Ice and snow sports include: skating, skiing, curling and other sports that use ice, snow and ice tools to complete sports. On the basis of skating and skiing, sports such as speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey, ice skating, short track speed skating, alpine skiing, freestyle skiing, cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, ski jumping and other sports have also been developed.
Introduction
The earliest human ice sports can be traced back to the Netherlands in the Neolithic Age. At that time, people used wooden sledges to transport goods on the ice. Later, they used the bones of wild beasts instead of wood. Gradually, they tied polished horse bones to their shoes and used canes to support them when gliding. This was the earliest ice skate.
In modern times, ice sports have become a specialized form of competition, mainly using professional skates and other ice and snow equipment to compete on natural or artificial ice rinks, and even have independent Olympic competitions. Although speed skiing is not officially included in the Winter Olympics, it is also an ice and snow performance event that people usually like to enjoy. Figure skating and ice dancing are ice and snow sports that became official events in the first Olympic Games in 1924.