Tanja Frieden
2006 Winter Olympics.
Snowboard Cross
Snowboard Cross and Team Pursuit Speed Skating.
Mass start biathlon, team sprint cross country skiing, snowboard cross and team pursuit speedskating were added to the 2006 Olympic games.
2006
Snowboard Cross
There are 2 snowboard events, one is called the half pike and the other is the snowboard cross which is a race cut into 2 knock out rounds which then 4 snowboarders meet in the final to see which one gets bronze, silver and gold,
There were three snowboarding events in the 2006 Winter Olympics. Silver medal winners were: Halfpipe - Danny Kaas, USA Parallel Giant Slalom - Simon Schoch, Switzerland Snowboard Cross - Radoslav Zidek, Slovakia
Men - Halfpipe - Shaun White, United States Parallel Giant Slalom - Philipp Schoch, Switzerland Snowboard Cross - Seth Wescott, United States Women - Halfpipe - Hannah Teter, United States Parallel Giant Slalom - Daniela Meuli, Switzerland Snowboard Cross - Tanja Frieden, Switzerland
The newest winter olympic sport is called snowboard cross(snowboard X). It was first considered an olympic event in Torino, 2006.
Julia Mancuso of the United States.
Shizuka Arakawa of Japan won the women's figure skating gold in the 2006 Turin Olympic Games.