Yes, in fact BMX cycling is a completely new event.
New events in the 2008 Games include BMX cycling, women's 3000 meter steeplechase, marathon (10 km) swimming, and team events in table tennis.
There should be a separate horse Olympics or a new Olympics since the current Olympics is overloaded enough with events. To add any new events means removing another sport. At any rate, there should be world games for such majestic creatures.
Beginning with the August 8, 2008 summer Olympics nine new events were added.
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There were no Winter Olympics in 1935.
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Marathon swimming (10k events for men and women), women's 3,000 meter steeplechase, and two new BMX cycling events.
Women's Boxing will be 3 new events for the different weight classes
According to my "research" 9 new EVENTS have been intoduced; 3000m steeplechase for women, 2 events in BMX, baseball, softball, marathon swimming for both male and female. The Doubles events in Table Tennis has been removed.
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The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi introduced 12 new events to the competition. These included the team events in figure skating and ski jumping, as well as new disciplines in snowboarding and freestyle skiing. The addition of these events aimed to enhance the excitement and appeal of the Games, particularly to younger audiences. Overall, the total number of medal events increased to 98 for the Sochi Olympics.
The Marshall Islands, Montenegro and Tuvalu are the 3 countries that are participating for the first time in 2008 Beijing Olympics.