From 2030 onwards, Games organisers will be obliged to minimise direct and indirect Games-related carbon emissions, strive to remove more carbon from the atmosphere than the Games project emits, and use their influence to encourage stakeholders to take climate action. The IOC has also increased its requirements for the Olympic Games to address climate change. Any new construction must be planned with long-term legacy in mind. Hosts should aim to use only existing or temporary venues, and can also move events outside the host city, region or country, if appropriate, for sustainability reasons. Today, Olympic hosts are not required to adapt to the Games the Games must adapt to the hosts. We are working to ensure a sustainable future for the Games so that they create lasting benefits for their hosts, reduce their environmental footprint and evolve in response to a warming planet. With the reforms of Olympic Agenda 2020 and Olympic Agenda 2020+5, the IOC has reinvented the Olympic Games and the Olympic Winter Games to adapt to the times we live in. In the face of this immense challenge, the Olympic Winter Games are adapting, and are changing fast. The officials' oath at an Olympic Winter Games was first sworn in 1972 at Sapporo.Climate change poses a direct threat to winter sport, and to the natural environment in which it takes place. Torbjorn Falkanger (ski jumping) Officials' Oath by: Her Royal Highness Princess Ragnhild Lighting the Olympic Flame by:Įigil Nansen, grandson of the famous explorer Fridtjof Nansen Olympic Oath by: The Norwegian ski champion Lauritz Bergendal hands the Olympic Flame over to the last torch bearer. The men were William Hunt and Herbert Familton, and the female athlete was Annette Johnson. Three athletes represented their country and all competed in Alpine skiing events. New Zealand at the Winter Gamesįor the first time, New Zealand took part in the Olympic Winter Games. Skier Duarte Espirito-Santo competed for his country in the downhill and finished in 69th place with a time of 3:58.4 mins. Portugal at the Winter Gamesįor the first time at the Winter Games, Portugal sent a delegation. Britons in MourningĪt the Opening Ceremony, the members of the British delegation wore a black armband to pay tribute to King George VI, who had died on 6 February, four days earlier. In 1952, the reserve venue for the speed skating events was the rink in Hamar, a city which went on to host speed skating in 1994 for the Lillehammer Olympic Games. The speed skating events were held in the Bislett Stadium, the famous athletics arena which hosts a major meeting every year and where many world records have been set. Speed Skating in a Famous Athletics Stadium Oslo is the only Winter Games host city that is also a capital. Sapporo in 1972, Vancouver in 2010 and Sochi in 2014 are the three other host cities of the Olympic Winter Games that lie by the sea. Oslo is indeed situated at the end of a fjord of the same name. Winter Games by the Seaįor the first time, the Winter Games were held in a city located on the sea. Princess Ragnhild opened the Olympic Winter Games in place of King Hǻkon VII, who was away in England attending the funeral of His Majesty King George VI. Olympic cross country skiing was opened up to women, with the inclusion of a 10km event. He landed his innovative jump perfectly, the nine judges awarded him top marks, and he claimed his second gold medal. Instead, he chose to attempt a triple loop, even though no skater had ever performed it in competition. Going for GloryĪmerican figure skater Richard “Dick” Button only needed to perform a safe programme to retain his Olympic title. This enabled an athlete’s score to be given immediately. Technological ProgressĬomputers were used for the first time in figure skating to calculate the scores awarded by the different judges for the compulsory and free programmes. His compatriot Torbjorn Falkanger claimed silver. In front of over 115,000 spectators, Arnfinn Bergmann won the ski jump competition on the mythical Holmenkollen hill. His winning margins in the 5,000m and the 10,000m were the largest in Olympic history. Speed skater Hjalmar Andersen won three gold medals. A symbolic flame was lit in the hearth of the home of Sondre Nordheim, who had done much to popularise the sport, and relayed by 94 skiers to Oslo. In 1952, the Games finally came to Norway, the birthplace of modern skiing. Andersen winning Olympic gold medal - Men's Speed Skating | Oslo 1952 Replays Oslo 1952 | Olympic Winter games About the Games Home of Skiing
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