Sonja Henie, 11, strikes a pose with world champion skater Gilles Grafstrom at the 1924 International Winter Sports Week, later known as the first Winter Olympics. (AP)The Winter Olympic Games, which open Friday in South Korea, are a big deal. But when the modern Olympic Games started in 1896 in Athens, Greece, there was no such thing as the Winter Olympics. Those competitions are considered the first Winter Olympics, but they were not as big as today’s Games. Read more Score columns:Snowboarder Maddie Mastro talk about Olympic dreamsJudges have too much say in the OlympicsFred Bowen shares his favorite Winter Olympic events

Source: Washington Post February 07, 2018 23:26 UTC