Ski mountaineering, or “SkiMo,” is a race that blends uphill climbing on skis, hiking on foot, and downhill alpine skiing into one competition. Athletes use climbing skins to ascend, quickly switch to running for steep sections, then remove the skins and ski downhill around a course of gates to the finish. Events will include a women’s sprint and a mixed-gender relay

The Olympic debut of women’s doubles luge ends a 60-year stretch in which the doubles competition was only available for men. Teams will race two runs on a larger, double-seater sled, with the combined time determining the winner. This year, 11 quota spots (22 athletes) are allocated for women’s doubles, compared to 17 spots (34 athletes) for men.

These Games will add the first-ever women’s large hill ski jumping event. It’s the same format as the normal hill – with a qualification round and a two-jump final scored on distance, style, wind, and gate adjustments – but on a bigger jump, letting athletes fly farther and faster. The new event gives women two individual Olympic ski jumping competitions for the first time.

Making its Olympic debut at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, the mixed team skeleton relay pairs one woman and one man from each country for back-to-back runs. The athletes’ times are combined, and the fastest team wins.

The 2026 Milan Cortina Games will add women’s dual moguls to the freestyle skiing program. In this head-to-head event, two skiers race down side-by-side mogul courses, with judges awarding points for turns, air, and speed. Each judge has five votes that they can split between the skiers. The competitor with the most votes advances in the knockout-style bracket until a winner is crowned.

Alpine skiing’s team combined, which made its FIS World Championships debut in 2025, will make its Olympic debut at the 2026 Winter Games. Each team includes two athletes – one racing the downhill and one racing the slalom – and the team with the fastest combined time wins.