First Heartland Winter Games

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Heartland Games of the
First Winter Olympiad

Games logo
The official logo of the Stadt Nicht Winter Games of 2140.
The image of a snowfall can visibly be seen in the blue background.

Host city Stadt Nicht, Liverpool England
Nations participating 11
Athletes participating 896 athletes from 11 nations
Events 42 across 10 disciplines
Opening ceremony October 4
(at the National Stadium in CCL)
Closing ceremony October 18 (original schedule);
November 1 (revised schedule)
(at the National Stadium in CCL)
Officially opened by Premier Thomas Douglas
Athlete's oath: Roy Wadley
Games torch lighting: Carl Minor
Olympic Stadium National Stadium (in CCL)
Official Games languages English, German

The Heartland First Winter Olympics, officially the Heartland Games of the First Winter Olympiad, was to be be held in Stadt Nicht, Liverpool England, from October 4 to October 18, local year 2140, but was held through November 1 eventually due to a clash with the NationStates event. This is the first time Stadt Nicht has hosted a major international tournament, as it was not a venue in the XXII World Cup.

Events

42 events are in the cards at this Games. Short track, figure skating, luge, nordic combined and skeleton were all ommitted from the events list, as well as selected events within disciplines.

Alpine skiing

See also: Alpine skiing at the First Heartland Winter Games

Eight events are scheduled for the alpine skiing programme, with combined for both genders being left out. The events will take place throughout the Games, lasting from the first competition day on October 5 to the last competition day on October 18. They will be held in the small village of Eishügel (Ger., literally 'ice hill') in the backdrop of the Gulps Mountains.

Alpine skiing medal tally
Pos Country Gold Silver Bronze Total Medals
1 Miraclia (MIR) 2 1 0 3
2 PopularFreedom (HPF) 1 0 0 1
3 Liverpool England (LEN) 0 2 0 2
=4 Northwest Prussia (NWP) 0 0 1 1
=4 New Varangia (NUV) 0 0 1 1
=4 Grays Harbor (KGH) 0 0 1 1

Biathlon

See also: Biathlon at the First Heartland Winter Games

Six events will take place in the biathlon programme, held over 10 of the 14 days scheduled for competition. The 7.5km women's sprint is scheduled for October 6, the 10 km men's sprint for October 8, the 15km women's individual for October 10, the 20 km men's individual for October 12, the women's 4-by-6 km relay for October 13 and the men's 4-by-7.5 km relay for October 15. All the events will be held just outside Stadt Nicht.

Biathlon medal tally
Pos Country Gold Silver Bronze Total Medals
1 Vlavianos (VLA) 1 0 0 1
2 Northwest Prussia (NWP) 0 1 0 1
3 Liverpool England (LEN) 0 0 1 1

Bobsleigh

See also: Bobsleigh at the First Heartland Winter Games

The bobsleigh, or bobsled, programme features just the men's and women's 2-man events as the men's 4-man event was cut from the programme. The two events will be held over four days, starting with the men's 2-man preliminaries on October 9 and ending with the women's 2-man finals on October 12. The events will be held at the National Luge Centre in Stadt Nicht.

Cross-country skiing

See also: Cross-country skiing at the First Heartland Winter Games

Four events (two individual, two relay) are set on the cross-country skiing programme, taking place across eight days, around the same area the biathlon events will be held.

Curling

See also: Curling at the First Heartland Winter Games

Six nations confirmed entries for the women's curling event and seven confirmed their participation in the men's event, leading to scheduling trouble for the organisers over the men's event.

Freestyle skiing

See also: Freestyle skiing at the First Heartland Winter Games

The four freestyle skiing events are scheduled to be held in Eishügel, barely nine hundred yards from the alpine skiing events. For seven days athletes will compete in the men's and women's aerials and the men's and women's moguls.

Ice Hockey

See also: Ice Hockey at the First Heartland Winter Games

Ice Hockey is the only event that will not be held in the Northeast Region (where Stadt Nicht is located) or the Gulp Mountain Peninsula (where Eishügel, a three-hour drive from Stadt Nicht, is located) aside from the Opening and Closing Ceremonies that will be held in CCL.

The men's event will be held in entirety at the National Hockey Rink in CCL (Government Territory), while the women's event will take place at two rinks in Orean (Southeastern Region). Orean, about an eleven-hour drive from CCL, or eight hours from Stadt Nicht, is the only city involved in the Olympics that does not receive winter conditions, as it is on the edge of a desert.

A round-robin stage is planned, with the top three teams after the group phase being awarded medals, although this has yet to be confirmed.

Ski Jumping

See also: Ski jumping at the First Heartland Winter Games

The ski jumping is the only all-men discipline in the Games, the two events, to be held over one day, will be held in Città del Ghiaccio (Ita., literally 'Ice Town'), the only area in Liverpool England where Italian is used. Città Del Ghiaccio is about a 25-minute drive from Eishügel, where the alpine and freestyle skiing will take place.

Shared medals counted as seperate medals:

Ski jumping medal tally
Pos Country Gold Silver Bronze Total Medals
1 Aldeshar (ALD) 2 0 0 2
2 Vlavianos (VLA) 1 0 0 1
3 PopularFreedom (HPF) 0 2 1 3
4 Northwest Prussia (NWP) 0 1 1 2

Snowboarding

See also: Snowboarding at the First Heartland Winter Games

A special snowboard halfpipe has been built for the Games in Città del Ghiaccio, about a kilometre from the ski jumps, with the snowboard cross event venue located another 700 metres away. However, the parallel giant slalom will be held in Eishügel, making use of the hill used for the alpine skiing.

Speed skating

See also: Speed skating at the First Heartland Winter Games

Speed skating will be held at the National Indoor Arena in CCL, with six events across all 14 days of competition.

Overall medal tally

The host nation is highlighted.

First Heartland Winter Games Medal Tally
Pos Country Gold Silver Bronze Total Medals
1 Miraclia (MIR) 2 1 0 3
=2 Vlavianos (VLA) 2 0 0 2
=2 Aldeshar (ALD) 2 0 0 2
4 PopularFreedom (HPF) 1 2 1 4
5 Northwest Prussia (NWP) 0 2 2 4
6 Liverpool England (LEN) 0 2 1 2
=7 New Varangia (NUV) 0 0 1 1
=7 Grays Harbor (KGH) 0 0 1 1

Locations and venues

Stadt Nicht

Stadt Nicht is the official host city of the Games, and where the biathlon, bobsleigh, cross-country and curling will be held.

City Centre

CCL plays host to the Opening and Closing Ceremonies due to the lack of a big stadium in Stadt Nicht, where the biggest arena sits just 67,000. The National Stadium, a 340,000 capacity stadium, will see the Games declared open and closed. Men's ice hockey and the speed skating events will also be held in CCL.

Other areas

Eishügel (literally Ice Hill in German) will play host to the snowboarding parallel giant slalom, slpine skiing and freestyle skiing events. Città del Ghiaccio (literally Ice Town in Italian), the only area of Liverpool England known to have Italia speakers, will host the ski jumping, as well as snowboarding halfpipe and snowboard cross.