BEIJING 2022 TO HAVE HIGHEST EVER NUMBER OF FEMALE ATHLETES AT OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES AS 7 NEW EVENTS ARE ADDED TO THE PROGRAMME

Story Headline: BEIJING 2022 TO HAVE HIGHEST EVER NUMBER OF FEMALE ATHLETES AT OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES AS SEVEN NEW EVENTS ARE ADDED TO THE PROGRAMME

Location : Lausanne, Switzerland
Date: 18th July 2018

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The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today approved an innovative event programme for the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, which includes the highest ever representation of female athletes at an Olympic Winter Games.

The programme features the addition of signature new events monobob and freestyle ski big air, as well as dynamic mixed team formats including short track mixed relay, ski jumping mixed team event, mixed gender team aerials and the snowboard cross mixed team event.