The Winter Olympics is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The Winter Olympics are usually held in February, during the winter season of the Northern Hemisphere.
The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were held in Chamonix, France. The modern Olympic Games were inspired by the ancient Olympic Games, which were held in Olympia, Greece, from 776 BCE to 394 CE.
The original five Winter Olympic Sports were bobsleigh, curling, ice hockey, Nordic skiing (consisting of the disciplines military patrol, cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, and ski jumping), and skating (consisting of the disciplines figure skating and speed skating).
Sports and disciplines have been added over the years and some of them, such as alpine skiing, luge, short track speed skating, freestyle skiing, skeleton, and snowboarding, have earned a permanent spot on the Olympic program.
Some others, including curling and bobsleigh, have been discontinued and later reintroduced; others have been permanently discontinued, such as military patrol, though the modern Winter Olympic sport of biathlon is descended from it.
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Top 10 Athletes With Most Golds In History Of Winter Olympics
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Sport | Gold Medals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Norway | Cross‑Country Skiing | 10 |
| 2 | Marit Bjørgen | Norway | Cross‑Country Skiing | 8 |
| 3 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Norway | Biathlon | 8 |
| 4 | Bjørn Dæhlie | Norway | Cross‑Country Skiing | 8 |
| 5 | Tobias Arlt | Germany | Luge | 7 |
| 6 | Tobias Wendl | Germany | Luge | 7 |
| 7 | Ireen Wüst | Netherlands | Speed Skating | 6 |
| 8 | Lyubov Yegorova | Unified Team / Russia | Cross‑Country Skiing | 6 |
| 9 | Viktor Ahn | South Korea / Russia | Short Track Speed Skating | 6 |
| 10 | Martin Fourcade | France | Biathlon | 6 |
