The most striking event in the sports world is the Olympics. However, not all professional sports can be seen at the Olympics. The International Olympic Committee is constantly working on the issues of including a particular sport in the Games program.
Instructions
Step 1
Ski jumping among women was included in the program of the 2014 Olympics. The competition is held in three stages: first, the qualifying round, then the first and final stages. After accelerating from the mountain, athletes must get off the ground and regulate the flight with the planes of special skis. The participant who flew the farthest wins, observing all the rules.
Step 2
Also, team figure skating competitions began to be held. The national figure skating team is represented by a sports couple, a dance couple, one representative and a single figure skating representative. Each participant presents a short program. Five teams with more points in the short program are allowed to participate in the free program. The team with the best total points for both programs wins.
Step 3
Another new discipline in the winter Olympic program is the team relay race in luge sports. The national teams are represented by three crews: a woman in a single sleigh, a man in a single sleigh, and a men's two. After completing their stage, the participants touch a special touchpad, which opens the gate for the next participant. The winner is the team that covers the distance in less time.
Step 4
Also at the last Games, a mixed relay race in biathlon was presented, represented by 4 participants: two women and two men. Women run a distance of 6 km, men - 7.5 km. Each participant shoots two times: prone and standing. At each firing range, there is an opportunity to use three spare rounds. For a miss, a penalty loop of 150 m is assigned. At a distance, athletes perform in the following order: woman, woman, man, man.
Step 5
At the last Olympiad, sets of medals were played for women and men in ski halfpipe. This is a spectacular sport in which athletes, sliding down a special snow chute, perform various tricks on freestyle skis. The complexity of the tricks, technique and purity of execution are assessed The competition is held in two stages: classification and final.
Step 6
The next new discipline in freestyle is called ski slopestyle. On special skis for freestyle, athletes (both men and women) overcome the track with various obstacles: railings, jumps, big air, etc. The athlete himself decides what tricks he will demonstrate. The judges evaluate the difficulty and technique of performing tricks, the amplitude of the jumps and other indicators. The athlete with the most points wins the competition.
Step 7
Another sport in snowboarding is slopestyle snowboarding. Just like in ski slopestyle, athletes overcome the obstacle course, but on a snowboard. The system of the competition is represented by the semifinal and final stages with the elimination of participants after the semifinals.
Step 8
Parallel slalom in snowboarding was also presented at the last Winter Games. Two athletes descend the same parallel tracks at the same time. At the same time, the participants of the competition must follow the rules when passing the route, in particular, adhere to a given trajectory. First, the qualifying stage is held, then the final races (1/8, 1/4, 1/2 and final).
Step 9
The summer Olympic program was supplemented by golf, which will be presented already in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. In this sports game, participants have to drive a small ball into the holes with the help of special clubs. In this case, you need to try to overcome the distance in the minimum number of strokes. Golf was formerly on the list of Olympic sports in 1900 and 1904, but was later dropped.
Step 10
Another newcomer to the upcoming Summer Games will be rugby sevens. This is a stripped-down version of classic rugby, which was previously presented at the Olympics (until 1924). 7 players participate in the game. The game is played according to the rules of classic rugby and on a field of regular sizes, but this option is more entertaining and quick: 2 halves of 7 minutes each.
