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Olympic skiing events have been mainstays at the modern Winter Olympic Games since their inception. Olympic snowboarding, on the other hand, is quite a bit newer. Together, both sports make up some of the most recognizable events—and often boast some of theSkiing events have been part of the Olympics since the Chamonix Games in France in 1924, and new disciplines have been added over the years.
Another Olympic skiing event is ski jumping, an event in which athletes ski down a takeoff ramp and jump, with the goal of covering as much distance as possible before landing. Points are awarded for jump length and style. For women, there’s individual normal hill and the mixed team event. Ski jumping is a scored event based on distance jumped and style points earned. There are also adjustments made for. Five judges score each athlete on a scale of zero to 20, with the highest and lowest scores eliminated. The highest possible score is 60 points.
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