Military patrol
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Military patrol is a team winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. Formerly ski mountaineering was also part of the sport. It is usually contested between cou
Start of a German Reichswehr military training patrol team in the Giant Mountains, January 1932.
Winter Olympic Games
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The Winter Olympic Games, also known as the Olympic Winter Games or simply the Winter Olympics, are a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and
Military patrol
…Sports Council (Conseil International du Sport Militaire, or CISM) skiing championships starting in 1929. It was in the official programme of the Winter Olympic Games in 1924 Chamonix, and on three occasions as a demonstration sport (1928, 1936 and 1948). In 1924, the military patrol team member Camille Mandrillon…
The Olympic flame in Milan during the 2026 Winter Olympics
Ulrich Salchow at the 1908 Olympics
Sonia Henie's Olympic gold medal, St. Moritz 1928.
The opening ceremonies of the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo