Move over, figure skating and ice hockey: There’s a new Olympic sport taking to the slopes of Italy. 

Ski mountaineering, or “skimo,” is the first entirely new sport at the Winter Olympics since 2002. As its name suggests, skimo combines elements of skiing and mountaineering, requiring competitors to climb up a mountain slope before heading back down. It’s a more rugged take on the winter sport genre, and it involves rougher terrain than a cross-country or alpine ski course, calls for athletes to change their own gear mid-race, and........

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