This tiny country has more or less dominated the Winter Olympics since the first winter games in Chamonix, France in 1924. How do they do It? "It's a good question," said Birk Ruud, a member of ...

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On Jan. 30, 1924, Gillis Grafström of Sweden won the men’s figure skating gold medal at the Chamonix Winter Olympics. The Chamonix Olympics is considered I Winter Olympics, but was originally ...

Explore items in the Smithsonian's collections related to 1924. In January, the first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France. The Summer Olympics followed later in the year in ...

Great Britain hasn’t done too badly at the Winter Olympics and Paralympics. Since the first Winter Olympic Games in 1924 in Chamonix, France, British Olympians and Paralympians have picked up ...