Ten things you didn't know about the Winter Olympics

It’s not as prestigious as the track-and-field, but since its inception in 1924 there has been plenty of drama on the slopes, says Jonathan de Burca Butler

THE Winter Olympics, the chilly little sister of the summer games, was ‘born’ in 1924. Its global audience is nowhere near that of the track-and-field. But with the 22nd games upon us, we look at the more interesting stories to come down its slopes.

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