00:08the creator of the winter olympics the winter olympics were created by the international
00:15olympic committee ioc under the leadership of pierre de coubert the founder of the modern
00:21olympic games pierre de coubertine supported the idea that winter sports deserve their own
00:27olympic competition just like summer sports how the idea became reality in the early 1920s
00:34many countries had strong traditions in skiing skating and ice hockey athletes wanted a global
00:42winter sports event the ioc approved a special winter sports festival this led to the first
00:47winter games in 1924 in chamani france at first it was called international winter sports week later
00:55the ioc officially renamed it the first winter olympic games how the winter olympics began the
01:03winter olympics were created to celebrate sports played on snow a night before 1924 winter sports
01:10were sometimes included in the summer olympics but athletes and countries wanted a separate
01:16international event just for winter sports that idea became real in 1924 in chamani france when a winter
01:26sports festival was held it was so successful that it was later officially named the first winter olympic
01:33games the first winter olympics 1924 location chamani francy countries dsc says athletes 258 sports included
01:45skiing ice hockey figure skating bobsled and more these games showed the world that winter sports
01:54deserved their own olympic spotlight growing into a global event over time the winter olympics became
02:00much bigger and more international 1936 first held outside europe and germany 1960 first televised
02:08worldwide 1994 began being held separately from the summer olympics today athletes from over 90 countries
02:16compete new sports over time the winter olympics didn't stay the same new sports are added as winter
02:23sports of all year added sport 1924 ice hockey figures get in 1964 illusion 1998 snowboard in 2014 ski
02:33hot pipe 2022 began snowboarding and skiing famous winter olympians some athletes became world famous
02:42because of the winter olympics sonja henny figure skating legend bjorn delhi most medals for many years
02:50michaela schifrin modern skiing star the winter olympics today the winter olympics are now run by the
02:57international olympic committee ioc and take place every four years featuring over 3 000 athletes more
03:05than 15 winter sports billions of viewers worldwide the games promote peace friendship and fair competition
03:14bringing together people from snowy mountains to icy cities all over the world why there were no winter
03:20olympics at first when the modern olympics began in 1896 the games were created by pierde cubertine to
03:27celebrate mainly summer sports like running swimming and gymnastics there were three big problems with
03:33adding winter sports most countries had no snow many olympic nations were warm or tropical so sports like
03:41skiing and ice skating were not common everywhere no international winter competitions before the 1920s
03:49there were no global championships for winter sports like skiing or ice hockey so it was hard to
03:56organize fair events weather and equipment issues early olympico cities did not always have snow ice rinks ski
04:05hills so winter sports were difficult to run properly what john ju by the early 1900s skiing skating and ice
04:16hockey became popular in europe and north america countries like norway sweden and canada wanted
04:24international competitions the international olympic committee saw how popular winter sports were
04:30becoming so the ioc approved a special winter event the big breakthrough in 1924 a winter sports festival
04:37was held in shamanie france it was so successful that the ioc later declared it the first winter olympic games
04:45from that moment on winter sports had their own olympic stage thank you for watching don't forget like share and
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