Here are the 7 new Olympic events to watch in Beijing

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The 2022 Beijing Olympics are set to include a record 109 sporting events this year, with seven new events in snowboarding, bobsled, and skiing.

With a focus on new events with mixed gender teams, this year’s Winter Games offer a greater balance between men’s and women’s events than ever before, according to the International Olympic Committee.

The IOC says the athlete make-up in Beijing this year is expected to be 55% male and 45% female. This is thanks, in part, to a broader selection of events at this year’s Games, giving athletes, especially women, more opportunities to go for gold.

Those seven new events are:

Women’s monobob
Men and women’s big air skiing
Mixed team relay in short track speedskating
Mixed team ski jumping
Mixed team snowboard cross
Freestyle skiing mixed team aerials
“It’s just another opportunity for those athletes to compete at the games, and for their sport to be showcased,” Jeremy Forster, the director of snowboarding and freeskiing at the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association, said of these new events.

Forster was part of the team that worked with the IOC to expand the skiing and snowboarding portions of the Winter Olympic Games.

Source: https://www.npr.org/2022/02/01/1074212586/new-olympic-events-winter-2022-beijing