Fill in the blanks with words from the box below: compete silver represent bronze opening speed alpine ice hockey four determined podium national anthems judges bobsled luge snowboarding parade train fastest gold honor events cross country figure The Winter Games: Every __________ years, athletes from around the world gather to ______________ in the Winter Games of the Olympics. The athletes, who ________________ extremely hard, are chosen to ______________ their countries. The games begin with the _____________ ceremony, where the athletes ______________ in front of an audience. The Events: The Winter Games is comprised of many different ___________. There are sledding events such as the ___________ and the ____________. There are skiing events such as ___________________ and _____________. There are also team sports such as _________________. Every Olympics some new events are added such as ______________, which was added in the 1998 Nagano Olympic Games. Winning: The dream of every athlete is to make it to the ___________, which is where the medals are handed out. The first place winners receive the _____________ medal and have the _____________ of hearing their countries’ _______________________ played. The second place winners receive the _____________ medal and the third place winners receive the _________________ medal. Often, the winners are _______________ by who has the _______________ time. Events such as the ________ skating are decided this way. Other events such as ____________ skating are determined by a panel of ____________, who give marks according to artistic and technical ability.