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The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi's Russian Doping Scandal has resulted in the International Olympic Committee to begin disciplinary proceedings against 28 (later increased to 46) Russian athletes who competed at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, acting on evidence that their urine samples were tampered with.
An ice hockey game during the 1928 Winter Olympics at St. Moritz. The Winter Olympics was created to feature snow and ice sports that were logistically impossible to hold during the Summer Games. Figure skating (in 1908 and 1920) and ice hockey (in 1920) were featured as Olympic events at the Summer Olympics. [45]
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 Games.
The preliminary calendar for the 1916 Summer Olympics, to be held in Berlin, listed a 3-event allround competition, [1] but these Games were cancelled because of World War I. The International Winter Sports Week in Chamonix, retro-actively dubbed the 1924 Winter Olympics, contained five speed skating events. Uncommon for the time, it not only ...
93. Question: Which host city was the first to use artificial snow in the Winter Olympics? Answer: Lake Placid, N.Y. 94. Question: How many gold medals did Eric Heiden win in the 1980 Winter Olympics?
Tina and Milo are the official mascots of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic and Winter Paralympic Games. [1] They are two anthropomorphic stoats. Tina and Milo were the winners of a public poll with more than 1,600 entries for the designs of the 2026 Milan Cortina mascots. The designs were all drawn by Italian students aged 6 to 14.
Snowboarding is a sport at the Winter Olympic Games.It was first included in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. [1] Snowboarding was one of five new sports or disciplines added to the Winter Olympic program between 1992 and 2002, and was the only one not to have been a previous medal or demonstration event. [2]
Alpine skiing has been contested at every Winter Olympics since 1936, when a combined event was held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.. From 1948 to 1980, the Winter Olympics also served as the World Championships in Olympic years, with separate competitions held in even-numbered non-Olympic years.