Leah's Winter Olympics Crossword

3. What sport do players slide a heavy granite stone toward a target area?
4. What winter sport combines cross-country skiing with rifle shooting?
8. What is the name of the mechanical device that secures a rider's boots to their skis or snowboard and includes a safety release to prevent injuries during a fall?
10. What are gold, silver, and bronze awards given to winners called?
11. What is a board that resembles a broad ski or a small surfboard on snow called?
15. What are the long, narrow runners attached to boots for moving over snow called?
16. What is the sport that involves a small sled for one person, ridden head first while lying in a prone position?
17. Snowboarding with your dominant foot in front instead of non-dominant.
18. What is the name of a light toboggan for one or two people, ridden in a sitting or supine position?

1. The most direct and straight path down a slope.
2. What do curlers use to sweep the ice in front of a moving stone?
5. What term describes downhill skiing on steep mountain slopes where the toe and heel of the boot are fixed to the ski?
6. What sport does an athlete performs artistic jumps, spins, and footwork on ice using ice skates?
7. What is the name of the special boots with metal blades on the bottom for moving on ice?
9. What sport consists of a downhill race where athletes ski or snowboard in a zigzag pattern through a series of closely spaced gates?
10. What is the name of freestyle skiing event on a steep, heavily bumped course?
12. Olympic freestyle skiing event where athletes perform acrobatic flips and twists after launching off vertical snow ramps.
13. What is the name of the hard rubber disk used as the ball in ice hockey?
14. What is a ski run of compacted snow?
15. What is the name of the side of a hill or mountain where people ski or snowboard?