 EVENTS  WINTER OLYMPIC HISTORY  MEDALLISTS FOR AUSTRALIA  DEATH AT THE WINTER OLYMPICS  2014 WINTER OLYMPICS  MAP SHOWING SOCHI IN RUSSIA  CONCLUSION

 Alpine skiing  Biathlon  Bobsleigh  Cross country  Curling  Figure skating  Freestyle skiing  Ice hockey  Luge  Nordic combined  Short track  Skeleton  Ski jumping  Snow boarding  Speed skating

 In that first Olympic Winter Games, 16 nations participated, bringing 258 athletes (11 women, 247 men) to compete in 16 events.  During the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, many more athletes – approximately 2,500 – will compete in 15 sports and over 86 separate medal events.

 Gold Medallists  Freestyle Skiing - Ladies' Aerials Freestyle Skiing - Ladies' Aerials  Australia LASSILA LydiaLASSILA Lydia  Snowboard - Ladies' Half pipe Snowboard - Ladies' Half pipe  Australia BRIGHT TorahBRIGHT Torah  Silver Medallists  Freestyle Skiing - Men's Moguls Freestyle Skiing - Men's Moguls  Australia BEGG-SMITH DaleBEGG-SMITH Dale

 Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili was killed in a horror crash in training at the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Friday after he was thrown from his sled at high-speed before smashing into a metal pillar.

 The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXII Olympic Winter Games, will be the next Winter Olympics held from February 7 to February 23, 2014 in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city was elected on July 4, 2007, during the 119th International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in Guatemala City, Guatemala.Winter OlympicsSochiKrasnodar Krai RussiaInternational Olympic CommitteeSessionGuatemala City Guatemala  This will be the first time that the Russian Federation will host the Winter Olympics; the Soviet Union hosted the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow. Soviet Union1980 Summer GamesMoscow

 The 2010 Winter Olympics came to an official close during a closing ceremony on February 28, The 2010 Winter Olympicsclosing ceremonyFebruary  The 2010 Olympic Opening and closing ceremonies were the first in Olympic history to be held indoors.2010 Olympic OpeningOlympic