Olympics-Alpine skiing combined to become team event at 2026 Games

FILE PHOTO: 2022 Beijing Olympics - Alpine Skiing - Mixed Team Parallel 1/8 Finals - National Alpine Skiing Centre, Yanqing district, Beijing, China - February 20, 2022. General view of the course as Gino Caviezel of Switzerland and Xu Mingfu of China compete. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

(Reuters) - Alpine skiing combined at the 2026 Winter Olympics will feature two specialists in a team instead of one skier, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Tuesday.

Previously, the men's and women's combined had an individual skier compete in a downhill or super-G and then a slalom, with the quickest aggregate time determining the winner.