**Matt Higgins from the New York Times writes**...
Read more …**Matt Higgins from the New York Times writes**
For 15 years, the Winter X Games have acted as an incubator for hip, new Olympic sports that tend to lure larger and younger television audiences. Although officials at the International Olympic Committee do not credit the X Games directly with influencing what winds up in their program, many recent additions — and the athletes who star in them — earned their start at the Winter X Games, which begin Thursday on Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colo.
It began with halfpipe snowboarding. Next came snowboard cross, and ski cross. Now three more events — ski halfpipe and snowboard and ski slopestyle — appear set to become the latest, in time for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
“The chances are extremely high for ski slopestyle, ski halfpipe and snowboard slopestyle to be part of the Olympic program in 2014,” Christophe Dubi, the I.O.C. sports director, said in an e-mail.
**The excerpts above are taken from, "To Add Appeal, Olympics Borrow (Again) From X Games," written by Matt Higgins. The article is linked below, so do read about the new exciting events you can expect from the 2014 Olympics.**
