At first, ISU World and European Speed Skating and Figure Skating Championships emerged[1] and in 1924, both disciplines were included in the official program of the first Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix.[22] The discipline of ice dancing was introduced at the Innsbruck Games in 1976.[23] After 1945, the ISU slowly continued to grow with accession of members from other countries in Europe, Oceania and (South) Africa.