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2030 Winter Olympics adds two debut sports
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July 8, 2026
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0:38Now PlayingBonjour to the Winter Olympics synchronized figure skating and freeride skiing and snowboard. Au revoir, Nordic combined.
The 2030 French Alps Winter Games program agreed by the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday adds two new disciplines, reprieves snowboard parallel giant slalom. and removes Nordic combined which is currently for only men.
The IOC executive board had a gender parity option by adding women’s and team events, but instead cut completely a sport that has a 102-year Olympic history yet struggled to find a modern audience for its mix of ski jumping and cross-country skiing.
Synchronized skating is widely seen as a discipline only for women, and will join the Olympics in the nine-member Synchro9 format in 2030.
Synchro will be female only when it debuts at the 2028 Youth Winter Olympics in Italy, with a future decision left open to let men also compete in the French Alps.
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