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13/06/2009
OLYMPIC BID NEWS
Squash in Race With Golf and Sevens for 2016 Olympics
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 Squash
in race with golf and sevens for 2016 Olympics
In a major article ‘The Times’ gives golf and sevens rugby the lead in the race
for Olympic Games participation although squash is the bookies’ favourite.
Ashling O’Connor Olympics Correspondence of the Times examines the race
‘The chance for a sport to join the Olympic Games comes around so infrequently,
it pays not to miss the boat.
The most recent welcomed to the top table were taekwondo and triathlon at the
Sydney Games in 2000 and it will not be until 2016 when another two get the kind
of global exposure that transforms followings and fortunes.
The four-year campaign for inclusion is almost over and, on Monday, the seven
candidates vying for up to two slots on the Olympic programme have a final
chance to convince the IOC of their suitability.
The bidding sports are baseball, golf, karate, rugby sevens, softball, squash
and roller sports. This shortlist will be whittled down to two by the IOC's
executive board at a meeting on August 13 on the eve of the World Athletics
Championships in Berlin.’
Link to Times articles here:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article6473497.ece
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