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So, where is SKI BIG AIR in the Olympics?...

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Rem-Dog
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So, I realised the other day that the Big Air event in the Olympics was only put into PyeongChang for the snowboarders... I don't know about you, but this makes just a LITTLE bit angry. How could they accept the event for snowboarding, but not for skiing? Especially after snowboarding has had the lime light in the Olympics with halfpipe way before skiing even got close. How is this fair for our sport or in general for that matter? Once again snowboarding has the upper hand in the eyes of the punters, I believe skiing and snowboarding should be equal. Fire away, what are your thoughts on this?

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Feb 16 2018 1:14PM
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skiitsbetter
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aerials. Lay it out!
Feb 16 2018 1:22PM
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theabortionator
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If the even goes well, skiing might get added next time.
Just be stoked there's ski halfpipe now in addition to slope.
Feb 16 2018 1:22PM
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*Nefarious*
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you see the size of that jump??? pretty small for Olympic Big Air if you ask me.
Feb 16 2018 1:39PM
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SkiBum.
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*Nefarious*you see the size of that jump??? pretty small for Olympic Big Air if you ask me.


Medium air
Feb 16 2018 1:41PM
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skiitsbetter
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anyone have a video of someone throwing a modern trick off an aerials jump? Kind of like Sammy hitting the ski jump.
Feb 16 2018 1:46PM
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SofaKingSick
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skiitsbetteranyone have a video of someone throwing a modern trick off an aerials jump? Kind of like Sammy hitting the ski jump.


one of the years of JOSS (jon olsson super sessions) had something like that. too busy/lazy to search right now sorry
Feb 16 2018 1:47PM
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theabortionator
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*Nefarious*you see the size of that jump??? pretty small for Olympic Big Air if you ask me.


got a pic? I still haven't see it
Feb 16 2018 1:47PM
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theabortionator
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https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/894175/PyeongChang-2018-Olympic-Test-Event---Big-Air-Snowboarding-FIS-World-Cup

This is the test event from last year but I'm assuming it's similar. Fairly laid out on some of the trips. Also billy morgan laid out the 3rd hard sizing up the quad.

I think it should be decent.
Feb 16 2018 2:07PM
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Mayrandpodcast
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the olympics is a private business. They rely on bringing new competition to bring hype every olympic and have very few in the bag that are actually interesting and new. So they keep skiing for china in 4 years to basically have 2 new competitions in 2 different olympics instead of having it all in korea. Just like apple releases updates and features periodically for their iphones that they have had in the bag for a long time.

basically the way i see it... but i'm bummed guys like vincent gagnier dont get their time to shine because of that.
Feb 16 2018 2:55PM
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skiitsbetter
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SofaKingSickone of the years of JOSS (jon olsson super sessions) had something like that. too busy/lazy to search right now sorry

thanks. Around 13minutes in. Looks like Chinese gymnasts do it better.
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/894183/Jon-Olsson-Super-Sessions-2008
Feb 16 2018 3:19PM
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eheath
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Too similar to aerials, maybe next time...
Feb 16 2018 3:42PM
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J_Christoph
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Weeaaakkkkk




Feb 16 2018 4:20PM
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SofaKingSick
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J_ChristophWeeaaakkkkk


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doesn't look very poppy but i think it's bigger than it might seem in the pics, given the scale of the people in the first pic
Feb 16 2018 4:33PM
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theabortionator
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SofaKingSickdoesn't look very poppy but i think it's bigger than it might seem in the pics, given the scale of the people in the first pic


Def looks a little mellow but more of a step down than X usually builds. X games big air jump is usually around 12-13 feet tall, but you lose some of that

I wonder if they maxed out the height they could go on the drop. I think it'll be fine though. They ran the test even in the same spot and everyone was easily getting trips, possibly could have squeaked a quad around.
Feb 16 2018 4:48PM
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SuckMySkis
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skiitsbetterthanks. Around 13minutes in. Looks like Chinese gymnasts do it better.
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/894183/Jon-Olsson-Super-Sessions-2008

I could jerk off to that style
Feb 16 2018 5:27PM
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corona
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Yea if I'm not scared looking at pictures of it it's not big enough for big air. That being said I'd probably still poop a little hitting that.

