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Richard Nelsson

Looking back: Winter Olympic Games

Tony Nash (pilot) and Robin Dixon win a gold medal for Britain in the bobsleigh race at the Innsbruck Winter Olympics, January 1964.
Tony Nash (pilot) and Robin Dixon win a gold medal for Britain in the bobsleigh race at the Innsbruck Winter Olympics, January 1964. Photograph: Central Press/Getty Images

22 January 1924

The first Winter Olympic Games are held in Chamonix, France.

14 February 1932

Speed Kings - the 1932 Winter Olympics and the fastest men on earth.

2 February 1964

Britons win gold medal in the bobsleigh.

Figure skaters at the 1924 winter Olympics in Chamonix, France. Herma Planck-Szabo of Hungary, (left) Ethel Muckelt of Britain and Beatrix Loughran of the U.S.A (right).
Figure skaters at the 1924 winter Olympics in Chamonix, France. Herma Planck-Szabo of Hungary, (left) Ethel Muckelt of Britain and Beatrix Loughran of the U.S.A (right). Photograph: Topical Press Agency/Getty Images

February 1976

The day Franz Klammer made us all yelp like sea lions.

12 February 1976

John Curry the Olympic men’s figure skating champion, the first Briton to achieve the honour.

7 February 1980

Reds unhappy about their beds - the Soviet team arriving in the US for the Lake Placid Games describe the athletes’ living quarters as the worst they’ve seen.

15 February 1984

Champions’ golden Olympic perfection - Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean held spellbound the capacity audience at the Zetra Stadium in Sarajevo. How we made Boléro.

Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean perform during their gold medal winning Bolero ice dancing routine at the Winter Olympics at Sarajevo, February 14, 1984.
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean perform during their gold medal winning Bolero ice dancing routine at the Winter Olympics at Sarajevo, February 14, 1984. Photograph: AP

13 February 1988

Jumping into the limelight - Eddie Edwards becomes the first competitor since 1928 to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski-jumping. A
reappraisal of Eddie ‘the Eagle’ Edwards.

Eddie ‘the Eagle’ Edwards, 1988.
Eddie ‘the Eagle’ Edwards, 1988. Photograph: Rex Features

3 December 2000

Tonya Harding: hounded by the past.

22 February 2002

Rhona Martin holds her nerve as curlers take gold - inch-perfect last stone of a nerve-racking final end gave Britain their first Winter Olympics gold medal since 1984. What happened to Britain’s Olympic champion curlers?

8 February 2010

A guide to the winter sports.

Great Britain’s Katie Summerhayes in the ladies ski slopestyle qualification Sochi Olympic Games, 2014.
Great Britain’s Katie Summerhayes in the ladies ski slopestyle qualification Sochi Olympic Games, 2014. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA

5 February 2014

Winter Olympics: 90 years of photo memories. Pictures from the GNM archive.

7 February 2014

Winter Olympic medals since 1924.

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