will big mountain snowboarding be in the winter olypics

#WILL BIG MOUNTAIN SNOWBOARDING BE IN THE WINTER OLYPICS PROFESSIONAL#

Competed in area, regional and state games in many of these sports.Participated in snowboarding, gymnastics, figure skating, swimming, softball, bowling and basketball.Jamie Anderson (South Lake Tahoe, Calif.)

#WILL BIG MOUNTAIN SNOWBOARDING BE IN THE WINTER OLYPICS PROFESSIONAL#

WHO: Twenty Special Olympics athletes and 20 of the world’s top action sports athletes.Ĭonfirmed Special Olympics and professional action sports athletes competing in Unified Snowboarding include: Heather Bean (Parker, Colo.)

WATCH: The event will be streamed live on TikTok, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube WHERE: The Special Olympics Unified Snowboarding and Skiing course is located above the start of the Big Air course at X Games Aspen (Buttermilk Mountain). ESPN is the Global Broadcast Partner of Special Olympics and the Global presenting sponsor of Special Olympics Unified Sports.

Special Olympics Unified Sports® joins people with and without intellectual disabilities on the same team.

The combined best times of each team will determine the results. Teams will be comprised of one professional action sports athlete, including X Games and Olympic medalists, and one Special Olympics action sports athlete for a total of ten, two-person teams in snowboarding and in skiing.Įach of the team members will take one run on each of the two competition courses, with the professional athletes racing against one another and the Special Olympics athletes racing one another. WHAT: In 2022, Special Olympics Unified Snowboarding will return for its seventh year at X Games Aspen and Unified Skiing will return for the second year.

Will big mountain snowboarding be in the winter olypics