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(Video) Olympic Games Is In Tokyo For 2021, These Are 5 New Sports Added Into It

At the first-ever Olympic Games in the year 1896, there were actually just nine sports contested. Since that particular time, many sports have been added and also removed a well from the program. This latest Olympic Games would be the one in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from the 24th of July to the 9th of August 2020, the event was postponed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This is the first time that the Olympic Games have been postponed and rescheduled, rather than canceled. This recent year of the Olympic Games will see the introduction of brand new competitions. Under new IOC policies, which allow the host organizing committee to add new sports to the Olympic program to augment the permanent core events, these Games will see new games as well as the return of some old games for the first time since 2008.

1) Surfing

The best surfers in the world will celebrate the Olympic debut of their sport on the spectacular Pacific coast of Japan. The state of the waves, the direction and strength of the wind, and the flow of the tide make surfing an event in which athletes compete against each other while facing the changing conditions of nature.

2) Skateboarding

The Organising Committee incorporated a sport as young and vibrant as skateboarding into the Olympic program. There will be two categories and that is street which will take place on a straight route that imitates a street with stairs, handrails, kerbs, slopes, and others, and also park which will take place on a surface with slopes and complicated curves.

3) Sport climbing

Finger strength will decide which athletes will wear the medal around their neck in this new sport. Taking place on the colorful and characteristic dams, the climbers will put their skill and strength into practice on a vertical wall. There will be three disciplines and that are speed, boulder or block climbing, and also lead or difficulty.

4) Karate

Karate originated in Okinawa (Japan) during the Ryukyu Dynasty and has since spread throughout the world. For this reason, this sport could not be missing in Tokyo. Its struggle to be part of the program dates back to the 1970s and its debut will be on the best possible stage that is the Nippon Budokan which is the spiritual home of Japanese martial arts.

5) Baseball

Baseball and softball are returning to the Games. Their last appearance was in Beijing 2008. So, spectators will once again enjoy watching the pitcher challenge the batter with fast pitches of up to 100 miles per hour and precision, as well as spectacular effects.

Sources: Iberdrola, YouTube Mint.

Adib Mohd

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