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olympic games
WHAT ARE THE OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES?
The Olympic Winter Games are a major international sporting event held once every four years. The Olympic Winter Games are designed for sports practiced on snow and ice.
HISTORY
The first Winter Olympics took part in year 1924, in Chamonix, France. The Games were held every four years from 1924 to 1936, interrupted in 1940 and 1944 by World War ll, and resumed in 1948. Until 1992 the Winter and Summer Olympic Games were held in the same years, but in accordance with a 1986 decision by the International Olympic Committee to place the Summer and Winter Games on separate four-year cycles in alternating even-numbered years.
SPORTS
The original five Winter Olympics sports were bobsleigh, curling, ice hockey, Nordic skiing and skating. Later, sports and disciplines have been added and some of them, such as Alpine skiing, luge, short track speed skating, freestyle skiing, skeleton, and snowboarding, have earned a permanent spot on the Olympic programme. Some others, including curling and bobsleigh, have been discontinued and later reintroduced. Others have been permanently discontinued, such as military patrol, though the modern Winter Olympic sport of biathlon is descended from it.
PYEONGCHANG 2018
The 2018 Winter Olympics, known as PyeongChang 2018 , was a major multi-sport event held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, South Korea. Pyeongchang was elected as the host in July 2011.The 2018 Winter Olympics featured 102 events in 15 sports, making it the first Winter Olympics to surpass 100 medal events.
FUTURE
The host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics is Beijing, elected on 31 July 2015. Beijing will be the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics. The host city for the 2026 Winter Olympics will be selected at the 134th International Olympic Committee Session in September 2019 in Milan, Italy.