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TASK 1
SOCHI 2014
THE COMPETITION SCHEDULE
DATE Feb 6 7 8 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 No of
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 Events
SPORT
Ceremony
Use the Competition Schedule to answer these questions.
1. In which sport are events held over the most days?
2. How many medals events are being held on February16?
3. In which sport/s will the most medals be presented?
4. Which competition finishes the earliest?
5. How many medal events will be contested in the eight Ice sports?
6. On which day will the least number of medals be presented?
7. How many sports begin before the opening ceremony?
8. In the table why do you think in some sports the number of events
listed is more than shown by dots? eg In snowboarding10 events
are listed but the table only shows 8 days of medal events
9. Which sport is contested over the least number of days?
10. Why do you think an ‘Exhibition Gala’ is held at the end of the
Figure Skating program?
Alpine
Skiing
Biathlon
Bobsleigh
Cross
Country
Curling
Figure
Skating
Freestyle
Skiing
Ice Hockey
Luge
Nordic
Combined
Short track
Skelton
Ski
Jumping
Snowboard
Speed
Skating
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TASK 2
AUSTRALIA AT THE WINTER OLYMPICS
Games
Opening
Australian Male
Female Ceremony
Nation
Team Size Athlete Athlete Flag
Bearer
Chamonix
1924
16
St Moritz
1928
25
Lake Placid
1932
17
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Closing
Ceremony
Flag
Bearer
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Total
Medals
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28
St. Moritz
1948
28
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1952 Oslo
22
9 (1)
7
2
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-
-
-
-
Cortina
d'Ampezzo
1956
32
10 (3)
8
2
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-
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Squaw
Valley
1960
30
31 (7)
27
4
Vic
Ekburg
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-
-
-
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Innsbruck
1964
36
6 (5)
4
2
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Grenoble
1968
37
3 (4)
3
-
Malcolm
Milne
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Sapporo
1972
35
4 (5)
4
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Innsbruck
1976
37
8 (1)
5
3
Colin
Coates
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Lake Placid
37
10 (5)
6
4
Robert
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1
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Sarejevo
1984
49
11 (5)
8
3
Colin
Coates
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-
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Calgary
1988
57
19 (14)
17
2
Michael
Richmon
d
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Albertville
1992
60
23 (23)
16
7
Danny
Kah
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Lillehamme
r 1994
80
27 (25)
20
7
Kirstie
Marshall
Kirstie
Marshall
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-
1
1
Nagano
1998
72
24 (26)
16
8
Richard
Nizielski
Zali
Steggall
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-
1
1
Salt Lake
City 2002
78
27 (25)
14
13
Adrian
Costa
Steven
Bradbury
2
-
-
2
Torino
2006
80
40 (46)
22
18
Alisa
Camplin
Dale
BeggSmith
1
-
1
2
Vancouver
2010
82
40 (51)
20
20
Torah
Bright
Lydia
Lassila
2
1
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3
Overall
5
1
3
9
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GarmischPartenkirch
en 1936
1
McIntyre
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( ) Figures in brackets demote number of officials.
1. In which years did more officials go to the Olympics than
athletes?
2. Which city hosted the most nations competing at the Olympics?
3. How many Modern Winter Olympics have Australia not competed
in?
4. How many women who have been Flag Bearers?
5. In total how many officials have gone to the Winter Games?
Compare this to the number of athletes.
6. What do you think the officials’ jobs entail?
7. List in order by year, the largest to smallest Australian team.
8. At which games was the number of male and female athletes
closest?
9. Which games have been the most successful for Australia?
10. Why do you think Australia has become more successful at more
recent Winter Olympics?
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HOSTING THE GAMES
Use the locations as listed on the table in Task 2 to help you answer
these questions. You will have to research which country the city is
located.
LOGOS
Imagine Mt Kosciusko, Australia, has been given the right to host the
2026 Winter Olympics. Design a logo for the Games. Your design should
reflect the region, its people and the event and must incorporate the
Olympic Rings
Which country has hosted the Winter Games the most?
