14 December 2023 - As the northern hemisphere enters the winter season, the latest edition of the Olympic Review, the official publication of the Olympic Movement, celebrates the centenary of the Olympic Winter Games that took place in Chamonix, France in 1924. It also looks at what the future holds for the Winter Olympics and the measures being put in place by the IOC to ensure that they can continue to survive and thrive for a long time to come.
Featuring articles by contributors from outside the Olympic Movement, the magazine looks back at the rich and storied history of 10 decades of the world’s greatest festival on snow and ice.
In this edition:
- Writer James Calder retraces the Olympic Winter Games from their birth in Chamonix in 1924 to the present day looking, among others, at progress towards gender equality and how different editions have shaped their host cities and regions.
- Norwegian winter sports legend Aksel Lund Svindal reflects on his Olympic experiences and explains how, in his view, the Olympic Games can inspire future generations.
- Journalist Brian Pinelli talks to and about some of the iconic stars of winter sport who left indelible marks on the Olympic Winter Games, including ice skater Katarina Witt and Alpine skier Franz Klammer, as well as Federica Brignone as she looks forward to Milano Cortina 2026.
At the same time as celebrating the past, Olympic Review also looks towards the future.
- In a feature entitled “The Heat is On”, Steve Wilson looks at what the future holds for the Olympic Winter Games and the measures that the IOC is taking to protect the Winter Olympics and winter sport in general from the challenge of climate change.
- IOC Athletes’ Commission member and Oluseyi “Seyi” Smith, who has participated in the summer and winter editions of the Olympic Games discusses measures that, in his view, the wider sporting sector could take to become more sustainable.
- Athletes from some nations without an obvious winter sports tradition describe the innovative approaches they have adopted in order to shine on the Olympic Winter stage. Could some of these ideas hold the key to the future?
These and other features can be read in Olympic Review 121, which is available here.
The oldest regular publication of the International Olympic Committee, the Olympic Review is the official magazine of the Olympic Movement. Published twice a year in English, French and Spanish, its content is a mix of official news, opinion pieces and more in-depth features on topics of interest to the sporting movement. You can find all previous editions of the Olympic Review in the Olympic World Library.
