The IOC said on July 7 the 2030 Winter Olympics in the French Alps will host
about 3,046 athletes — 1,525 women and 1,521 men. The Games will include 126
events: 56 women's, 55 men's and 15 mixed. Alpine freeride and nine-person
synchronized figure skating (synchro9) will debut. The IOC executive board
confirmed retention of snowboard parallel giant slalom and non-retention of
Nordic combined. The Games are scheduled Feb. 1-17, 2030, the fourth Winter
Olympics held in France after Chamonix 1924, Grenoble 1968 and Albertville 1992.
