Winter sports in the United States

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Popular winter sports in the United States include (from left to right, top to bottom) figure skating, ice hockey, skiing, and snowboarding

Winter sports in the United States are popular, both professionally and recreationally.

Sports

Curling

Once popular only in "the upper midwest and small pockets of New England", curling is gradually making inroads in the rest of the country.[1]

Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating in the United States

The governing body of figure skating in the United States is US Figure Skating,"U.S. Figure Skating is a member of the International Skating Union (ISU), the international federation for figure skating; and the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC).

Ice skating used to be a popular television sport in the United States but has fallen out of favor since the 1970s, and the number of medals they have won at the winter Olympics has declined.

Ice hockey

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Main article: Ice hockey in the United States

Twenty-four of the thirty-one National Hockey League teams are based in the United States, the other seven in Canada.

Skiing

Skiing remains a billion-dollar industry, but according to Snowsports Industry of America, its popularity peaked in the winter of 2010–11, with 11.5 million alpine skiers, and has declined since.[2]

Sledding

Historically the United States has not been a world power in bobsledding.[3] USA Bobsled are the governing body for bobsledding in the United States.[4][5]

Kaillie Humphries is one the most successful bobsledders for the United States.[6]

Snowboarding

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Main category: Snowboarding in the United States

Snowboarding was once a popular and trendy sport among the youth of America in the 1990s and 2000s, but has declined in popularity since the early 2010s due to the expense of the sport.[7][8][9][10][11]

Winter Olympics

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Main article: United States at the Winter Olympics

The United States is a traditional powerhouse in the Winter Olympics.[12][13] However, the 2018 Winter Olympics saw the country's worst performance in terms of medals in 20 years.[14][15]

Participation

Winter sports are underrepresented by ethnic minorities due to the fact that such sports are expensive to play.[16][17][18][19][20][21]

Events

  • Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, an annual long-distance sled dog race run in early March from Anchorage to Nome, entirely in the state of Alaska

References

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