The winter olympics

• 1. *Lesson By: Patsy McNeil

2. * 3. ** The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event thatoccurs every four years.* The First Olympic Games occurred in 1924 inChamonix, France.* The games occurred every four years from 1924 to1936. They were interrupted by World War II andlater resumed in 1948.* The Games were held together with the SummerOlympics until 1992, when the InternationalOlympic Committee placed them on separate cyclesevery two years. 4. *In 1924 Chamonix hosted the very firstWinter Olympic Games.The original sports were alpine andcross-country skiing, figure skating, icehockey, Nordic combined, skijumping, and speed skating 5. * Vancouver, Canada hosted the 17 days of the 2010 Winter Games.* 82 countries participated while brought 2566 athletes.* 6. * Ice Hockey * Luge* Alpine Skiing * Nordic Combined* Biathlon * Short Track Speed Skating* Bobsleigh * Skeleton* Cross country skiing * Ski Jumping* Curling * Snowboard* Figure Skating * Speed Skating* Free-Style Skiing * 7. * 8. * The host country puts on an opening and closing ceremony* Medal ceremonies are held to present first, second, and third place with gold, silver, and bronze medals.* 9. * 10. * 1924 - Chamonix, France * 1980 - Lake Placid, New 1928 - St. Moritz, SwitzerlandYork, USA 1932 - Lake Placid, New York, USA 1984 - Sarajevo, Yugoslavia 1936 - Garmisch-1988 - Calgary, Alberta, Canada Partenkirchen, Germany1992 - Albertville, France 1948 - St. Moritz, Switzerland1994 - Lillehammer, Norway 1952 - Oslo, Norway 1998 - Nagano, Japan 1956 - Cortina dAmpezzo, Italy 2002 - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA 1960 - Squaw Valley, California, USA2006 - Torino, Italy 1964 - Innsbruck, Austria 2010 - Vancouver, British 1968 - Grenoble, France Columbia, Canada 1972 - Sapporo, Japan 2014 - Sochi, Russia 1976 - Innsbruck, Austria 2018 - PyeongChang South Korea * 11. * http://www.olympic.org/* http://www.bing.com/images?FORM=HDRSC2 *