The organizers of the Games in Japan put forward eight new candidates for the Olympic program for consideration by the IOC

The organizing committee of the 2020 Olympic Games, which will be held in Tokyo, has unveiled a shortlist of new sports that can replenish the Olympic program from 2020. It included bowling, softball and baseball, karate, squash, rock climbing, surfing, roller skating and wushu. The final decision on these sports will be made by the International Olympic Committee in August 2016. In the meantime, "MK" will introduce you to these disciplines.

In December 2014, a new IOC strategy was adopted, according to which the organizers of the Games got the opportunity to participate in the formation of the Olympic program and include popular sports, for example, for themselves. True, the final word still remains with the International Olympic Committee. The following sports became candidates for the Tokyo 2020 Games: bowling, softball and baseball, karate, squash, rock climbing, surfing, roller skating and wushu, although before that applications were accepted from 33 federations. In which of them medals will still be played in Tokyo, the IOC will decide in August 2016. Already now we can say with confidence that all the disciplines will not be selected: the IOC will limit itself to one or two, most likely. Indeed, in the same new strategy it is indicated that the number of participants in the Summer Olympics should remain within 10,500 athletes, and the number of awards played should be within 310 sets. Rio 2016 will feature 306 disciplines. That is, you can add as many as four sets, but if team sports are included in the program, you may have to cut the number of participants in other sports.

What are these sports that can replenish the Olympic program at the Tokyo Games?

Bowling

The International Bowling Federation (FIQ) was founded in 1952 in Hamburg, and now it includes more than 140 national federations. It regulates two types of bowling: nine-pin bowling (more common in Europe) and ten-pin bowling (worldwide).

The first World Championship was held in 1954, in the 70s the International Bowling Federation received recognition from the IOC. The Russian Sports Bowling Federation has been a full member of the International Federation since 1997.

For each of the two types of bowling, championships are held for men and women, both team and individual.

Japan would be very happy to introduce bowling into the Olympic program. In the Land of the Rising Sun, the bowling boom began in the 60s of the twentieth century. Then, in a few years, more than 120,000 lanes for rolling balls appeared in Japan. Then, however, there was a decline. But now the Japanese bowling market ranks second in the world after the American one.

The biggest international bowling competition is the QubicaAMF World Cup. Russian athletes took part in more than 15 of them, as well as in the World, European and Youth Championships. More than 150 athletes in total. True, we are unlikely to be able to claim high places at the Olympics if this sport is included in the program.

Baseball (men) and softball (women)

Both sports already had an Olympic registration, but after the 2008 Games they were excluded from it.

In general, demonstration baseball competitions were held during the very first Games of the new time. They made their debut in 1904, and since then competitions have been held during 12 Olympic tournaments. But only in 1992, official sets of awards were played for the first time. The last time a baseball tournament was held in Beijing as part of the Olympics. At the same time, the US team has only won gold once during this time (in 2000 in Sydney). Three times the victory was celebrated by Cuba (1992, 1996, 2004) and once by South Korea (2008). Japan, where baseball is also incredibly popular, won two bronze medals (1992 and 2004) and one silver medal (1996).

Baseball is currently played in more than 120 countries around the world. The Federation of Baseball, Softball and Lapta was created back in the late 80s of the last century in the USSR, and after the collapse of the Union in 1992, the Baseball Federation of Russia was organized. Now the Russian team is in the top ten the best teams Europe, but this will clearly not be enough to qualify for Olympic medals in 2020.

Softball is a softer version of baseball. Men also play it, but only women's teams took part in the Olympics. The International Softball Federation was founded in 1965. And in the 80s, softball, along with baseball, began to develop in Russia (then in the USSR). In 1992, the first open championship of Russia was held, and since that time the teams have been participating in international competitions, but they failed to make their names in the history of Olympic softball.

At the first Olympic tournament in 1996, the US team celebrated the victory (2nd place - China, 3rd place - Australia). In 2000, the places were distributed as follows: USA, Japan, Australia. 2004: USA, Australia, Japan. At the last (to date) softball Games in Beijing, Japan still snatched the "gold", leaving the US and Australia behind.

Karate

The problem with this sport is that there are many of its styles and, accordingly, federations, which merged into the World Karate Federation in 1990, and it is she who represents the interests of this sport in the IOC.

World Championships have been held since 1970. The strongest in karate are the founders of this sport, the Japanese, as well as the French and Egyptians.

Roller skating

The International Roller Sports Federation was founded in April 1924. At first, its purpose was to oversee roller hockey competitions. But in 1947 the first World Cup was held. figure skating on roller skates. In general, there are many different types of roller sports, as well as a repetition of winter sports (biathlon, hockey, figure skating), and original ones: overcoming the distance at speed on a track or highway, etc.

Roller skating was the demonstration sport at the 1992 Games in Barcelona.

The largest competitions are the world championships in various types of roller sports. The Russian Roller Sports Federation was founded in 2004.

squash

Squash is an indoor sport played with a ball and racket. It originated in England, but at the beginning of the twentieth century began to spread around the world.

