The first Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix in France in 1924. The Winter Olympics are every four years. In this event there are the traditional events like skating and ice hockey. These games have undergone significant changes since its inception. "The raising of television as a global medium for communication has enhanced the profile of the Games."This means the Winter games are mostly seen by television rising the rating of television as source of communication system. Too it has created an income because of the broadcast rights and advertising, which has become very popular and great for the Internacional Olympics Committee (IOC). The Winter Olympics have created a great attraction for sponsors to influence the game, and too for television companies to advertise the games.
The Games too have had internal scandals, one of the makor scandals was the use of performance enhancing drugs by Winter Olympians, there has been one political boycott of the Winter Olympics. Other internal conflict is the one of the Nations using the Winter Games for their own political ends, and to showcase the claimed superiority of their political systems.
The Winter Olympics have been hosted in three continents but never in the Winter Olympics history in the southern hemisphere. The united States have hosted the Olympics four times, France has hosted three times, Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Norway, and Switzerland have hosted two times, and in 2014 Sachi will host the Winter Olympics and it will be the first Russian city to host this Games.
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