Sunday, June 7, 2015

APNewsBreak: IOC considers adding new Winter Olympic events (Yahoo Sports)

Participants attend a ceremony to celebrate the 1,000-day countdown to the 2018 Winter Olympics at Olympic Park in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, May 16, 2015. South Korea started its 1,000-day countdown to the Olympics on Saturday with a variety of celebrations planned in the capital Seoul and around the host city of Pyeongchang. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

The IOC is considering adding new events in snowboarding, freestyle skiing, speedskating and curling for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Big Air in snowboarding, Big Air in freestyle skiing, mass start in speedskating and mixed doubles in curling have been submitted for approval to the International Olympic Committee executive board. The new events were proposed for inclusion by their respective international federations, IOC sports director Kit McConnell confirmed to The Associated Press on Sunday.




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