15/01/2015
Olympic 2020 News
Tokyo 2020 Olympic panel to consider squash
The
feasibility of including new sports in the Tokyo 2020 Games including
squash is to be considered by a newly convened Additional Event
Programme panel.
The Inside the Games website states that The Panel, ‘will work in
accordance with a process to be agreed with the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) at the next IOC Project Review meeting on February 4 and
5.
‘Its formation comes a month after the unanimous approval of the IOC's
Olympic Agenda 2020 reform process, where host cities are now allowed to
propose the inclusion of additional events for their Games. Due to its
huge popularity in Japan, men's baseball and women's softball are seen
as the outstanding favourites to return to the programme, seven years
after being dropped following the Beijing 2008 Games.’
‘Karate, squash, skateboarding, surfing, sport climbing and roller
sports are others with serious aspirations, while new disciplines in
pre-existing sports - like 3x3 basketball - are also vying for
inclusion.’
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