Overview
- IOC data confirms 116 medal events, the largest program in Winter Olympic history.
- Ski mountaineering joins the lineup with three medal contests: men's, women's and a mixed relay.
- Several additions within existing sports include a doubles freestyle skiing event, mixed skeleton teams and women's double luge.
- Italy’s state mint, IPZS, is producing the medals using recycled metals and a two-piece design that joins at the Olympic rings.
- Major outlets and IOC figures list 116 events, contradicting a lone report that claimed 195 events and 1,146 combined Olympic and Paralympic medals.