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At 100 plus In the years since the first Winter Olympics were held in 1924 in Chamonix, France, many events have come and gone. The nets and short track were maintained. The slightly more exotic events like ski ballet have fallen by the wayside. Here are several events you definitely won’t see at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
The missing sports will not take place at the 2026 Winter Olympics
Pandey
A hybrid of field hockey and soccer, bandy – also known as “banti” or Russian hockey – was a demonstration sport at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. Unlike a hockey stick, a bandy stick is curved; Instead of the puck, the game is played with a ball. Also, goalkeepers can only defend the goal with their hands. Each team has 11 players and competes in two 45-minute halves. The Oslo Games were the only time bandy was part of the official Winter Olympics lineup.
Ski ballet
Not much different from figure skating, this event was all about dancing on skates. Ski ballet was incorporated into the Olympic program during the 1988 Winter Games in Calgary, Canada and in Albertville, France in 1992, and is a form of freestyle skating that… Developed from the counterculture movement From the middle of the twentieth century. It was intended as a response to other, more rigorous forms of competitive skating. Each event involved skaters performing jumps and steps choreographed to a soundtrack. Each performance was evaluated by a panel of judges who were looking for artistic and technical achievement. Ski ballet was never a medal-winning event, but his flair can still be felt in modern freestyle events such as slopestyle.
Equestrian skiing
Have you ever wanted to put on skis and be pulled through the snow by a galloping horse? Equestrian snowboarding may be right for you. The sport has only appeared once in the Olympic Games, during the 1928 Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland. No one won any medals. It was just a demonstration event.
Sled dog racing
Dog sled racing at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, 1932.Bateman/Getty Images
In 1932, dog sled racing appeared as a demonstration event at the Winter Games in Lake Placid, New York. This sport involved a pack of six dogs pulling a sled and an athlete. The track was 40 kilometers long and many teams were able to pull their sleds at speeds of up to 30 kilometers per hour. If a dog is injured, the athlete carries him on the sled until the end of the course.
Military patrol
A precursor to the sport of biathlon, the military patrol made its debut at the 1924 Winter Games in Chamonix, France. It involved rifle shooting and cross-country skiing, but unlike biathlon, it required each member of the four-person team – called a patrol – to wear a military uniform. Switzerland won the gold medal at the 1924 Games; They will be the only ones. During 1928, 1936 and 1948, the military patrols for the Winter Olympics were merely a demonstration event.
This story originally appeared on Wired Italy. It has been translated from Italian.