curling is the newest winter olympic sport added.
curling is the newest winter olympic sport added.
what is the newest winter olympic sport added?
curling
the winter olympic games have evolved since their inception. sports and disciplines have been added and some of them, such as alpine skiing, luge, short track speed skating, freestyle skiing, skeleton, and snowboarding, have earned a permanent spot on the olympic programme. some others, including curling and bobsleigh, have been discontinued and later reintroduced; others have been permanently discontinued, such as military patrol, though the modern winter olympic sport of biathlon is descended from it. still others, such as speed skiing, bandy and skijoring, were demonstration sports but never incorporated as olympic sports. the rise of television as a global medium for communication enhanced the profile of the games. it generated income via the sale of broadcast rights and advertising, which has become lucrative for the ioc. this allowed outside interests, such as television companies and corporate sponsors, to exert influence. the ioc has had to address numerous criticisms over the decades like internal scandals, the use of performance-enhancing drugs by winter olympians, as well as a political boycott of the winter olympic games. countries have used the winter olympic games as well as the summer olympic games to proclaim the superiority of their political systems.
winter olympic games
olympic sports are contested in the summer olympic games and winter olympic games. the 2016 summer olympics included 28 sports, with five additional sports due to be added to the 2020 summer olympics program; the 2014 winter olympics included seven sports. the number and types of events may change slightly from one olympiad to another. each olympic sport is represented by an international governing body, namely an international federation (if). the international olympic committee (ioc) establishes a hierarchy of sports, disciplines, and events. according to this hierarchy, each olympic sport can be subdivided into multiple disciplines, which are often mistaken as distinct sports. examples include swimming and water polo, which are in fact disciplines of the sport of aquatics (represented by the international swimming federation), and figure skating and speed skating, which are both disciplines of the sport of ice skating (represented by the international skating union). in turn, disciplines are subdivided into events, for which olympic medals are awarded. a sport or discipline is included in the olympic program if the ioc determines it to be widely practiced around the world, that is, the popularity of a given sport or discipline is indicated by the number of countries that compete in it. the ioc's requirements also reflect participation in the olympic games – more stringent conditions are applied to men's sports/disciplines (as men are represented at the games in higher numbers than women) and to summer sports/disciplines (as more nations compete in the summer olympics than in the winter olympics).
olympic sports