The winter Olympics OLYMPICS chart DAILY OLYMPICS chart Number of events (host country)
Since the early 1990s, as The Economist chart above shows, Olympics organizers have steadily added more and more freestyle skiing, snowboarding and other X Games-style events in a bid to appeal to younger viewers. At Sochi, according to the magazine, 20 of the 98 official events are “cool.” (Wondering what all those mid-air spins and flips are all about? The New York Times asked several athletes to explain their tricks.)
The winter Olympics  | chart DAILY  | OLYMPICS chart DAILY  | OLYMPICS chart  | Number of events (host country)  | 100  | Cool*  | Other  | 80  | Sliding  | Alpine skiing  | 60  | Skating  | Cross country skiing  | 40  | 20  | o  | 1948 52  | 56  | 60  | 64  | 68  | 72  | 76  | (USA) 80  | (YUG) 84  | 88  | 92 94  | 98 (USA) 2002 06  | 10  | 14  | (SUI) (NOR) (ITA) (USA) (aut) (FRA) (JPN) (AUT) (USA) (YUG) (CAN) (FRA)(NOR) (JPN) (USA) (ITA) (CAN) (RUS)  | Rank by gold medals wont  | TOTAL  | 1st  | 2nd  | 3rd  | Soviet  | Sweden  | Switzerland  | United States  | Finland  | Norway  | Austria  | Union  | Unified teams  | East Germany  | Germany  | France  | Russia  | Canada  | Freestyle medals skiing and snowboarding 2010  | tor $Joint by total Freestyle medals skiing when tied snowboarding `1948 2010  | $Joint team medals consisting of Russia Ukraine,  | Sources: IOC; The Economist  | Kaza khstan, Belarus Uzbekistan and Armenia  | Economist. com/graphicdetatli 