Winter Olympics
The Winter Olympics
The Winter Olympics, exactly like their summer counterpart, is an international event to celebrate global peace and the best athletes humanity has to offer. Ever since its inception in the 1924 Games in Chamonix, France, the Winter Olympics has evolved in terms of events, economic impact, and technology.
The first Winter Olympic Games were actually called “The International Winter Sports Week” and lasted eleven days in the French Alps. Events included alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping, and speed skating. Out of the sixteen nations that competed, the Scandinavians clearly dominated the Games; Finland and Norway won 27 out of the 43 available medals. Though Finland and Norway dominated overall, Canada was victorious in ice hockey, beating every single competitor by a margin of an average twenty points. However, the most interesting medal won was the bronze won by U.S. athlete Anders Haugen in the ski jump. However, Haugen did not receive the medal until 1974 when he was 83 years old due to a scoring error. Since the very first Winter Games, they were held every four years from 1924 to 1936 due to the introduction of World War Two. The Games resumed in 1948 and was held once more every four years. Up to 1992, the Summer and Winter Olympics were held in the same years. However, according to the International Olympic Committee, the Summer and Winter Games must be held on separate four-year cycles in alternating even-numbered years. Thus, the Winter Olympics after the one in 1992 was in 1994.Sports have also been added; for example, permanent additions to the Games include luge, short track speed slating, and freestyle skiing. The increased use of television has created a stream of income due to sales rights and advertising as well as raising the global profile of the Winter Games. Other companies such as television corporations and sponsors could exert influence with increasing ease. An
The Winter Olympics, exactly like their summer counterpart, is an international event to celebrate global peace and the best athletes humanity has to offer. Ever since its inception in the 1924 Games in Chamonix, France, the Winter Olympics has evolved in terms of events, economic impact, and technology.
The first Winter Olympic Games were actually called “The International Winter Sports Week” and lasted eleven days in the French Alps. Events included alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping, and speed skating. Out of the sixteen nations that competed, the Scandinavians clearly dominated the Games; Finland and Norway won 27 out of the 43 available medals. Though Finland and Norway dominated overall, Canada was victorious in ice hockey, beating every single competitor by a margin of an average twenty points. However, the most interesting medal won was the bronze won by U.S. athlete Anders Haugen in the ski jump. However, Haugen did not receive the medal until 1974 when he was 83 years old due to a scoring error. Since the very first Winter Games, they were held every four years from 1924 to 1936 due to the introduction of World War Two. The Games resumed in 1948 and was held once more every four years. Up to 1992, the Summer and Winter Olympics were held in the same years. However, according to the International Olympic Committee, the Summer and Winter Games must be held on separate four-year cycles in alternating even-numbered years. Thus, the Winter Olympics after the one in 1992 was in 1994.Sports have also been added; for example, permanent additions to the Games include luge, short track speed slating, and freestyle skiing. The increased use of television has created a stream of income due to sales rights and advertising as well as raising the global profile of the Winter Games. Other companies such as television corporations and sponsors could exert influence with increasing ease. An