations of the Snowboard, and two score overall impression of the Snowboard run.
 * For the six events of Snowboarding, there are a maximum 190 athletes allowed to compete.

__ For my athlete I chose Emily Azevedo from the United States of America. __

Some interesting facts about Emily Azevedo -
 * Emily Azevedo normally bobsleds in the Winter Olympics.
 * She has been participating in the Winter Olympics since 2002.
 * She finished fifth in the two-woman bobsled event in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
 * She won two medals in the mixed bobsleigh-skeleton team event at the FIBT World Championships with a silver in 2007 and a bronze in 2008.
 * On 16 January 2010 it was announced that Emily Azevedo made the USA team for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
 * She graduated from the University of California, Davis, also known as UC-Davis.
 * When she was at UC-Davis, she competed in Track and Field in the 100 m hurdles.

Thank you for reading! Why not check out the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada on television?