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OLYMPIC STUDY GUIDE

The winter Olympics started in 1924 in Chamonix, France. There were 16 different countries that competed in 16 different sports. There are now 80 countries competing in 78 different events. Some of the bigger events are Alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, figure skating, bobsledding, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping, and speed skating. The newest sport to be inducted is snowboarding, it currently has 6 events like half pipe and snowboard cross.. The games were suspended from 1936 until 1948 because of World War II. Both summer and winter games were held every four years on the same year until 1992 when they were separated and put on opposite even years. In 1998 the winter Olympics had 2000 participates and the ice hockey tournament was open to professionals that same year. Women’s ice hockey was debuted then and all old speed skating records broken thanks to the new clap skate.