2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Games Adds Seven New Events

2022 Beijing , Winter Olympics Games, Adds Seven New Events.
NPR reports that the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games will include a record 109 events, introducing seven new events in bobsled, skiing and snowboarding. .
The seven new Olympic events are: .
Women's monobob.
Men and women's big air skiing.
Mixed team ski jumping.
Mixed team snowboard cross.
Freestyle skiing mixed team aerials.
Mixed team relay
in short track speedskating.
According to the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) this year's Winter Games
focuses on new events with mixed gender teams. .
According to the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) this year's Winter Games
focuses on new events with mixed gender teams. .
The move is meant to create
a greater balance between men's and
women's events than in previous Olympics. .
The move is meant to create
a greater balance between men's and
women's events than in previous Olympics. .
NPR reports that a broader selection of events
at this year's Games gives female athletes
more opportunities to compete. .
NPR reports that a broader selection of events
at this year's Games gives female athletes
more opportunities to compete. .
It's just another opportunity
for those athletes to compete
at the games, and for their
sport to be showcased, Jeremy Forster, Director of snowboarding and freeskiing
at the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association, via NPR