Venues of the 1924 Winter Olympics World Cup B event in 2000 and was won by France's Kevin Arnould. The bobsleigh track was demolished and is now used as an alpine skiing venue. The Olympic Stadium is still in existence in Chamonix. Chamonix was part of Annecy's unsuccessful bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics in July 2011. If selected, the city would have hosted alpine skiing and ice hockey events. Venues of the 1924 Winter Olympics For the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, a total of three sports venues were used. The main stadium was used for all but two sports and part of a
Winter Olympic Games was necessary to accommodate technological advances, however critics disputed this, alleging that the layout would incorporate the best possible venues for television broadcasts at the athletes' expense. The 1972 Winter Games, held in Sapporo, Japan, were the first to be hosted on a continent other than North America or Europe. The issue of professionalism was disputed during these Games when a number of alpine skiers were found to have participated in a ski camp at Mammoth Mountain in the United States; three days before the opening ceremony, IOC president Avery Brundage threatened to bar the skiers from competing in the