Three organizations are involved in international squash competitions - the Association of Professional Players-Men, the Association of Professional Players-Women and the World Squash Federation.

Squash is played in Eastern Europe, Australia, United Arab Emirates, North America, Egypt, Southeast Asia.

The strongest players are England, Pakistan, Egypt.

Rock climbing

There are three disciplines in which international competitions: Difficulty climbing, speed climbing and bouldering (a series of short difficult courses). The biggest successes for Russian men in bouldering (became world champions from 2005 to 2012) and for women in speed climbing: world champions-2007, 2011, 2012, 2014.

Surfing

The International Surfing Association is promoting this sport to the Olympic program. She also holds world championships. But the most popular in the world is the world surfing tour, which is attended by professionals. It is held under the auspices of the Association of Surfing Professionals (since 2015 - the World Surfing League). This is where all surfers want to go.

The first Russian surfing championship was held in 2009 and included three stages of the competition: Dominican Republic, Bali and Portugal.

Strongest athletes: Australia, Brazil, New Zealand, etc.

All martial arts China are united in the name "wushu". The International Wushu Federation appeared only in 1990 and immediately organized competitions at the Asian Summer Games. From next year, world championships began to be held. The International Wushu Federation includes more than 140 national federations. The Russians have been present there since the very beginning, since 1991.

Most medals at the world championships since then have been won by athletes from the following countries (in descending order): China, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Iran, Russia.

Five sports were included in the program of the 2020 Olympics, which will be held in the Japanese capital Tokyo, at the IOC session: baseball / softball, karate, surfing, rock climbing and skateboarding.

The inclusion of these events will add 18 competitions to the next Olympics, with 474 athletes taking part.

“The Tokyo Games have the potential to be one of the most unique in the history of the Olympics with these five new sports,” Tokyo Mayor Yoshiro Mori said in a statement.

Interestingly, according to the regulations adopted even earlier, these five events will not be mandatory for subsequent Summer Olympics. Each host city of the Games can present five sports for competition in them at its Olympiad.

Baseball/softball

Men's baseball and its women's variant, softball (more specifically, the "fast-pitch" variant of softball) will not be newcomers to the Olympic program.

Baseball has been a part of the Olympics since 1896, while softball was included in the Olympic program in 1996 at the Atlanta Games.

This should hardly be surprising, given that the US national teams are the undisputed favorites in these sports.

This is precisely the flip side of the coin: in 2005, the regular session of the IOC excluded baseball and softball from the Olympic sports due to insufficient popularity in the world.

At the Beijing Games, these types of programs, as regular members of the Olympic family, were presented for the last time, after which they were not in London and will not be in Rio.

Not surprisingly, the organizers of the Tokyo Olympics chose to recommend this particular sport for competition in it at the 2020 Games - Japan is unconditionally second in the world rankings and is unlikely to miss two sets of silver.

Teams of Russia in this type of program absolutely nothing shines. Actually, almost certainly our compatriots will not be represented by either men or women.

Karate

Another traditional Japanese sport. Karate has long hoped to be included in the Olympic program on a permanent basis, but could not achieve this.

The issue of including karate in the program of the London Games in 2012 was seriously considered, but this issue was not voted on by the IOC Commission.

The main reasons why karate has never been represented at the Olympics so far is the prohibitively high injury rate and, perhaps more importantly, the presence of too many different self-sufficient federations that are not united under one auspices.

Nevertheless, the IOC in 2015 recognized this fight as official olympic view sports, and now gave the sanction to introduce it into the program of the 2020 Games.

As for the Russian prospects, karate may well bring our national team a medal, since it is well developed in the country. Russia has its own world champions, so the ROC should be happy with the inclusion of this event in the competition program in Tokyo.

Surfing

Surfers around the world have been dreaming of becoming an Olympic sport for a long time. As examples, they cite curling, trampolining, and even fencing and rowing - sports that are much less popular and massive, but firmly entrenched in the Olympic family.

Talk about the possible inclusion of surfing in the program of the Olympics on a permanent basis has been going on for a long time, and the appearance of this sport on a permanent basis at the 2024 Games is quite realistic. Well, in Tokyo there will be a kind of "test of the pen."

It will not be easy for Russian athletes to count on medals here. However, there is still time until 2020. It is possible that surf stars will also appear in our country, since this type of sport is becoming more popular in Russia every year.

Rock climbing

Sport climbing has long been trying to become an Olympic sport. Back in 1995, the IOC officially recognized the international federation UIAA, which at that time controlled this sport.

In 2002, the UIAA filed a dossier for rock climbing to be included in the Turin Olympics, a sport that was perceived more as a winter sport at the time.

This did not happen, and in 2007 the International Federation of Sport Climbing appeared, uniting 68 countries of the world under its auspices.

The popularity of this sport is also growing, and in many countries rock climbing is already included in the school curriculum.

skateboarding

A slightly different situation with skateboarding. Yes, this sport is growing in popularity in the world even faster than rock climbing and windsurfing, and the competition in Tokyo promises to be exciting.

That's just the Russian team so far in this type of program, there is nothing special to count on. If the situation does not change in four years (which is unlikely to happen), then at this celebration of life, the Russian team will be a stranger.

