the first winter olympics games were held at chamonix, france.
the first winter olympics games were held at chamonix, france.
where were the first winter olympics games held?
chamonix , france
the winter olympics was created to feature snow and ice sports that were logistically impossible to hold during the summer games. figure skating (in 1908 and 1920) and ice hockey (in 1920) were featured as olympic events at the summer olympics. the ioc desired to expand this list of sports to encompass other winter activities. at the 1921 olympic congress in lausanne, it was decided to hold a winter version of the olympic games. a winter sports week (it was actually 11 days) was held in 1924 in chamonix, france, in connection with the paris games held three months later; this event became the first winter olympic games. although it was intended that the same country host both the winter and summer games in a given year, this idea was quickly abandoned. the ioc mandated that the winter games be celebrated every four years on the same year as their summer counterpart. this tradition was upheld until the 1992 games in albertville, france; after that, beginning with the 1994 games, the winter olympics were held every four years, two years after each summer olympics.
olympic games
shannon-ogbnai abeda (born 15 may 1996) is a former eritrean-canadian alpine skier turned bobsledder. abeda competed for eritrea at the 2018 winter olympics in the alpine skiing events. abeda became the first athlete to compete for eritrea at the winter olympics. he finished 61st in the giant slalom event, and did not finish the first run of the slalom event. abeda's parents fled the eritrean war of independence in the 1980s and emigrated to canada. abeda also represented the country at the inaugural winter youth olympics in 2012 in innsbruck, austria. abeda announced his intentions to take the 2018/2019 season off and attend university after the 2018 winter olympics games. he hinted that he would return for the 2022 winter olympics games, but also at the possibility of retirement. on july 22, 2019 abeda officially retired from alpine and stated that he will compete in bobsleigh instead.
shannon-ogbnai abeda