International Olympic Committee included five new sports activities in the program of Olympic Games
10.08.2016
International Olympic Committee included five new sporting activities in addition to 28 existing ones in the program of winter Olympic Games 2010 in Tokyo.
According to the decision of International Olympic Committee, in 2020 the program of Olympic Games will be added with the competitions on karate, surfing, baseball / softball, rock-climbing, and skateboarding.
As the members of committee hope, new kinds of sports will attract attention of youth to the Olympic Games.
Introduction of new sporting activities will also increase medal program of Olympic Games up to 18 sets which 474 athletes will fight for.
Olympic Games 2016 will happen from the 5-th to 21-st of August in Rio de Janeiro.
