The first winter olympics, were and when?
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Why do gymnasts wear long-sleeved leotards when in competition and no sleeves in training/practise?
1924 , Chamonixhe first Winter Olympic Games were actually called “The International Winter Sports Week” and went on for 11 days in the French Alps, 60 miles northeast of Grenoble.
As expected, the Scandinavians dominated the 16–nation field. Norway and Finland won 27 of the 43 medals available, including all four Nordic events and four of the five speed skating races. Speed skater Clas Thunberg of Finland and Norwegian Nordic skier and jumper Thorleif Haug each won three gold medals.
American speed skater Charles Jewtraw won the first event of the Games with an upset in the 500 meters. But the most remarkable U.S. medal was the bronze won by Anders Haugen in the ski jump. Due to a scoring error at the time he didn't receive it until 1974 – when he was 83 years old.
In its first four hockey games, Canada beat Switzerland 33–0, Czechoslovakia 30–0, Sweden 22–0 and Great Britain 19–2, before winning the tournament with a 6–1 victory over the U.S. in the final.
Do you think that chinese can be a good host for olympic games?why?why not?
1924 Chamonix, FranceIt depends on your exact definition of "the first".
The St Moritz Games of 1928 were the first to be called Winter Olympics, but they were technically not the first.
There was an "International Winter Sports Week" held in Chamonix in 1924, coinciding with the Paris Olympics. The following year, the International Olympic Committee decided to rename that week retroactively, making it the first Winter Olympics.
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