Five additional sports, including skateboarding and surfing, have been recommended by the organizers of the Tokyo Olympics for inclusion at the 2020 Summer Games, it was announced on Monday.
Baseball/softball, karate and climbing were also given the thumbs up under a proposal that will see a total of 18 new medal events, nine each for men and women, contested by an extra 474 athletes at the games.
¡°This package of events represents both traditional and emerging, youth-focused events, all of which are popular both in Japan and internationally,¡± Tokyo organizers said in a statement.
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