The Winter Olympic Games are a major international multi-sport event held for sports practiced on snow and ice.The Games were held every four years from 1924 to 1936,interrupted① in 1940 and 1944 by World War Ⅱ,and resumed② in 1948.Until 1992,the Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games were held in the same year.In accordance③ with the 1986 decision by the IOC to place the Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games on separate four-year cycles in alternating④ even-numbered years,the next Winter Olympic Games after 1992 were held in 1994.