The International Olympic Committee reports that in the program of the Winter Olympic Games in 2022 in Beijing, six new disciplines were added.

Now the program for fighting for medals includes women's single bobsled competitions, men's and women's freestyle competitions in the "big-air" discipline, mixed team competitions in the snowboard cross, mixed team competitions in freestyle, mixed team tournament in ski jumping , as well as a mixed relay in the short track.

Thanks to the appearance of new types of competition, it is planned to increase the proportion of women among athletes from 41% to 45.44%.

IOC Sport Committee Director Keith McConnell said: "The addition of new competitions to the Olympics 2022 reflects our continued commitment to making the Olympic Games programs more modern and gender balanced. I am very pleased to see an increase in the number of female athletes, especially in such exciting events ".

In total, 2892 sportsmen will take part in the Olympic Games in Beijing.

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