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In July 2018, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially added the mixed team snowboard cross event to the Olympic program, increasing the total number of events to 11. [2] [3] A total of 238 quota spots were distributed to the sport of snowboarding, a decline of 20 from the 2018 Winter Olympics. [4]
Date Time Event 20 January: 11:00: Men's/Women's snowboard cross 21 January: 10:45: Mixed team snowboard cross 24 January: 09:45: Women's slopestyle 25 January
Snowboarding is a sport at the Winter Olympic Games.It was first included in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. [1] Snowboarding was one of five new sports or disciplines added to the Winter Olympic program between 1992 and 2002, and was the only one not to have been a previous medal or demonstration event. [2]
May 2009 FIS Qualification for the 2010 Winter Olympics. - accessed 22 January 2010. Snowboarding is on pages 14–16. Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule v12 Archived 2010-01-16 at the Wayback Machine; Associated Press: Olympic Snowboard Results [permanent dead link
A total of 238 athletes are scheduled to qualify to compete in the snowboarding events (119 men and 119 women). A country can enter a maximum of 26 athletes across all events, with a maximum of 14 per gender. A total of eight quotas (one per event) is reserved for the host nation, if it fails to qualify in that respective event.
The men's big air competition in snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 14 February (qualification) and 15 February (final), at the Big Air Shougang in Beijing. [1] Su Yiming of China won the event, his first Olympic gold medal. Mons Røisland of Norway won silver, his first Olympic medal, and Max Parrot of Canada won bronze.
At the 2021–22 FIS Snowboard World Cup, only three slopestyle events were held before the Olympics. Sébastien Toutant was leading the ranking, followed by Niek van der Velden and Su Yiming . Marcus Kleveland is the 2021 world champion , with Toutant and Rene Rinnekangas being the silver and bronze medalists, respectively.
The men's snowboard cross competition in snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 10 February, at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou. [1] Alessandro Hämmerle of Austria became the champion. Éliot Grondin of Canada won the silver medal, and Omar Visintin of Italy the bronze. For all of them, this was the first Olympic medal.