What Sports are the Best to Bet on at the Winter Olympics?

The winter Olympics attracts a large audience. The best sportsbooks in the US are flooded with punters. They love to place bets on various sports. These sports include individual and team events such as ice hockey and curling.

Cross-country skiing has been an event at the Winter Olympics since 1924. Bjørn Dæhlie won more Olympic medals than Carl Lewis, Sonja Henie and Mark Spitz.

Biathlon is a sport combining skiing and shooting. It was first organised in Oslo in 1912. Biathlon wasn't recognised as an event in the Winter Games until 1960. Ole Einar Bjørndalen is the only biathlete to win all biathlon events in a single Winter Olympics (2002 Salt Lake City Games).

Ice hockey has been played at every Winter Olympics since 1924. Canada often wins the event. The main rival of Canada is the Soviet Union.

Figure skating is one of the sports that many people dream of being good at. In 1984 the winter Olympics was dominated by the performance of Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean. They received 12 perfect sixes and won the event.

Jamaica had a bobsleigh team. Cool Runnings was based on the team's success in 1988. Bobsleigh is fast and furious. It's dangerous and 17 people have died in bobbobsleds in history.

The Netherlands have won 121 medals in speed skating. The USA has won 68 medals. The Winter Olympics are taking place in Sochi.

Curling is a popular spectator event at the Winter Olympics. In 2018 a British team got to the semi-final but was beaten by Sweden.