context: Winter Olympics: A major international sporting event held once every four years, for snow and ice sports. The first Winter Olympics, 1924, was held in Chamonix, France. The Olympics were inspired by the ancient Olympics, held in Olympia, Greece, from the eighth century BC to the fourth century AD. Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee in 1894, which led to the first modern games in Athens in 1896. The International Olympic Committee is the governing body of the Olympic Movement, with the Olympic Charter defining its structure and authority. The original five sports (divided into nine majors) were group skiing, curling, ice hockey, northern skiing (consisting of disciplines of military patrols, cross country skiing, double Nordic skiing, and skateboarding) and snowboarding (consisting of speed skating and technical snowboarding). The Winter Olympics were held every four years from 1924 to 1936, stopped in 1940 and 1944 due to World War II, and resumed in 1948. Until 1992 the Winter Olympics and Summer Olympics were held in the same years, but according to the decision made by the Olympic Committee In 1986, by placing the Summer and Winter Games in separate four-year tournaments alternating with equal years, the next Winter Olympics were after 1992 in 1994.
question: When was the Winter Olympics established?
answers.text: 1924