What You Need To Know About Winter Olympics
Every four years, athletes from across the globe compete in the famous event winter Olympics. This event features a multitude of different winter sporting activities and attracts millions of sports fan the world over. The Sporting activities are held on ice or snow and involve games such as alpine skiing, cross- country skiing, ice hockey and curling as well as a host of other activities. Since 1924 ice hockey, cross-country skiing, figure skating, ski jumping, speed skating and Nordic combined have been competed at ever Olympics event.
With time, games such as Luge, freestyle skiing and short track speed skating have been added and have earned a remarkable place on the Olympics program. It is important to note that there are other activities such as speed skiing, skijoring and bandy that have not been officially incorporated in the Olympic games. Summer Olympics has more countries participating than its winter counterpart. In 1924, France held the first Olympics in winter in Chamonix. Before this first event, figure skating and ice hockey were popular summer Olympics events.
In 1940, the winter games were interrupted by World War II but later resumed in 1948. It was not until 1992 when the winter Olympics split from the summer games. The first event on a new schedule was in 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway. The winter games have undergone great changes over time. The games’ profile has been enhanced by the rise of communication technologies. The advancement in technology has seen to the creation of income streams making winter games a newfound source of income for many.
