"Kirsty Coventry, elected last March as the first female president of the International Olympic Committee, touts the Milan Cortina Winter Games that officially open Friday as the most gender-balanced in history. That's reflected in, and helped by, changes on the schedule over the coming weeks. A women's doubles event was added to luge. A women's large hill individual event appears in ski jumping for the first time at an Olympics."
"The IOC frequently adjusts the programs for its marquee competitions: Flag football, squash and obstacle racing are going to be first-time sports at the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics, while lacrosse and cricket will return after an absence of more than a century each, and baseball and softball come back after shorter time away. Other sports will introduce mixed-gender team events."
The Milan-Cortina Winter Games are the most gender-balanced in history. Schedule changes added a women's doubles luge event and a women's large-hill individual ski jumping event for the first time at an Olympics. Ski mountaineering debuts with men's and women's sprints and a mixed relay. Skeleton now includes a mixed-gender event. The IOC routinely adjusts Olympic programs, adding new sports and mixed events and rotating others, with flag football, squash and obstacle racing slated for the 2028 Summer Games and lacrosse and cricket returning after century-plus absences. Ski mountaineering involves athletes climbing up a mountain and skiing down it.
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