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As the athletes paraded through the streets of the French Alpine town of Chamonix in January 1924, few would have imagined this would be the start of the world’s biggest winter sports event. There were just 258 competitors at the ‘International Winter ...

(Stacker) – Following three unsuccessful bids over 25 years, the 2024 Summer Olympic Games have returned to Paris. The city hosted the Summer Games twice before: in 1900, as the first location outside Greece, and then again in 1924. Much has changed in ...

The makeup of the Winter Olympics has changed many times in the 100-plus years of the Games. Here are some sports that haven’t stood the test of time.

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It's been 102 years since a U.S. ski jumper made the podium at the Winter Olympics. Team USA's one and only ski jumping medal came in 1924.

Curling was part of the 1924 Winter Olympics, but Canada didn’t enter a team. Britain won curling gold over the two other European contestants, Sweden and France. The curling medals weren’t awarded until 2006: Some sources said curling was supposed to be a demonstration event, not a real Olympic competition with medals.

The 2026 Winter Olympics are bringing thousands of athletes from around the world together for more than two weeks of competition — and the Games are a gold mine for statistics.