The Icy Road towards the First Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix 1924

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) faced many obstacles in deciding to initiate the first Olympic Winter Games and subse- quently organize in Chamonix, in 1924 the "Winter Sports Week", now considered the first winter Olympics. Pierre de Coubertin's own thoughts about winter sp...

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Autores: Pérez Aragón, Pedro, Viuda Serrano, Alejandro De La|||0000-0002-4951-0656
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositorio:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Olympic Games
Winter sports
Coubertin
Nordic Games
Chamonix
Deportes
Historia
Sports
History
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title The Icy Road towards the First Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix 1924
spellingShingle The Icy Road towards the First Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix 1924
Pérez Aragón, Pedro
Olympic Games
Winter sports
Coubertin
Nordic Games
Chamonix
Deportes
Historia
Sports
History
title_short The Icy Road towards the First Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix 1924
title_full The Icy Road towards the First Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix 1924
title_fullStr The Icy Road towards the First Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix 1924
title_full_unstemmed The Icy Road towards the First Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix 1924
title_sort The Icy Road towards the First Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix 1924
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Viuda Serrano, Alejandro De La|||0000-0002-4951-0656
author Pérez Aragón, Pedro
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Viuda Serrano, Alejandro De La|||0000-0002-4951-0656
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Olympic Games
Winter sports
Coubertin
Nordic Games
Chamonix
Deportes
Historia
Sports
History
topic Olympic Games
Winter sports
Coubertin
Nordic Games
Chamonix
Deportes
Historia
Sports
History
description The International Olympic Committee (IOC) faced many obstacles in deciding to initiate the first Olympic Winter Games and subse- quently organize in Chamonix, in 1924 the "Winter Sports Week", now considered the first winter Olympics. Pierre de Coubertin's own thoughts about winter sports evolved only slowly, which together with his friendship with Viktor Balck, constituted the main obstacle for the winter Olympics. The success of the Nordic Games, the powerful Swedish nationalistic winter sports festival run by Balck, at the beginning of the twentieth century influenced Coubertin's view that an additional winter Olympic competition was unnecessary. Prior limited inclusion of winter sports, such as figure skating, in the summer Olympic programme made the status of some events unclear. Influential members of the IOC disagreed about their possible place in the programme with Balck leading the opposition to include winter sports. Ultimately the French IOC members' advocacy for winter games in 1921, combined with Balck's retirement from the IOC as a result of his age, was instru- mental in the decision to allow Chamonix to host the first winter festival.
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