Why were no games held in 1940 and 1944?
Have the games ever been held in the Southern Hemisphere?
When were the games only held two years apart instead of four?
Why was this?
5. Which cities / towns have hosted the Games twice?
6. Which countries have hosted the most Winter Games?
7. Which Games (in Roman Numerals) are being held in Russia?
8. How many years has it been since the USA last hosted the
Games?
9. List where each of the following games were held
IV
VII
XI
XVI
XX
10. Find out which city was meant to originally host the 1976 Winter
Games and why they were moved to Innsbruck, Austria.
* Mark roughly on the map the places in the world where the
winter Olympics have been held.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Below are some former logos used at Winter Olympics.
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TASK 6
RUSSIAN CURRENCY
In Russia the currency used is the Ruble (RUB). The symbol used is
руб. The minor unit is the kopek (k) with 100 kopeks making up one
ruble.
If you were to go to Sochi in Russia you would have to use this currency
and exchange Australian dollars for Russian Ruble.
Using the exchange rate listed, calculate the cost of the following
activities at the Winter Games in Australian dollars / Russian Ruble.
1 Australian Dollar = 31 Ruble
* Find out the exchange rate listed today in the newspaper.
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1 ticket to the opening ceremony - руб 30 000
2 tickets to the men’s Ice Hockey Final – руб 6500 each
A set of soft toy mascots руб 1960 and a t-shirt руб 1900
4 people on a 6 hour sightseeing tour of Sochi - AUD$507
7 nights accommodation – AUD$209 per night
100 Russian Ruble banknote designed and printed in commemoration of Sochi 2014.
I SAY, I SAY, I SAY
Un-jumble these sayings / idioms and match them to their correct
meanings (in brackets).
the as pure snow as driven
( to hurry)
on thin skating ice
(to get something started)
under be snowed to
( taking a big risk)
around skating issue the
( to be good)
to the ice break
( to delay plans / to deal with
at a later time)
on skates put your to
( to have no influence on
someone or something)
put on to ice
( to avoid dealing with a
problem)
have to effect a snowball
( something that has become
bigger and bigger)
cut ice to no
( to have a large amount of
work to do)
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TASK 7
A NEW OLYMPIC SPORT
Invent a new Winter Olympic sport. There are many unusual Olympic
Sports, like skeleton (running then sledding) and curling (using brooms
to propel an object over ice).
Make up a new winter sport that would be fun to watch and play.
Name of sport : _______________________________________
Playing Field / Venue: __________________________________
Equipment : __________________________________________
How to Play: __________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
Diagram :
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SPORTING EQUIPMENT
Match the equipment with the sport it is used in.
Equipment
Sport
Stick
Biathlon
Sled
Ice Hockey
Target
Mogul Skiing
Half Pipe
Ice Hockey
Rifle
Skeleton / Luge
Puck
Bobsleigh
Track
Curling
Granite Stone
Snowboarding
Poles
Biathlon
Broom
Skiing
Jump / Ramp
Speed Skating
A trail of a series of bumps
Curling
Sled
Aerial Skiing
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SPORTING SYMBOLS
Match the symbols to the sports listed.
AUSSIE, AUSSIE, AUSSIE
Crack the code to work out which sport each of these Australian Athletes
will be competing in at the XXII Winter Olympics.
alpine skiing
biathlon
Phil
Bellingham
bobsleigh
Dale Begg –Smith
2
24
cross country skiing
curling
Greg
Merriman
figure skating
3
1
15
1
24
15
7
5
14
25
5
2
3
25
21
19
24
23
1
11
7
7
21
5
12
12
1
19
23
14
12
1
11
7
7
21
5
7
21
5
25
24
12
1
11
14
12
7
5
18
19
7
21
5
11
18
19
12
Alex Ferlazzo
free style skiing
9
Jana Pittman
3
9
1
22
ice hockey
luge
Deanna
Lockett
nordic combined
Belle Brockhoff
skeleton
Lucy Chaffer
ski-jumping
Danielle Greig
1
22
3
1
24
21
1
1
19
3
11
20
16
12
12
12
19
24
18
2
9
3
18
24
26
14
12
19
3
21
1
11
18
26
11
19
1
7
21
5
short track
Greta Small
18
CODE
1
2
C
14 15
L
4
V
17
J
14
20
7
21
12
1
11
7
7
21
5
speed skating
snowboarding
3
16
5
18
A
6
Z
19
7
I
20
8
X
21
9
22
10
Q
23
11
12
13
24
R
25
26
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THE MOTTO / SLOGAN
THE MASCOTS
A motto or slogan is developed for the Olympics to welcome the world.
