(Winter Olympics asks "Ji") The origin of the Winter Olympics: Who was the first to propose to host the Winter Olympics?
China News Service, Shijiazhuang, December 6th. We know that the Winter Olympics is currently the largest comprehensive winter sports event in the world. It is held every 4 years and is held at intervals from the Summer Olympics.
So, who was the first to propose to host the Winter Olympics?
On December 1, a Winter Olympics-themed sculpture in front of the office area of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee was shining in the sun.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Hou Yu
His name is Pierre de Coubertin.
Yes, it is the initiator of the modern Olympic movement, the former chairman of the International Olympic Committee, and the famous French international sports activist Coubertin who is known as the "Father of the Olympics."
Although ice and snow sports have been loved by people in severe cold regions for a long time, compared with the Summer Olympics, the establishment of the Winter Olympics did not go so smoothly at the beginning, because at that time, some world-class ice and snow sports events had become a tradition.
It was not until the beginning of the 20th century that figure skating and ice hockey in ice and snow sports were included in the Summer Olympic Games and attracted great interest from the audience.
However, it was very difficult to compete in winter events in the hot summer.
Therefore, figure skating and ice hockey can only be held in advance to April, which makes the entire time of the Summer Olympics held at that time as long as about 5 months.
In view of this, Coubertin proposed to host the Winter Olympics separately.
In 1924, the first Winter Olympics was successfully held in France, and the history of the Winter Olympics has been opened since then.
The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics is the 24th Winter Olympics. At that time, ice and snow athletes from all over the world will compete in China for the final ownership of 109 gold medals.
(Collated by Pei Guorong)