The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Monday, June 8, the entry of six new events in four disciplines, the program Olympic Winter Games 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
The IOC Executive Board, meeting at its headquarters in Lausanne, first approved entry into speed skating the mass start, men and women; alpine skiing, it added to the program a trial by mixed national teams, already World Ski Championships program.
Also new in the Winter Olympics program in 2018, the spectacular big air snowboard , men and women. A big air snow is used as a springboard for skiing or snowboarding, which allows you to perform acrobatics in the air. Finally, a mixed doubles curling event also made its appearance.
At the same time, the parallel slalom in snowboarding (men and women) of the program disappears, “to allow the entry of big air, in agreement with the International Ski Federation “, said the IOC in a statement. These new features allow “record record number of women’s and mixed events and participation of female athletes’ .
For the Olympic committee, ” These changes reflect the continual evolution of the Winter Olympics program and build on the reforms brought about by the Agenda 2020, which aim to provide greater flexibility to the Olympic program “.
Unlike OJ Summer, whose program is loaded, the Winter Olympics program still leaves the possibility of introducing dramatic new events. The Summer Olympics program as winter is not frozen, leaving room for new sports, as will be the case for golf and rugby sevens in Rio in 2016.
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