Few know that Czechs helped secure official recognition for the first Winter Olympics in Chamonix — a story now featured at the Krkonoše Museum in Jilemnice.

As the athletes paraded through the streets of the French Alpine town of Chamonix in January 1924, few would have imagined this would be the start of the world’s biggest winter sports event. There ...

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On this day, January 25, 1924, the first Winter Olympics were held in Chamonix, France.