OlympicTalk · Jun 8, 2015
Olympics add events for Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Games
Getty ImagesSnowboard big air, an Alpine skiing team event, mixed doubles curling and mass start long-track speed skating were added for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics by the International Olympic Committee on Monday, bringing the Winter Games program to at least 100 medal events for the first time.
Snowboard parallel slalom, which debuted at the Sochi 2014 Olympics, was taken off the program.
That brings the total number of events at the 2018 Olympics to 102, topping the previous Winter Olympics record high for medal events of 98 in Sochi. The number of Winter Olympic events rises with every Olympiad. At Sarajevo 1984, there were 39 medal events.