The British Olympic Association did not send a team to compete at breakdancing at the recent Youth Games, but said it welcomed the addition of new sports for Paris 2024. Four additional sports. New sports are likely to face a tougher battle to be added onto the Paris 2024 Olympic programme due to concerns over the ballooning size of the Games. These are the new sports we may see at the 2024 Summer Olympics, per a proposal that host city Paris submitted to the International Olympic Committee last week. Breaking, sport climbing, skateboarding, surfing. The number of Olympic Games sports has grown from nine at the first Olympic Games in 1896, to 33 to be contested at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, with more sports always keen to get onto this exclusive list.See the changes in the sports program over time. Paris 2024 has taken the opportunity provided by the IOC in the Olympic Agenda 2020 to proposeadditional sports to enhance its programme and overall concept. Break dancing. The IOC is keen to set a new standardfor inclusive, gender-balanced This request falls in line with the IOC's goal of making the Games more youth-focused, gender-balanced, and more urban, Kit McConnell, IOC sports director, tells SELF. Breakdancers could be competing for the first time at the Olympics if organizers of the 2024 Paris Games get their way.
Skateboarding. Tony Estanguet, a three-time canoeing Olympic champion and head of the Paris 2024 organising committee, said the inclusion of the new sports would make the Olympics … Events > Olympics > Summer > Sports > Future. Paris 2024 Olympic organisers are "deep in talks" about including esports as a demonstration sport at the Games, says the International esports Federation. Climbing.Surfing. Sports of Future Olympic Games.