New Olympic Sports - Sochi 2014

A NEW PLAYING GROUND SOCHI OLYMPICS ADDS 12 NEW WINTER SPORTS THREE MIXED EVENTS, FOUR MEN'S EVENTS AND FIVE WOMEN'S EVENTS WILL MAKE THEIR DEBUTS IN SOCHI. LUGE TEAM RELAY TEAM OF FOUR MEMBERS: A MEN'S SINGLES SLED, A DOUBLES SLED AND A WOMEN'S SINGLES SLED MIXED THREE SLEDS SLIDE DOWN THE TRACK IN ANY ORDER SCORED BY Fastest combined time One run each, one after another AAA 2 MIXED BIATHLON MIXED RELAY TEAM OF FOUR BIATHLETES: TWO MEN, TWO WOMEN FOUR LEG RELAY SCORED BY Each consisting of skiing and shooting Fastest team time FIGURE SKATING TEAM EVENT MIXED TEAM OF SIX SKATERS: ONE MALE, ONE FEMALE, ONE PAIR AND ONE ICE DANCE COUPLE SCORED BY Technical score and presentation score Highest team total wins SKI HALFPIPE MEN'S WOMEN'S EACH ATHLETE WILL PERFORM AN ARRAY OF BIG AIRS AND TRICKS IN THE HALFPIPE HALFPIPE DIMENSIONS SCORED BY Length: 234m / Width: 18.3m Walls: 6.8m high Technical execution, amplitude, variety, difficulty and use of pipe MEN'S SKI SLOPESTYLE WOMEN'S SKIERS COMBINE AIRS AND TRICKS ON A 565M COURSE FEATURING RAILS AND JUMPS SCORED BY Technical execution, style, difficulty, variety and progression SNOWBOARD SLOPESTYLE MEN'S WOMEN'S SNOWBOARDERS COMBINE BIG AIRS AND TRICKS AS THEY DESCEND A 655M COURSE OF RAILS AND JUMPS SCORED BY Variety, execution, amplitude, difficulty, and landing 11 10 SNOWBOARD PARALLEL SLALOM MEN'S RIDERS RACE TWO AT A TIME DOWN THE SAME SLOPE ON TWO PARALLEL COURSES WOMEN'S COURSE SCORED BY Length: 320m Vertical Drop: 85m Fastest time 12 WOMEN'S WOMEN'S SKI JUMPING THE FIRST TIME THAT WOMEN WILL COMPETE IN SKI JUMPING AT THE WINTER GAMES HILL HEIGHT SCORED BY 103m Distance and style points Created by SOURCES I HTTP://Www.OLYMPIC.ORG/NEWS/WHAT-S-NEW-FOR-SOCHI/218742