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IOC confirms Taekwondo remains an Olympic Sport
As WTM has been publishing in the recent weeks on our “Taekwondo’s Olympic future” series, the International Olympic Committee has selected today Taekwondo as one of the 25 core sports for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.
The chosen sport to be dropped from the current 26 core sports is Wrestling, who will now join the list of seven candidate sports willing to be added in the Olympic program from 2020 baseball/softball, karate, roller sports, sport climbing, squash, wakeboarding and wushu).
This is the official statement released by the website of the Olympic Movement:
The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today agreed on the 25 sports it will propose to the 125th IOC Session for approval as the core sports for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.
The 25 sports are: athletics, rowing, badminton, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, equestrian, fencing, football, gymnastics, weightlifting, handball, hockey, judo, swimming, modern pentathlon, taekwondo, tennis, table tennis, shooting, archery, triathlon, sailing and volleyball.
The EB recommended that wrestling, governed by the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA), not be included on the list of core sports. Wrestling will now join the seven shortlisted sports – baseball/softball, karate, roller sports, sport climbing, squash, wakeboarding and wushu – vying for inclusion in the 2020 Olympic programme as an additional sport.
The eight sports are scheduled to make Pesentations to the Executive Board at its meeting in St Petersburg, Russia, in May. The EB will select which of the eight sports to recommend to the 125th IOC Session for inclusion as an additional sport on the 2020 programme.
In an effort to ensure the Olympic Games remain relevant to sports fans of all generations, the Olympic Programme Commission systematically reviews every sport following each edition of the Games.
Golf and rugby sevens were added in 2009 as additional sports to the 2016 Olympic programme.
The 125th IOC Session will take place from 7 to 10 September in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Source: Olympic.org
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