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The one-female bob will be added to the program of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games 2022 as the sixth IBSF sporting event, joining two-man bobs, two-female bobsleds, four-man bobsleds, male skeletons and female skeletons.
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An epochal turning point since an individual Olympic bobsled race was never held in the Olympics. This was announced by IOC Sports Director, McConnell, in Lausanne, where the decision was taken by the IOC Executive Committee. "We are very honored that the IOC Executive Committee has decided to add the women's monobob to the Beijing Winter Olympic Games program 2022" - said Ivo Ferriani, president of the IBSF, International Federation of bobsleigh and skeleton -. It will not only give our athletes another opportunity for a medal, but it will also allow our National Federation to further develop female participation. "The four women's bobsleigh, the bob / skeleton team race will not be part of the Olympic program. the skeleton mixed race The bobsled one was part of the Lillehammer 2016 Youth Winter Games program for both boys and girls with German victories Jonas Jannusch and Laura Nolte.
Six other races have been added to the five-circle CIO program: as regards the FIS, the mixed-race ski jumping competition, the mixed-race aerials team in freestyle, the big air both for men and women, always with freestyle , the mixed team race of the snowboard cross and finally, as regards the ISU, the mixed relay of the short track. The following competitions proposed by the FIS were not accepted as part of the Olympic program: the combined Nordic individual women, the parallel squad competition of the snowboard, the parallel male and female slalom of the snowboard and the parallel sprint of telemark. In the photo taken from Wikipedia the historic podium of the Lillehammer Youth Olympic Games: Nolte gold with on its right the Austrian Mercedes Schulte, silver, and on its left the British Kelsea Purchall, bronze.
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