Exciting developments: New sports at the Winter Olympics!

Exciting developments: New sports at the Winter Olympics!

On February 17, 2025, a variety of exciting sporting events took place, ranging from tennis to golf to alpine skiing. According to Metzger.live , the ATP-Challenger-tournament in Tenerife, Canary Islands, a highlight, in which the Austrian player Filip Misolic against the Spaniard Carreno Busta with 3: 6, 2: 6 lost. In Manama, Bahrain, however, Marton Fucsovics from Hungary celebrated a victory in the ATP-Challenger with 6: 3, 6: 7, 6: 4 against the Italian Vavassori.

in the golf event, the Challenge Tour Cape Town Open, convinced Maximilian Steinlechner with a total score of 12 under par, which earned him the 24th place. The South African Niehaber secured victory under par under par at 24. In skiing alpine, the ÖSV participants had to make do without a medal at the Eyof-Games in Bakuriani, Georgia. Pöll (4th place, boys) and Dallhammer (6th place, girl) achieved the best placements.

results in various sports

In the ski jumping, the men's World Cup in Sapporo brought a victory for the Japanese Ryoyu Kobayashi, who landed in front of the Norwegians Lindvik and Forfang. The Austrian jumpers took four to seven places. In the women in Ljubno (Slovenia), Lisa Eder fought third place behind Nika Prevc from Slovenia, which took first place.

In the cross-country skiing, the World Cup race in Falun, Sweden, found a winner in the form of Diggins from the USA, while Teresa Stadlober came to 15th place. The same applies to the biathlon race at the World Championships in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, where Lisa Hauser scored 15th place despite two misconceptions.

The World Cup races in the snowboard in St. Come, Canada, brought second place in the parallel slalom to the athletes Sabine Payer and Benjamin Karl. In tobogganing on the Olympic railway in Pyeongchang, Austria showed an impressive performance by gaining four out of six competitions and Wolfgang Kindl collected medals in three disciplines (single, double-seater, mixed team).

preview of the Winter Olympics 2026

Another look into the future is aimed at the 2026 winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina. These begin on February 6, 2026 with a solemn opening ceremony in the San Siro Stadion in Milan. The introduction of six new sports and events is particularly exciting, which according to nbcSports.com

The innovations include ski mountainering, luge for women in doubles and the mixed team event at Skeleton. In addition, alpine skiing will offer a team combined competition, and in freestyle skiing there are now separate dual moguls events for men and women.

A total of 116 medal competitions are held in the winter games, which is a record. These games take place from February 4 to 22, 2026 and promise top sporting performance in a wide range. For more information about the Olympic Winter Games, interested parties can visit the website Teamdeutschland.de