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The following is a list of host cities of the Olympic Games, both summer and winter, since the modern Olympics began in 1896. Since then, summer and winter games have usually celebrated a four-year period known as an Olympiad. From the inaugural Winter Games in 1924 until 1992, winter and summer Games were held in the same year.
Concerts by Nickel Creek, Julian Lage, Richard Thompson, Kim Gordon, VSO highlight musical offerings; Vermont Stage, Valley Players lead theater list
Traditionally at the Summer Olympic Games, the opening and closing ceremonies and the Athletics competitions are held in the Olympic Stadium. The Winter Olympic Games do not usually have a central Olympic Stadium, but instead have edifices that are designated as the Olympic Stadium to host the opening and closing ceremonies.
For the first time, Canada won a gold medal at an Olympic Games it hosted, having failed to do so at both the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. In contrast to the lack of gold medals at these previous Olympics, the Canadian team finished first overall in gold medal wins, [ 105 ] and became the first host ...
Mount Snow's Kelly Clark, bronze medalist of 2014 Olympic Women's half-pipe, [7] won the first American gold medal of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in women's half-pipe. She is a graduate of the Mount Snow Academy and the first athlete from Mount Snow to win an Olympic gold medal.
🏅 Take inspiration from the Olympics. The 2024 Summer Games kick off in Paris on July 26, running through Aug. 11. If you’re looking to shake up your summer fitness routine, this is a good ...
Some ski resorts are calling it "Deepcember" on social media. How much snow did the early December snowstorm dump on Vermont?
The Russian athlete Nikolai Panin is unique in having competed in both a summer sport (shooting in 1912) and a winter sport (figure skating in 1908) but only competing at the Summer Olympics. [2] Among these athletes, the most-occurring combination is bobsledding and athletics (also known as track and field), followed by cycling and speed ...