Oh… Winter. I always associate Winter with snow, but this year I have seen only a few flakes, when I was in Poland for Christmas. Snow is rare in Cordoba and this year I think it isn’t its turn, it does not even rain here… But enough of forecasts because today I wanted to talk about different winter sports.
Do you have any favourite one? I do! Figure skating. And I think my friends are already sick of hearing me talking about it, but I cannot help it, I really like it. So the first winter sport that I want to present you is figure skating and if one day you feel like seeing it you should read this vocabulary:
patinador / patinadora (ice skater) – a person who skates on ice
solista (single) – a person who competes alone
pareja (pair skating) – pairs which start each competition, their program is similar to the soloists but contains its own elements
danza (ice dancing) – pairs who dance on ice without jumpings or elevations
programa corto (short program) – the program that lasts about three minutes, the first to present during competitions
programa libre (free program) – the program which takes about four and half minutes, the second to present during competitions
salto (jump) – can be single, double, triple or quadruple
combinación de saltos (combination of jumps) – two, three or more consecutive jumps
secuencia de saltos (sequence of jumps) – two, three or more jumps separated by a step or a turn
pirueta (spin) – spin in several positions, which can be vertical, sit, low arabesque, camel position and more
secuencia de pasos (sequence of steps) – ice skaters move on ice doing turns and steps
espiral (spiral) – obligatory in the female category, consists of sliding on ice on one skate, while the other leg is kept elevated above the hip
espiral de la muerte (death spiral) – obligatory in the category of pairs, the woman describes a circle on the edge of the skate maintaining a horizontal position while her partner holds her by the hand
elevación (lift) – in the category of pairs and ice dancing, the man lifts the woman above his head in different positions
I enclose a short video of Spanish ice skater, Javier Fernández.
What other sports are typical in winter? Let’s see…
patinaje de velocidad (speed skating) – consists of races for various distances on ice
patinaje sincronizado (synchronized skating) – several ice skaters have to slide on the ice at the same time
eslalom gigante (giant slalom) – consists of a descent in the shortest possible time between poles
salto de esquí (ski jumping) – consists of going down on a ramp and then start the flight in order to land as far as possible
esquí acrobático (freestyle skiing) – going down a snow slope several acrobatic jumps must be made
snowboarding (snowboarding) – to slide on a slope you use a snowboard, there are several modalities
hockey sobre hielo (ice hockey) – is played between two teams of six players with ice skates, the game consists of putting a disc into the goal with a stick
descenso en trineo (bobsleigh) – it’s about going down a tube covered with ice as fast as you can in a sleigh
curling (curling) – a sport of precision where two teams of four players compete sliding 8 stones over ice corridor
What other winter sports do you know? Which one is typical in your country?
This article in Spanish.
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