I think what they're trying to do is get a snowboarding equivalent of skiing aerials, which doesn't necessarily mean make the biggest jump possible.
Feb 16 2018 5:29PM
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UnknownSibling
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Was actually at that venue yesterday. Gap isn't super impressive but the lip is pretty steep and the landing looks long. Pretty sweet venue tho, the run in is built over the road so you can drive under it and the landing ends in the same area as ski jumping. Needless to say the ski jumping jump is a little bigger
Feb 16 2018 6:26PM
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J_Christoph
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The deck definitely looks hella short, but I guess we'll see how deep they take it.
Feb 16 2018 6:32PM
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SofaKingSick
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UnknownSiblingWas actually at that venue yesterday. Gap isn't super impressive but the lip is pretty steep and the landing looks long. Pretty sweet venue tho, the run in is built over the road so you can drive under it and the landing ends in the same area as ski jumping. Needless to say the ski jumping jump is a little bigger


This is why NS is sick, people chiming in from around the world on shit like this
Feb 16 2018 7:52PM
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rudager
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It’ll be here in China.
One of the FIS directors is on our crew as a liaison for the Olympic events were doing (I work broadcast, so I’m here at the Olympics covering the freestyle events).
Just like everything other event that goes into the Olympics, they need to have a certain amount of world cups, then an over all Chanpionship event.
So the big air events that are going down now in skiing are a start, but more need to happen to follow the FIS guidelines and qualify for an Olympic sport.
Feb 16 2018 8:08PM
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arnie_grape
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*Nefarious*you see the size of that jump??? pretty small for Olympic Big Air if you ask me.


gotta keep it CORE bro
Feb 16 2018 9:27PM
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Drail
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If ski big air is a thing, it would probably be the beginning of the end for aerials.

It’s a conspiracy! Aerial skiing paid off the IOC to stop ski big air
Feb 16 2018 10:04PM
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theabortionator
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DrailIf ski big air is a thing, it would probably be the beginning of the end for aerials.

It’s a conspiracy! Aerial skiing paid off the IOC to stop ski big air


I was thinking of kidnapping one of the aerial chicks, teaching her to hit rails, how to grab, and entering her in the slope for the win!
Feb 16 2018 10:05PM
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rudager
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theabortionatorI was thinking of kidnapping one of the aerial chicks, teaching her to hit rails, how to grab, and entering her in the slope for the win!


You may have to teach her to ski as well.
Some of these skiers don’t know how to turn or anything. They go, hit just, land, and stop
Feb 16 2018 10:08PM
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theabortionator
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rudagerYou may have to teach her to ski as well.
Some of these skiers don’t know how to turn or anything. They go, hit just, land, and stop


lololol. We were just talking about that. If they could even make it down a blue trail.

That said, some park skiers(not pros) are pretty horrid skiers and struggle to make it from feature to feature.

