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    BASEBALL5 AND WUSHU ADDED TO YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES PROGRAMME AT DAKAR 2022

    IOC Executive Board also approves dates for the 2022 Youth Olympic Games, the first Games held in Africa.
    By ZK Goh
    8 January 2020 7:58

    Baseball5 and wushu will make their first appearance on a Games programme at the Dakar 2022 Summer Youth Olympics, after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board (EB) approved the additions at a meeting on Wednesday (8 January) on the sidelines of the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.

    The Dakar 2022 Organising Committee had asked for the two sports' inclusion, according to the IOC.

    "The addition has the potential to further develop these two exciting sports in Africa," an IOC statement said.

    Baseball, in its full nine-a-side nine-inning form, is making a return to the adult Olympic Games at Tokyo 2020, while wushu was held as an exhibition event during the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympics.

    The Dakar 2022 Games will be staged from 22 October to 9 November 2022.

    Gender equality

    The additions of the two new sports – with five new events expected – will not affect the total gender equality at the Games.

    Baseball5, which sees five players a side play five innings with the only equipment needed being a rubber ball, will be a mixed-gender team event.

    It is the first Olympic team sport to be mixed-gender. Each team will include four men and four women.

    Meanwhile, four events will be held in wushu, also known as "Chinese kungfu": men's and women's changquan, and men's and women's taijiquan.

    "It is designed to play into our plans to have more gender equality and it is something that appeals to youth," IOC spokesman Mark Adams said.

    "Both sports have a lot of interest in Africa and I think they will be a big success."

    Other non-traditional Olympic events being held in the Senegalese capital are breaking, karate, skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing. Beach wrestling is also set to make its Games debut.

    It means all the additional sports selected by both Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 will be contested at Dakar 2022.

    Games dates

    The Games have also had their dates confirmed. They will take place from 22 October to 9 November 2022.

    Originally, it had been proposed that the Games take place earlier in the year, in May or June.

    The IOC says the finalised dates were chosen after consulting National Olympic Committees, International Federations, and its own Athletes' Commission.

    "For the large majority of athletes, the proposal better suits the school curriculum," the IOC said.

    "From a climate standpoint, the YOG will take place at the beginning of the dry season.

    "And for Dakar and Senegal, the dates coincide with Africa Youth Day (1 November), which is an important milestone in the calendar – school pupils will have more time to participate and contribute."
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    IOC President takes YOG as laboratory for new sports
    Source: Xinhua| 2020-01-11 06:13:16|Editor: Mu Xuequan

    LAUSANNE, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said on Friday that Wushu's introduction as an official sport demonstrates the Youth Olympic Games's role as a laboratory for new sports.

    "It's another signifiant demonstration for the fact that we are using the Youth Olympic Games as a laboratory for new sports or disciplines," Bach told a press conference following the 135th IOC Session.

    Wushu is set to debut as an official sport at the 2022 Dakar Youth Olympic Games after having got the nod from the IOC executive board on Wednesday.

    "We already had Wushu as a kind of demonstration sport in previous editions of the Youth olympics, and on the occasion of the Olympic Games in Beijing where it was a part of cultural exhibitions.

    "We could see it was well appreciated by the public. We could also realize the International (Wushu) Federation has expanded significantly and very quickly in the last couple of years, now having more than 150 member federations, which put them pretty high on the list of International Federations," said Bach.

    "When the recommendation of the organizing committee of Dakar came to the IOC executive board, this recommendation was falling on a further ground. Therefore, we approved of Wushu as a medal sport together with baseball5," he added.

    Bach also expressed confidence in the future of the Games for youngsters.

    "As for the Youth Olympic Games, what's the most important is the experience of these young athletes. This is what the Youth Olympic Games count for them," he said. "They will get familiar with the Olympic environment and values with a mighty sports event. This is the priority."

    According to Bach, from what he has heard from the figures from Thursday night's opening ceremony, "maybe this Winter Youth Olympic Games get more international attention than any other junior event of any other sport."

    "We are on a good track. At the end of this Games, I think we can be pretty optimistic," the German pointed out.

    The IOC Session also voted to award the 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games to Gangwon of South Korea, the first time in the tournament's history to Asia.

    Japanese Olympic Committee President Yasuhiro Yama****a, International Tennis Federation President David Haggerty and Federation Internationale de Football Association President Gianni Infantino were elected as new members of the IOC, bringing the total number of IOC members to 101.
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