This book takes the reader through the history of the Olympic Winter Games, starting from the International Winter Sports Week in 1924 in Chamonix, ruled to be the I Olympic Winter Games two years later, through to the preparation stages for the ХХII Winter Olympics to take place in Sochi, Russia.
This book is not only an illustrated history of the Winter Games but also a research paper offering the opportunity to trace back the evolution of the world’s main sports event and estimate their signifi cance and role within society.
Четверка бобслеистов из Германии — олимпийские чемпионы
It contains descriptions of the most exciting moments of the competitions as well as broad statistical information about countries’ participation, the sports programme, participation by gender, as well as many illustrations that recall heroes of the past and their memorable achievements, thus making this publication unique.
The final round USA vs. USSR game of the Olympic ice hockey tournament played on 22 February 1980 will always be remembered as the «Miracle on Ice»
Georg Hackl, German luge legend, won his first Olympic gold in Albertville
Russia’s women’s team—Larissa Lazutina, Nina Gavrilyuk, Yelena Vaelbe, Olga Danilova—won the 4 × 5 kilometer relay
The stories weave their way through feats long forgotten or unheralded, as well as those which are Olympic legend.
Russian women’s biathlon team of Svetlana Sleptsova, Anna Bogaliy-Titovets, Olga Medvedtseva, and Olga Zaitseva won the 4 × 6 kilometer relay