But yeah, skiing lessons are in order if there's any time left over.
Feb 16 2018 10:12PM
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CT_CREW
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haha you do know skiing has been in the olympics for just a tad longer than snowboarding right?
Feb 16 2018 10:28PM
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Casey
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I think they said 74 feet to the knuckle, I wondered if the was a bigger jump for the men until I realized they aren't at a ski area and it's just tracks of snow and this 900 foot tall inrun they built.
Feb 18 2018 10:05PM
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Ski_Punx
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The Olympics has basically turned into an international Mtn.Dew commercial. They, like any business look at ratings and statistics to see how many people they can get to watch. To NOT have skiing as a BIG AIR event is a joke, because you know if they had it for skiers there would be no doubt who would be going the "biggest".Just watched some of the women's "BIG AIR" event and was underwhelmed to say the least. Seemed more like a hit at any ski area, anywhere. Not so "BIG" at all. It just doesn't seem to be Olympic caliber one bit. Pretty ordinary actually. So, laughing at the Olympics attempt to get more millennial's to tune in, by dumbing down the difficulty and skill it takes to qualify for an Olympic Sport. There was a lot of ass-sliding/ landings going on for this Olympic event! Let's hope they even up the score and include Skiing in the "BA" next time- whether or not it brings millions of new viewers or not.
Feb 19 2018 6:27PM
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theabortionator
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Ski_PunxThe Olympics has basically turned into an international Mtn.Dew commercial. They, like any business look at ratings and statistics to see how many people they can get to watch. To NOT have skiing as a BIG AIR event is a joke, because you know if they had it for skiers there would be no doubt who would be going the "biggest".Just watched some of the women's "BIG AIR" event and was underwhelmed to say the least. Seemed more like a hit at any ski area, anywhere. Not so "BIG" at all. It just doesn't seem to be Olympic caliber one bit. Pretty ordinary actually. So, laughing at the Olympics attempt to get more millennial's to tune in, by dumbing down the difficulty and skill it takes to qualify for an Olympic Sport. There was a lot of ass-sliding/ landings going on for this Olympic event! Let's hope they even up the score and include Skiing in the "BA" next time- whether or not it brings millions of new viewers or not.


Why you mad dude? You can still compete in moguls and aerials if you wanna get some big air
Feb 19 2018 7:33PM
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powpow34
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what kind of question is this?? aerials and big air on skis are similar, so they just have aerials and since snowboarding does not have aerials they have big air. ik that they are very different aerials and big air but to people that don't ski they would look the same
Feb 20 2018 1:53AM
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nxtyrsfulltilts
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That jump looks like something I would hit. I want to see the top pros in the world do tricks on a jump that scares the shit out of me from behind my TV. Also no Quads happening on that thing.
Feb 20 2018 10:51AM
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disappointmett
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powpow34what kind of question is this?? aerials and big air on skis are similar, so they just have aerials and since snowboarding does not have aerials they have big air. ik that they are very different aerials and big air but to people that don't ski they would look the same


Aerials and Big Airs are massively different stylistically
Feb 20 2018 9:06PM
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J_Christoph
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That thing was poppy as FUCK
Feb 21 2018 11:22AM
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partyandBS
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theabortionatorI was thinking of kidnapping one of the aerial chicks, teaching her to hit rails, how to grab, and entering her in the slope for the win!


just find one with a grandparent in a country that has no entries (lets say hungary for example) teach them nothing but travel the world and enter events. you'll be coach of an olympic athelete in a mere 4 years. no grabs required!
Feb 22 2018 9:01AM
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s.j.mitchell
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Since there isn’t an aerials in snowboarding, maybe that’s their way of giving snowboarding time in the air. Wouldn’t be surprised to see it in the next Olympics tho
Apr 10 2018 6:09PM
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Iamcore
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s.j.mitchellSince there isn’t an aerials in snowboarding, maybe that’s their way of giving snowboarding time in the air. Wouldn’t be surprised to see it in the next Olympics tho


Because big air and aerials are just so similar...
Apr 10 2018 6:43PM
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Mr.Front4
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skiitsbetteranyone have a video of someone throwing a modern trick off an aerials jump? Kind of like Sammy hitting the ski jump.

I have a video of my buddy doing a Dub flat on an aerials jump at Lake Placid Ramps
Apr 12 2018 11:51AM
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skiguy04
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They got to add events in instalments
Apr 12 2018 11:56AM
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TheDoughAbides
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snowboarding big air soooooo boring to. just a bunch of triple cork 1620s
Apr 12 2018 12:06PM
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MillsSeta
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Sorry to go up this subject,

The real reason that Big Air was in Ski this year is the fault of the FIS / AFP who had very little big air event before 2016.

