Three new disciplines included on program of 2014 Sochi Olympics

At its latest session in Durban, South Africa, the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has made the decision to include three new disciplines on the program of 2014 Olympic Games.

These are ski slopestyle (men and women), snowboard slopestyle (men and women) and snowboard parallel special slalom (men and women).

The Executive Board also agreed on a shortlist of sports that will be considered for inclusion in the sports programme of the 2020 Olympiad. The sports are: baseball, karate, roller sports, softball, sports climbing, squash, wakeboard and wushu, one of which could be added to the 2020 sports programme to be voted on by the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires in 2013. The programme can include a maximum of 28 sports.

The decision was taken by the IOC Executive Board (EB) ahead of the 123rd IOC Session in Durban, South Africa, and follows the inclusion in April of ski halfpipe (men and women), women’s ski jumping, biathlon mixed relay, figure skating team event and luge team relay.