describing them as looking like “crocodile skin,” or dating back to 1924. The IOC told the AP that Paris organizers are in contact with the national Olympic committees of the athletes concerned.

yet again beating the USA (with 223 athletes) in medal count: 37 to 25. This tiny country has more or less dominated the Winter Olympics since the first winter games in Chamonix, France in 1924.

The Games opened on Jan. 25, with a parade of competing nations. The next day, U.S. skater Charles Jewtraw claimed the first ...