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The Winter Olympic Games (French: Jeux olympiques d'hiver) [a], also known as the Winter Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were held in Chamonix, France.
From the inaugural Winter Games in 1924 until 1992, winter and summer Games were held in the same year. Since 1994, summer and winter Games have been held in staggered even years. Through 2024, there have been 30 Summer Olympic Games, held in 23 cities, and 24 Winter Olympic Games, held in 21 cities.
The 2018 Winter Olympics featured 102 events over 15 disciplines in 7 sports, [29] making it the first Winter Olympics to surpass 100 medal events. Six new events in existing sports were introduced to the Winter Olympic program in Pyeongchang: men's and ladies' big air snowboarding, mixed doubles curling , men's and ladies' mass start speed ...
The Winter Olympics in Sochi have begun. Check back throughout the games for the latest schedules and medal counts for each competing country and athlete. Published: Saturday, Feb. 8, 4 a.m. | Updated: Sunday, Feb. 23, 9:27 a.m.
[1] [2] Russia topped the overall medal count at 7 Summer Olympics and 8 Winter Olympics, while the United States placed first at 19 Summer Olympics and 1 Winter Olympics. Medal totals of the Soviet Union/Unified Team/Russia/OAR/ROC and the United States since 1956, when the Soviet Union started to compete, are presented below.
The 2022 Winter Olympics are set to begin Feb. 4 in Beijing. Despite Omicron fears , draconian COVID-19 countermeasures and endless controversy , organizers are pressing ahead with plans for the ...
The individual parallel special slalom events were featured at the 2014 Winter Olympics in ... per cent increase when comparing with the last Winter Olympics. ...
Today Two years after the last winter Olympics, Team USA has officially won its first gold medal in the team figure skating event. ... (Chock and Bates, who got engaged in June 2022, were the team ...