Where is Chamonix?
It is a small town in France.
The town has fewer than 8,000 people today, and probably even fewer in 1924.
With 16 natural villages, the town of Chamonix hosted more than 200 athletes from 16 countries that year - the first Winter Olympics.
The history of sleigh sliding has passed for nearly a hundred years. The 24th Winter Olympics has been held, and Beijing has become the city of double Olympics.
For nearly a hundred years, human athletes have enthusiastically expressed the Olympic spirit in the ice and snow.
In order to give readers a more systematic understanding of the Centennial Winter Olympics, the People's Publishing House invited Mr. Gerard Sarre, a former senior journalist of the French "L'Equipe", and Wanchamp Lauder, the former president of the extra-time publishing house under the French "L'Equipe". Mr. Te is the chief author, and together with the "great gods" of China's "Sports Weekly", they have contributed to the final compilation of the book "From Chamonix to Beijing - A Century of Winter Olympics".
This is also the first book that systematically and vividly presents the magnificent picture scroll of the century-old Winter Olympics history (24th edition).
The book systematically introduces the basic situation, event settings, highlights and legends of each Winter Olympics in history, focusing on the selection of many characteristic and interesting people and events in the 100-year history of the Winter Olympics; it is an introduction to the Winter Olympics. Popular science books on the history of the emergence, development and evolution of sports are also a wonderful collection of stories about the Winter Olympics.
The content of each chapter of the book is self-contained and linked, and describes a vivid and fascinating history of the development of the Winter Olympics.
This book tells the inspirational stories of many legendary figures, with the main line of promoting tenacious struggle, solidarity and mutual assistance, integrity and friendship, and showing the sports spirit of pursuing faster, higher, stronger and more united.
The content of the book complements the theme song of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and calls out to people all over the world: the more the world loves, the more exciting it will be, come and open all doors, hold hands, and move towards the future together.
Looking back at the Centennial Winter Olympics, the book has everything from medal standings, gold medals, emblems, basic information, and anecdotes to summaries; photos, some of which make people laugh, some are shocking; some stories, some funny and funny, some history The feeling is full of sighing... Cover reporter Zhang Jie