texts: topic: Alpine skiing  <s> Is skiing  a sporting event?  </s> <s> It can be. Skiing has been a Winter Olympic sport since 1936, and there are lots of other competitions, especially in Europe and the US. </s> <s> So when was the first  time skiing started? 
labels: Not sure when it developed, but it became quite popular in the 30s and there are about 55 million skiers worldwide at the moment.