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Snowboarder Torah Bright of Australia competing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
Snowboarding made its official Olympic debut at the Winter Games in Nagano, Japan, in 1998.12
The sport was officially recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1994, leading to its inclusion in the Olympic program four years later. During the 1998 Games, the competition featured four events across two specialties: the giant slalom and the half-pipe.1