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 \nFrom the graceful choreography offigure skating to thelightning-speed action in hockey,the Winter Games displaysome of the most unbelievable sports and athletes.Sliding  \nThe Sliding Center Sanki,which held the 2014 Olympic sliding events,is 5,951 feet(1,814 m)long.  \nsports—which include bobsledding,luge,and skeleton—aresome of the speediest and most daring events in all of the Games.  \n# The Story of Sledding\n\nSledding—or sliding down a snow-covered slope or ice  \nshoot—has been a favorite winter activity for both young and old.But sleds,or toboggans,weren't always used for fun.At firstthey were used for work,transporting people and goods acrossthe snow-filled tundra.The first snow sleds were made from birchand were 7 to 10 feet(2 to 3 meters)long but only 1 foot  \n5  \n6  \nSleds were originally used for transporting goods and not for sliding down snowy hills!  \n(30.5 centimeters)wide.The sleds were made narrow on purposeso they could slide easily on a snowshoe path.Sledding slowlybecame a sport during the 1800s.Different clubs,like theMontreal Tobogganing Club in Canada,started sponsoringcompetitions and races.  \nToday,downhill sledding has transitioned into a more seriousOlympic sport.Bobsledding,luge,","cbCaiphzmHAnvtqu","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiphzmHAnvtqu","pdf",3320652,36,"English","# TABLE OF CONTENTS\n## CHAPTER 1 - History: Sledding to Sliding\n## CHAPTER 2 - Geography: The World's Best Sliders\n## CHAPTER 3 - Civics: Olympic Pride\n## CHAPTER 4 - Economics: Sliding Is Big Business\n## THINK ABOUT IT\n## FOR MORE INFORMATION\n## GLOSSARY\n## INDEX","[{\"question\":\"How did sledding change from everyday work to a sport?\",\"answer\":\"Early snow sleds were used to transport people and goods across snowy areas. 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