Make additional sports events winning hits to enliven Tokyo Games

The Yomiuri Shimbun It is hoped that the new initiative in which host cities pick out additional sports to be held during their Olympic Games will help enliven the Games. The organizing committee of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games on Monday decided on the additional events to be proposed to the International Olympic Committee. The formal decision on the additional events will be made at a general meeting of the IOC next summer. Proposed were five sports with 18 medal events: baseball/softball, karate, skateboard, sports climbing and surfing. For those athletes in the proposed sports, the increased...