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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 IOC desired to expand this list of sports to encompass other winter activities.
Here are six interesting facts about the Olympics as the 2024 Paris Games kick off on July 26.
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Competition began on 24 July with the first matches in the group stages of football and rugby sevens events. The opening ceremony was held two days later on 26 July. The last day of competition and the closing ceremony was held on 11 August. [1] The games included 329 events in 32 different sports. Breakdancing made its debut as an Olympic ...
Organizers of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games ordered 450,000 condoms for the Olympic Village.View Entire Post ›
The post 14 Olympic Moments That Changed History appeared first on Reader's Digest. These inspirational and controversial Olympic moments have left the deepest impressions on the world—and the ...
This page is a template linking to unofficial medal tables of the Olympic games (as the IOC doesn't recognize medal tables by nation), both Summer and Winter. There is also a link to the total medal table, which shows all-time medal totals by tablery.
Athletics records in the Summer Olympic Games have been recorded since 1896. The modern Summer Olympic Games have been held every four years since the first Games in 1896 (except 1916 due to the First World War, 1940 and 1944 due to the Second World War, and 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic) and Olympic records are recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in each event.