Preview: Milan-Cortina 2026 snowboarding set to redefine limits of rotation, speed
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LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- As the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics approach, the Games' snowboarding competitions are poised to test, or somewhat redefine the limits of human rotation and speed, shaping up not only as a contest for medals but a benchmark for the sport's technical evolution. The snowboarding program, featuring 11 events across three disciplines - park (big air and slopestyle), halfpipe and alpine racing (snowboard cross and parallel giant slalom), will be held in Livigno, a mountain town on the border between Italy and Switzerland. In recent years, the park and halfpipe disciplines of snowboarding have seen one of the fastest rates of technical progression among...