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More recently, the schedule for the 2020 Olympics has been officially announced. What disciplines will the games open, and who will be the first champion of the 2020 Olympics?

Summer Olympic Games Tokyo 2020

Back in 2013, Japan won the vote to host the 2020 Olympics. Tokyo by a small margin bypassed:

• Stambud;
• Madrid;
• Buenos Aires.

For the capital of Japan, these games will be the second in history. Tokyo hosted its first Olympiad back in 1964.

Schedule of the Olympiad 2020

2020 Olympic Games kick off July 22 and will run until August 9 inclusive. The Japanese promise to amaze the whole world with the scale of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympiad. The 2020 Olympics schedule is as follows:

M - medal standings, K - qualification, ? — depending on weather conditions. The schedule of the 2020 Olympiad has been officially approved by the IOC.

Solemn the opening ceremony The Tokyo Olympics will be held on July 24th. Closing of the Olympiad - August 9, 2020.

New sports at the Tokyo Olympics

In 2020, the International Olympic Committee will introduce several new disciplines to the program. You can get acquainted with all of them on our website.

First Olympic champion of 2020

First sets Olympic gold in Tokyo will be played on July 25 among athletes involved in:

• archery;
• cycling;
• fencing;
• judo;
• shooting;
• taekwondo;
• weightlifting.

It is possible that among the first winners will include our compatriots.

The 2020 Summer Olympics is the most important sporting event of 2020. From July 24 to August 9, athletes from more than 200 countries will compete for awards in football, weightlifting and athletics, volleyball, karate, rhythmic gymnastics, boxing - do not count all the sports in which the participants of the Olympics will compete! Among the applicants for trophies there will be Russians. Along with the Chinese, Americans and British athletes from Russia claim to win the unofficial medal standings!

A large-scale sports event will be held in the summer of 2020. Athletes from around 205 countries will compete for medals from 24 July to 9 August.

Japan will be the host country for the Olympics. Competitions will be held in the capital of the Land of the Rising Sun in Tokyo. Also, part of the competition will be organized in the prefectures of the islands of Honshu and Hokkaido.

The venue for the 2020 Summer Olympics was chosen on September 7, 2013. Tokyo's rivals were Madrid, Istanbul, Rome, Baku, Doha and other respected cities. But only Madrid, Istanbul and Tokyo were admitted to the final vote. As a result, the Japanese capital won with almost a two-fold advantage.

For Tokyo, this is not the first experience of hosting the Olympics. For the first time, the main Japanese city became the center Summer Games in 1964.

Sports at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Participants of the Summer Olympics will compete for sets of awards in several dozen sports.

Watch until the end! - EASTER in 2020

Compared to the previous edition of the Olympics, the competitive program of the Tokyo Games has expanded to include surfing, karate, baseball, skateboarding and rock climbing. In addition, a number of sports such as fencing, table tennis and basketball have new disciplines.

Symbols of the 2020 Summer Olympics

The emblem of the 2020 Summer Olympics is a sphere on a white background, made of dark blue quadrangles of various sizes and shapes. Under the sphere is the inscription "TOKYO 2020", and below it are drawn the traditional Olympic rings.

According to the creators of the emblem, quadrangular figures of various shapes and sizes symbolize the participating countries, which differ from each other in culture, language, mentality, but united into a single whole.

An anime superhero named Miraitova was chosen as the mascot.

This choice should not be surprising. After all, the mascot was chosen by schoolchildren from elementary grades.

Miraitove is paired with another superhero, Someity. But unlike Miraitova, he is the mascot of the 2020 Paralympics.

Summer Olympics 2020 Volunteers

Well, what is a large-scale sports event without volunteers!? About 90,000 volunteers are expected to serve the Games! The selection of volunteers will take place in several stages. The first of them starts in mid-September 2018.

To become a volunteer, you must meet the following criteria:

• be at least 18 years of age;
• have a desire to acquire volunteer skills;
• own a minimum set of phrases in popular foreign languages;
• have a free schedule during the Games.

More information can be found on the official website of the 2020 Olympics - www.tokyo2020.org.

2020 Summer Olympics Total Medal Score

China and the United States are vying for victory in the overall medal standings. To a lesser extent, Russia and Great Britain can count on the first line.

Four years ago, in Rio de Janeiro, the Americans became the best. Representatives of the United States won 121 medals, 46 of which were of the highest value.

The second line went to the natives of Great Britain. China rounded out the top three. Russia showed the 4th result. The gap between our country and China was 7 gold awards.

Most likely, Japanese athletes will show excellent results. They can not only enter the TOP-5, but also compete for a place in the top three.

Russia at the 2020 Olympics

The eyes of domestic fans, of course, will be turned to the Russians. Our athletes will have a hard time. The competition in world sports is outrageous. Times when domestic athletes stamped one medal after another, irrevocably passed. In addition, the doping scandal, which has been dragging on for many years, will have a detrimental effect. Many of our athletes were disqualified. Huge damage was done to the image of Russian sports. But Russia will try to recover from the consequences of the intrigues of sports officials by the start of the Summer Olympics!