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It's best to ignore these ads and focus on the information we're looking for. Olympics This site also has information about the modern games. Choose the tab Olympic Games. Closing ceremony. Japan women's volleyball team, "The Oriental Witches". Athletes' village. The first Winter Olympics were held in in Chamonix, France, where athletes from 16 nations competed in 16 events.
Among them were eight men from Asia. A group of seven men from India and one from Nepal, named Tejbir Bura, participated as a team in the mixed alpinism event and won a Gold medal! Interestingly, it is the only Gold medal that Nepal has ever won. She represented Japan in figure skating, and was only 12 years old!
It should be noted that, over the years, the participation of Asian countries in the Winter Olympics has steadily increased as well. The participation dropped a bit at the Games in Lillehammer, Norway, as those were the first Games at which stricter qualifying standards were implemented.
However, the number of athletes from Asia jumped from in to at the very next Games in in Nagano, Japan. Just as in the Summer Olympics, by the Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, the number of men and women participants had evened out, with men At first, the Winter Olympics were held in the same year as the Summer Olympics.
In Brisbane, Australia, in How can a sport be included in the Olympic Games programme? What are the conditions required for a sport to be recognised by the IOC?
The Olympic programme comprises sports, disciplines and events — what is the difference between the three?
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