The International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board (EB) meets at the end of the week in Berlin with new sports and new events for the Olympic Games at the top of the agenda. The meeting, led by IOC President Jacques Rogge, will propose two new sports to join the Olympic Games in 2016 and a number of new events which could see more women competing in London in 2012.
Proposal of additional sports for the 2016 Games
The meeting will decide which two of the seven sports vying for a position in the Olympic programme - baseball, golf, karate, roller sports, rugby, softball and squash - will be proposed for inclusion in the programme for the 2016 Olympic Games. The proposal will be submitted to the full IOC Session for a final decision at its meeting in Copenhagen in October. Each of the seven sports gave presentations to the EB at its last meeting in June, and an extensive evaluation was conducted by the IOC Olympic Programme Commission of the potential added value to the Games from each of the seven sports.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board (EB) proposed today the list of 26 core sports and 2 additional sports, golf and rugby, to be included in the 2016 Olympic Programme.
