Back In the Day.....

Now that we are into the last week of the

Olympics, let's go back a few years:

Who: A total of 16 nations sent athletes,

totaling 258 (247 men and 11 women.)

What: "The International Winter Sports Week. " It lasted for 11 days and 16 events

took place.

When: 1924

Where: Chamonix, France

Events that first year were:

4 Man Bobsled

Biathlon

Curling

Figure Skating--Women's, Men's and Pairs

Hockey

Cross Country Skiing--18k, 50k

Ski Jumping

Nordic Combined Skiing

Speed Skating--500m, 1500m, 5000m, 10,000m

combined

Speed skating--500m was the very first event. It

was won by American-Charlie Jewtraw.

Finland and Norway were the big winners. They

won 28 of the 43 medals awarded.

Norway--17

Finland--11

US and Great Britain--4

Austria, Switzerland and France--3

Sweden--2

Canada--1

Fast forward to today:

The Winter Olympic Sports are divided into three

categories--

1. Ice--

Bobsled*

Luge

Skeleton

Hockey*

Ice Skating and Dancing*

Speed Skating and Short Track*

Curling*

2. Alpine, Skiing and Snowboarding--

Freestyle Skiing--Aerials, Moguls and

Ski Cross

Alpine Skiing

Snowboarding--Parallel Giant Slalom,

Halfpipe and Snowboard cross

3. Nordic--

Biatholon--Crosscountry Skiing and

Target Shooting*

Ski Jumping*

Crosscountry Skiing*

Nordic Combined--Ski Jumping and

Crosscountry Skiing*

As of this evening the Medal count is:

US---26

Germany--23

Normay--17

The events marked with a * are the FIRST

Olympic events.

~Keep on Dreaming~