It is used leading up to the Games and throughout the event in
promotional activities and at the sports venues.
The official 2014 Winter Games motto has been chosen to express the
character and personality of Russia’s Games:- Hot. Cool. Yours
Choose one of the mascots to write a newspaper report about. Imagine
you are going to have an interview with the mascot.
- Make a list of questions you would ask them. Use the descriptions
below to help you.
Visit talisman.sochi2014.com/en/ to find out more about them.
THE POLAR BEAR
He lives where everything is made of ice and snow. He
knows how to do many Winter Olympic Sports.
THE HARE
This busy forest creature takes part in all sporting events,
studies at the Forest Academy and loves to sing and
dance.
What do you think each word in the motto represents or reflects?
(for the answer visit www.sochi2014.com/en/news-sochi-2014-reveals-its-slogan)
Imagine Mt Kosciusko, Australia, has been given the right to host
the 2022 Winter Olympics. Devise a motto for the Games that reflect
the character and personality of Winter Games in Australia.
Example of past mottos:Vancouver 2010 was the line from the Canadian Anthem "With glowing hearts".
The slogan of Turin 2006, "Passion lives here" reflected the link between the Olympic
spirit and the passionate character of the Italians.
THE LEOPARD
Living high in the branches of trees in the Caucasus
Mountains, the leopard is a good mountain climber who
likes to rescue those needing help. He is also very good at
snowboarding.
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TIME YOUR RUN
SPEEDY SKATES
In the final of the two run bobsleigh competition, Sweden, Russia, Italy
and South Korea posted the following times. Using the clues, figure out
each team’s time for each run, then calculate their combined run time to
determine the Gold, Silver and Bronze medals.
The times on the 1st run were:
1 minute and 19.22 seconds
1 minute and 18.44 seconds
1 minute and 18.30 seconds
1 minute and 18.67 seconds
The times on the 2nd run were:
1 minute and 19.06 seconds
1 minute and 18.98 seconds
1 minute and 19.58 seconds
1 minute and 19.64 seconds
CLUES
1. On the second run the team from Sweden was ninety-one
hundredths of a second slower than their first run.
2. The team that finished the first run in one minute and 18.30
seconds was not the team that finished the second run in either
one minute and 19.64 seconds or one minute and 18.98 seconds.
3. On the first run, the team from South Korea was ninety- two
hundredths of a second behind the winners of the first run.
4. The team from Italy finished the second race in less than one
minute and 19 seconds.
5. The team from Russia finished the first race in less than one
minute and 18.69 seconds.
6. The bobsleigh team from South Korea clocked a combined time
of two minutes and 38.86 seconds.
The Short Track Skating track at
the Olympics is a 111metre
course. Pierre Boda is skating in
the 500 metre event. How many
times will he have to skate around
the rink to complete the event?
It takes the Czech Republic ice hockey team 11
minutes to drive from the athletes’ village to the
Ice Hockey Stadium. It takes them 25 minutes to
change into their uniforms and 45 minutes to
warm up. The game begins at 3:45pm. What is
the latest time the team can leave the village to
be ready to play when the game starts?
The seating capacity at the Adler Speed Skating Arena
is 8000. On the first day of events, 7600 of the seats
were filled. What percentage of the total number of
seats was taken?
If each ticket sold cost AUD$75.50 what was the total
amount made on ticket sales?
Adler Skating Arena - Sochi