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The 2022 Olympic Games are underway from Beijing, China, and along with the international pageantry also comes the traditional events fans have grown to know and love; hockey, curling, and figure skating, to name a few.
However, this year’s games will introduce the world to seven brand-new events.
Here they are, along with some details on each:
Women’s monobob
As the name suggests, this event features a single, female participant tasked with quickly navigating a sled down the windy, icy track all by her lonesome.
The event joins the pre-existing, traditional bobsled events: four-man, two-man, and two-woman. As such, the Beijing Games mark the first time female bobsledders have had two medal opportunities, bringing them even with men.
In the women’s monobob event, each competitor’s sled is identical, removing any potential design advantages.
Men and women’s big air skiing (two separate events)
For the true daredevils out there, freeskiers will take to the Beijing air in an event dedicated to wowing the crowd — and the judges — with their most creative, challenging, heart-in-your-throat tricks. In events for both men and women, Olympic competitors launch themselves off of a ramp, aiming to execute a single, impressive trick on each run before landing cleanly.
The skiers begin atop a run that stands 50 meters high, and will be judged on five factors:
- difficulty
- execution
- amplitude
- landing
- progression
In the Olympic final, competitors will make three runs, with their overall score coming from the two best attempts.
The max score for each run is 100 points.
Mixed team relay in short-track speedskating
Think of a lightning-quick, coed, relay race. Now put it on ice. That’s essentially what this new speedskating event is, as teams of four (two men and two women) race one another over the course of 2,000 meters (18 laps).
The Olympics have already featured a men’s (5,000 meters) and a women’s (3,000 meters) speedskating relay; this year’s Games, however, will be the first time a…
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Source : cnn
