Olympics in Beijing with seven premieres

The Games in Tokyo with their record number of 339 decisions in 33 sports will take place in 2020 from July 24th to August 9th as planned for some time. The sporting competitions begin two days before the opening ceremony on July 22nd with preliminary round games in football and softball. For the first time, five new sports are part of the program in Nippon. The medals will be awarded at a total of 42 locations.

At the Winter Games two years later in Beijing, however, the mixed competitions for ski jumping, ski freestyle (aerials), snowboard cross and short track relays celebrated their Olympic premiere, as did the big air discipline and the women's monobob competition .

It has not yet been finally decided whether the parallel event will replace the unpopular team competition for skiers in the future. This decision should be made at the end of the year.

The following disciplines are scheduled to become Olympic in 2026 at the earliest: Snowboard: Parallel Slalom Snowboard: Mixed Team Parallel Nordic combination: women Telemark: Parallel Sprint

A record has already been set for Beijing 2022 thanks to the IOC decisions on Wednesday. At over 45 percent, the proportion of women among the active participants in China's metropolis will be higher than ever before at the Winter Games.

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Olympics in Beijing with seven premieres

The executive board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved the schedule for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and decided to add seven new competitions for the following 2022 Winter Games in Beijing.

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