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5 new sports approved for 2020 Tokyo Olympics
short by Swarnim Bagre / on Thursday, 4 August, 2016
The International Olympic Committee has unanimously agreed to add karate, skateboarding, surfing, sports climbing and baseball/softball to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The decision will add 18 events and 474 athletes to the Tokyo Olympics, without affecting the current athlete and event quotas. Talking about the change, IOC President Thomas Bach said, "We want to take sport to the youth."
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