United States of America

Simone

Simone Biles - Olympics.com

Sweden

Armand

Armand Duplantis - Olympics.com

Mikaela

Mikaela SHIFFRIN

Ilia

Ilia Malinin - Olympics.com

Nikolaï DE KOLOMENKIN

Nikolaï

The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896, and for quite some time the only events on the Olympic program were pulled from traditional summer sports like athletics and swimming. Five years later, in 1901, the first organized international competition involving winter sports -- the Nordic Games

Figure Skating

Bowen Li CHN and  Yumeng Gao CHN perform in the Free Programme of the Pairs Figure Skating competition at Hamar Olympic Amphitheatreduring the Winter Youth Olympic Games, Lillehammer Norway, 15 February 2016. Photo: Jed Leicester for YIS/IOC  Handout image supplied by YIS/IOC

Figure Skating Pairs Free Skating

Look to the past: the curious debut of figure skating at the Olympic Summer Games