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08-04-2016, 02:02 AM
Skateboarding and surfing will be Olympic sports in 2020
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The governing body of the Olympics approved five new sports for the 2020 Games in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Skateboarding, surfing, baseball/softball, karate and climbing will all be a part of the next Summer Olympics.*
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Olympics officials said (https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-approves-five-new-sports-for-olympic-games-tokyo-2020) the decision reflected their desire to attract young athletes and viewers to future Olympics.*
“We want to take sport to the youth," IOC President Thomas Bach said, according to the news release. "With the many options that young people have, we can**t expect any more that they will come automatically to us. We have to go to them." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/03/olympic-games-adds-five-new-sports-skateboarding-surfing/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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The governing body of the Olympics approved five new sports for the 2020 Games in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Skateboarding, surfing, baseball/softball, karate and climbing will all be a part of the next Summer Olympics.*
SEE ALSO: US an**unces flag bearer for Rio 2016 Olympics opening ceremony (http://mashable.com/2016/08/03/michael-phelps-opening-ceremony/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Olympics officials said (https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-approves-five-new-sports-for-olympic-games-tokyo-2020) the decision reflected their desire to attract young athletes and viewers to future Olympics.*
“We want to take sport to the youth," IOC President Thomas Bach said, according to the news release. "With the many options that young people have, we can**t expect any more that they will come automatically to us. We have to go to them." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/03/olympic-games-adds-five-new-sports-skateboarding-surfing/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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