The origin of the Winter Olympic Games

The Winter Olympics originated from the separation of the summer and winter events of the Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committee, and the official Winter Olympics was formed in 1924.

At that time, Chamonix, France hosted what was then called "Winter Sports Week". Two years later, the IOC officially renamed it 1 Winter Olympics. A total of 294 athletes from 16 countries and regions participated in the four events.

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Development history

1At the end of the 9th century and the beginning of the 20th century, some ice and snow sports, such as skiing, sledding, skating and ice hockey, were gradually popularized and developed in Europe and America.

1890, Canada established the world's first ice hockey association. 1892 the international skating Federation was established in the Netherlands.

1893, the first men's speed skating championship was held in Amsterdam. With the increasing popularity of ice and snow sports, Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games, suggested that the Winter Olympic Games should be held separately, but it was postponed because of the successful Nordic joint sports held in Scandinavia in Europe in 190 1.

The International Olympic Committee refused to accept nordic combined and added ice hockey. After joining the Olympic Games, figure skating and ice hockey attracted great interest from the audience. However, due to the weather conditions, the organizers feel inconvenient. Although both events were held in April in advance, most competitions and the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games were held in mid-August.

This makes an Olympic Games as long as five months, and the cost of manpower and material resources is too high. In view of this, people tend to separate the ice and snow events from the Olympic Games and hold them separately.

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