CXA001 Posted December 30, 2013 Report Posted December 30, 2013 With the start of the New Year, it also brings the hype of the final countdown to the 22nd Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. The first winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating. The Games were held every four years from 1924 until 1936, after which they were interrupted by World War II. The Olympics resumed in 1948 and were celebrated every four years. The Winter & Summer Olympic Games were held in the same years until 1992, after a 1986 decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to place the Summer & Winter Games on separate four-year cycles in alternating even-numbered years. Because of the change, the next Winter Olympics after 1992 were in 1994. So to celebrate and support the athletes that will be heading to Soch in the next few weeks, Canadian Xpress will be visiting North American Winter Olympic sites. Join Canadian Xpress today in order to participate as there are some great prizes to be won including: Any Download product from: http://www.aerosoft.com/ The January 2014 Challenge is open to all Canadian Xpress pilots from January 1st until January 30th, 2014 so join Canadian Xpress today by visiting http://CanadianXpress.ca . *Canadian Xpress accepts 50% of your VATSIM, IVAO or other virtual airline hours with no limits. Quote
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