Breakdancing among four sports likely added to Paris 2024 Games
The four sports proposed by Paris organizers — breakdancing, skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing — were provisionally approved for the 2024 Summer Games at the International Olympic Committee Session on Tuesday. The four sports, featuring 12 individual events, are set to be contested in Paris ...
IOC lifts threat to remove weightlifting from Paris Olympics
Weightlifting's place at the 2024 Paris Olympics has been confirmed after an IOC review of persistent doping problems, as long as the sport's governing body meets certain conditions. The International Weightlifting Federation will continue to undergo "very close monitoring" after 18 months of scrutiny, the ...
Paris 2024 proposes breakdancing competition, gives cold shoulder to baseball and karate
Breakdancing has been invited as a new sport by the organizers of the 2024 Paris Olympics, the head of the local organizing committee said Thursday. Skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing, which have already been added to the program for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, have been ...
