Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022 News

[Agger 1,841]

2 hours ago, intoronto said:

https://www.thestar.com/sports/olympics/2018/02/19/womens-hockey-tournament-will-expand-to-10-teams-at-2022-olympics.html

 

Would be interesting if our women's team made it to the Olympics before our men's team!

Wouldn't seem impossible with 10 teams.

[phelps 8,730]

2 hours ago, intoronto said:

https://www.thestar.com/sports/olympics/2018/02/19/womens-hockey-tournament-will-expand-to-10-teams-at-2022-olympics.html

 

I don't see the need for that, since women's hockey is still a 2-side game...

I'm watching the first semifinal (USA vs FIN) right now (I'm in the 2nd period, 7 mins still to be played)...and there's no match even at this stage...

frankly, I'm not interested at all in watching other games like GER vs SUI or RUS vs CZE in their female version...

[intoronto 6,911]

12 minutes ago, phelps said:

 

I don't see the need for that, since women's hockey is still a 2-side game...

I'm watching the first semifinal (USA vs FIN) right now (I'm in the 2nd period, 7 mins still to be played)...and there's no match even at this stage...

frankly, I'm not interested at all in watching other games like GER vs SUI or RUS vs CZE in their female version...

Its a 2 sided game but there is been huge progress in improvement. 

[Gianlu33 6,029]

Project for the luge, Bob and skeleton venue

 

[heywoodu 16,465]

Still only in the project phase? 

 

Seriously, any nation that gets the Winter Olympics but doesn't have it's bobsled track up and running 3-4 years before the Olympics is just being plain stupid. That should be the very first priority in terms of building as soon as you've received the Olympic hosting rights. Beijing got the rights in 2015, now it's almost three years later and they could easily have already had hundreds of training runs on there, followed by 3-4 years of pure perfection in the race lines.

[heywoodu 16,465]

Also, no Kreisel. That track looks so insanely boring. 

[dcro 10,211]

43 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Also, no Kreisel. That track looks so insanely boring. 

 

One 180 turn and that's it. 

[intoronto 6,911]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

Also, no Kreisel. That track looks so insanely boring. 

I wonder if FiL and IBSF hace approved of it?

[uk12points 434]

New Events Proposed by Sport Federations for Beijing 2022: (Some are yet to be finally confirmed but are likely to be nominated or at least discussed with an eye on future editions)

 

Alpine Skiing:

• Individual Parallel Slalom
• Telemark Parallel Sprint
• Telemark Team Parallel Sprint

Biathlon:

• Single Mixed Relay

Bobsleigh/Skeleton:

• Mixed Team Event

Curling:

• No new event but increasing mixed doubles from 8 teams to 16 teams

Figure Skating:

• Synchronised Skating

Freestyle Skiing:

• Big Air
• Mixed Team Aerials

Luge:

• Women's Doubles
• Men's Sprint
• Women's Sprint
• Men's Doubles Sprint
• Men's Natural Track
• Women's Natural Track

Nordic Combined:

• Women's Event

Short Track Speed Skating:

• Team Event

Snowboarding:

• Snowboard Cross Team Event
• Parallel Slalom
• Mixed Team Parallel Event

Ski Jumping;

• Mixed Team Event

[NearPup 4,184]

Would the Telemark events be added as part of alpine skiing or as a new discipline?