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
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
Olympic Games
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The modern Olympic Games are a series of international multi-sport events. Considered among the biggest sporting events in the world, the Olympics are organised into distinct Summer and Winter Games,
Winter Olympic Games
…1901 and were held again in 1903 and 1905 and then every fourth year thereafter until 1926. Balck was a charter member of the IOC and a close friend of Olympic Games founder Pierre de Coubertin. He attempted to have winter sports, specifically figure skating, added to the Olympic programme but was unsuccessful until…
The Ancient Olympic Games stadium in Olympia, Greece
Pierre de Coubertin, co-founder of the International Olympic Committee and its second president
Evangelos Zappas, co-founder of the International Olympic Committee
The opening ceremony of the 1896 Summer Olympics in Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens