The International Olympic Committee was an organization responsible for organizing the summer and winter versions of the Olympic Games in the modern era. Established in 1894, the IOC restarted the summer games in Athens in 1896 and the winter games in Chamonix, France, in 1924. 1980 was when the last summer games, in Moscow, USSR, and the last winter games, in Lake Placid, New York, U.S.A., were held. It was restarted in 2001 by the ANZC and Brazilian national sports federations, and is currently headquartered in Auckland, ANZC, the site where the summer games will resume in 2012. The winter games resumed in February, 2010 at various sites in the Alpine Confederation, with 19 countries competing in 11 sports.