Winter Olympic Games
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List of Winter Olympic Sports
 Current Sports (2010)
The sports, in alphabetical order:
Discontinued sports
- Military patrol (a precursor to the biathlon) was a medal sport in 1924. It was also demonstrated in 1928, 1936 and 1948
Demonstration sports
The following sports have been part of the Winter Olympic program as a demonstration sport at one stage.
- Bandy (like ice hockey with a ball), 1952 (will return to the Winter Olympic Games in 2010).
- Ice stock sport (a German variant to curling), 1936 & 1964.
- Skijöring (skiing behind horses), 1928.
- Sled-dog racing, 1932.
- Snowshoeing, 2002
- Speed skiing, 1992 (may return to Winter Olympic Games in 2010)
- Synchronized skating (2002)
- Winter pentathlon (a variant to the modern pentathlon), 1948.
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