But that's changed a lot since 2016, and the big air is starting to take off with women's competition at the X Game, a world cup circuit that is getting bigger every year and next year will be the first championship of the year. FIS world with Big Air competitions

It has very big chance that the Big Air is part of the Beijing Games in 2022.
Jun 24 2018 8:21PM
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skiguy04
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TheDoughAbidessnowboarding big air soooooo boring to. just a bunch of triple cork 1620s

Pretty sick and they threw down - half pipe and park skiers errr where killing it
Jun 26 2018 8:36PM
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MillsSeta
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The IOC will announce if the Big Air Skiing will be part of the program for Beijing 2022 on July 18th.

There is a good chance that the IOC accepts Big Air

Here is the list of all the event that FIS has proposed for 2022

Freeski Big Air (Very Good Chance)
Freestyle aerials mixed team event (Very Good Chance)
Snowboard cross team event (Very Good Chance)
Snowboard alpine mixed team parallel event (Small Chance)
Snowboard parallel slalom (Small Chance)
Snowboard mixed team slalom (Small Chance)
Telemark parallel sprint. (Small Chance)
Jul 2 2018 7:42PM
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skiguy04
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I’d prefer to see synchronized skiing events
Jul 5 2018 10:44PM
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Nickc88
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There are only a certain number of "freestyle" events allowed compared to regular events. Freeski big air is in the next winter Olympics. (Confirmed by Joss).
Jul 6 2018 3:22PM
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MillsSeta
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Nickc88There are only a certain number of "freestyle" events allowed compared to regular events. Freeski big air is in the next winter Olympics. (Confirmed by Joss).


This is false, no limit event in freestyle skiing but according to the IOC's 2020 Agenda Directive ;

The IOC to limit the number of athletes, officials and events for the Olympic Winter Games to
approximately:

- 2,900 athletes
- 2,000 accredited coaches and athletes’ support personnel
- 100 events

But as I said earlier, 4 event proposed by FIS does not increase the athlete number or add a new facility.

Freeski Big Air (Same Athlete for Big Air and Slopestyle Event)

Same athlete as Individual Event :
Freestyle aerials mixed team event
Snowboard cross team event
Snowboard alpine mixed team parallel event
Jul 14 2018 1:00PM
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Nickc88
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MillsSetaThis is false, no limit event in freestyle skiing but according to the IOC's 2020 Agenda Directive ;

The IOC to limit the number of athletes, officials and events for the Olympic Winter Games to
approximately:

- 2,900 athletes
- 2,000 accredited coaches and athletes’ support personnel
- 100 events

But as I said earlier, 4 event proposed by FIS does not increase the athlete number or add a new facility.

Freeski Big Air (Same Athlete for Big Air and Slopestyle Event)

Same athlete as Individual Event :
Freestyle aerials mixed team event
Snowboard cross team event
Snowboard alpine mixed team parallel event


Ok you know way more than me, I was just quoting others.
Jul 14 2018 1:08PM
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MillsSeta
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Nickc88Ok you know way more than me, I was just quoting others.


Do you have a source for this quote
Jul 14 2018 1:30PM
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skiguy04
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Will aerials be relevant still - don’t know why these guys won’t start hitting huge tables going switch
Jul 14 2018 4:20PM
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MillsSeta
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the Big Air and Aerials are two completely disciplines.

it's like comparing long-track mass start vs short-track in speedskating.
Jul 14 2018 7:22PM
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MillsSeta
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Tomorrow at 12:30 pm EDT / 6:30 pm CET we will have a possible decision of the IOC for inclusion in the Big Air Ski

https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/News/2018/06/Programme-Schedule-IOC-EB-July.pdf#_ga=2.209933469.921977868.1531805937-839802396.1526568898
Jul 17 2018 4:33PM
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