(ATR) Paris 2024 organizers say they will propose four sports to add to the program for the Games. Breaking, or breakdancing, skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing now need approval from the IOC, a process that will last until 2020.
Paris organizing committee chair Tony Estanguet says Paris 2024 "wants to connect the games to their era".
Manir Biba, a break-dancer in France tells the Associated Press"It’s a victory for us. Even if it goes no further, we’ll still have won."
The BBC reports that Great Britain will need to step up preparation to field a breakdancing Olympic squad.
Writing in the Pitt News of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Senior Staff Columnist Delilah Bourque applauds the choice of breakdancing.
The addition of sport climbing could mean prospects for medal winners from Indonesia writes Niken Prathivi in the Jakarta Post.
There’s disappointment from the World Karate Federation over the failure to make the Paris list.
Squash advocates say they are perplexed over the rejection of the sport for Paris.
In the U.S., Wall Street Journal reporter Rachel Bachman writes about the push by some Olympians to form a union.
Reported by Greer Wilson.
Últimas Noticias
Utah’s Olympic venues an integral part of the equation as Salt Lake City seeks a Winter Games encore
Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation chief of sport development Luke Bodensteiner says there is a “real urgency to make this happen in 2030”. He discusses the mission of the non-profit organization, the legacy from the 2002 Winter Games and future ambitions.
IOC president tells Olympic Movement “we will again have safe and secure Olympic Games” in Beijing
Thomas Bach, in an open letter on Friday, also thanked stakeholders for their “unprecedented” efforts to make Tokyo 2020 a success despite the pandemic.
Boxing’s place in the Olympics remains in peril as IOC still unhappy with the state of AIBA’s reform efforts
The IOC says issues concerning governance, finance, and refereeing and judging must be sorted out to its satisfaction. AIBA says it’s confident that will happen and the federation will be reinstated.
IOC president details Olympic community efforts to get Afghans out of danger after Taliban return to power
Thomas Bach says the Afghanistan NOC remains under IOC recognition, noting that the current leadership was democratically elected in 2019. But he says the IOC will be monitoring what happens in the future. The story had been revealed on August 31 in an article by Miguel Hernandez in Around the Rings
North Korea suspended by IOC for failing to participate in Tokyo though its athletes could still take part in Beijing 2022
Playbooks for Beijing 2022 will ”most likely” be released in October, according to IOC President Thomas Bach.
