Provides an inside look at one year in the lives of top figure skaters, including Michelle Kwan, Tara Lipinski, Todd Eldredge, and Elvis Stojko, as they prepare for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan

Product Description: The Winter Olympics are a thrilling festival of sports, bringing together skiers, skaters, and sliders from around the world. Held every four years, they turn snow and ice into an amazing sports arena. But how did they get their start, and how are they organized? Who have been the star performers, and what can we expect at the 2014 Games in Sochi, Russia? Read this book to find out all about the Winter Olympics...read more

Product Description: Celebrate the Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games with fun and thought-provoking activities. Students learn about Italy, as well as Olympic history, traditions, and the sports that will be played.

A preview to the 1998 Winter Olympcs in Nagano, Japan, offers highlights of past games and speculates on the expected competitors and possible medal winners for the 1998 games (view table of contents)

Provides an overview of the biathlon, bobsled, figure skating, ice hockey, luge, skiing, and speedskating (view table of contents)

Briefly discusses the international competition in winter sports, beginning with the Nordic Games in 1908, and describes some of the sports involved, including skiing, ice hockey, skating, and bobsledding (view table of contents)

Provides an overview of the biathlon, bobsled, figure skating, ice hockey, luge, skiing, and speedskating

A preview of the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, offers highlights of past games and speculates on the expected competitors and possible medal winners for the 1994 games

Presents brief overviews of each medal sport of the winter and summer Olympics, profiles likely competitors in the 1992 winter and summer games, and offers a complete list of medal winners from past Olympics

A brief history of the winter Olympic games, with descriptions of individual events and profiles of several past champions

Describes the organization of the Olympics and discusses the skiing, skating, hockey, and other events of the winter games