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Winter Games

American  

plural noun

  1. Olympic Games held every fourth winter and including skiing, ice-skating, bobsledding, and other primarily winter sports.


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Little more than a year later, he can call himself a Paralympian, having competed in his first event at the Milan-Cortina Winter Games.

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"These Paralympic Winter Games will honour our past, celebrate our present, and shape a more inclusive future, and we need a future now more than ever before," said Andrew Parsons, president of the International Paralympic Committee.

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Simpson and his brother and guide Andrew created history four years ago when they were victorious, becoming the first British men to win a Winter Games skiing gold medal.

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Teams are mixed and there are two female athletes at this year's Games - Japan's Akari Funkunishi and Michaela Hozakova of Slovakia - with work ongoing to grow that number in the hope of having a female competition at a future Winter Games.

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The venue was originally built in 1955 for the Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 Olympic Winter Games, and back then staged the opening ceremony and figure skating competitions.

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