The First Winter Olympics, 100 Years Ago - TPM – Talking Points Memo

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The first Winter Olympic Games were held between January 25 and February 5, 1924, in the French town of Chamonix. Competitors from 16 countries convened to show their strengths in events including speed skating, ice hockey, figure skating, ski jumping, and bobsleigh.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1478524
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As Click and Clack were wont to say,
“Well, Sonja Henie’s tutu!”

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Love the inaugural poster.

As to the photos, the small scale of the event has a definite charm to it.