2021 Tokyo Olympics: What are the new sports?

One year later than the ticket issuance, Tokyo Olympics As the world’s sports stars gathered in Japan, they finally arrived.

Although athletics, swimming, gymnastics and other sports will be the center of the competition, there are also several new sports added to the schedule of these games.

This is everything you need to know…

These games have added one of Japan’s most popular sports, and the host country has dominated the world championships for many years.

Two disciplines will be competing: kata and kumite.

The latter is the fighting version of the sport, with a total of 60 athletes (30 men and 30 women) participating. Each event has three heavyweights, and there are a total of six competitions.

At the same time, Kata is a non-combat version, based on a series of technical forms and performances, there will be 20 athletes.

Perhaps the most eagerly anticipated new event, skateboarding will bow in Tokyo.

There are two events-parks and skating-men and women compete for a total of four gold medals in these two competitions.

Sky Brown will become the youngest summer Olympic athlete in the history of the United Kingdom. He has just turned 13 and won a bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships. She won a real medal opportunity at the Women’s Park.

This competition will have 40 athletes-20 men and 20 women-competing for two gold medals.

Each game consists of three disciplines: speed (two climbers compete to the top), bouldering (climbers complete the route with as few attempts as possible) and leading (climbers climb as high as possible on a 15m wall within a specific time) .

Shauna Coxsey, the bronze medalist at the 2019 World Championships, is the only representative of the United Kingdom.

The surfing competition will be held at Tsurigasaki Beach, which is about 100 kilometers away from the Tokyo Olympic Main Stadium.

There will be men’s and women’s competitions, each with 20 athletes, and the judges will rate the athletes in each round based on criteria such as difficulty and speed.

Well, the new idea is the return of baseball and softball to the Olympics. Since the 2008 Beijing Olympics, neither of these two games have appeared.

Seven sports have introduced mixed events for men and women, including new mixed relay events for track and field and swimming.