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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:

Kind of sport

Discipline

July

August

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Water sports

swimming

TO

M

M

M

M

M

M

M

M

diving

M

M

M

M

TO

TO

M

TO

M

TO

M

TO

M

thin swimming

TO

TO

M

TO

M

water polo

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

M

M

marathon swimming

M

M

Archery

-

TO

M

M

M

TO

TO

TO

M

M

Athletics

marathon

M

M

M

M

M

M

M

M

M

M

racing walk

M

M

M

Badminton

-

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

M

M

M

M

Baseball and Softball

baseball

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

M

softball

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

M

Basketball

3x3 basketball

TO

TO

TO

TO

M

classical

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

M

M

Boxing

-

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

M

M

M

M

M

M

Canoe

slalom

TO

M

M

TO

M

M

sprint

TO

M

TO

M

TO

M

Biking

BMX freestyle

TO

M

bmx racing

TO

M

Mountain bike

M

M

road

M

M

M

track

M

M

M

M

M

M

M

Horseback Riding

dressage

TO

TO

M

M

triathlon

TO

TO

TO

TO

M

show jumping

TO

M

TO

M

Fencing

-

M

M

M

M

M

M

M

M

M

Football

-

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

M

M

M

Golf

-

TO

TO

TO

M

TO

TO

TO

M

Gymnastics

artistic

TO

TO

M

M

M

M

M

M

M

sports

TO

M

M

trampoline

M

M

Handball

-

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

M

M

Hockey

-

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

M

M

Judo

-

M

M

M

M

M

M

M

M

Karate

-

M

M

M

Modern pentathlon

-

TO

M

M

Rowing

-

TO

TO

TO

TO

M

M

M

M

Rugby

-

TO

TO

M

TO

TO

M

Sailing

-

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

M

M

M

M

M

Shooting

rifle and pistol

M

M

M

TO

M

M

TO

M

shotgun

TO

M

TO

M

M

skateboarding

a park

M

M

Street

M

M

sport climbing

-

TO

TO

M

M

Surfing

-

TO

TO

TO

M

?

?

?

?

Table tennis

-

TO

TO

M

TO

TO

M

M

TO

TO

TO

TO

M

M

taekwondo

-

M

M

M

M

Tennis

-

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

M

M

M

Triathlon

-

M

M

M

Volleyball

Beach volleyball

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

M

M

volleyball

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

TO

M

M

Weight-lifting

-

M

M

M

M

M

M

M

M

M

Struggle

freestyle, Greco-Roman

TO

M

M

M

M

M

M

M - medal standings, K - qualification, ? - depending on the 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.

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 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 in 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 view sports. 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 a large number various self-sufficient federations, not united under one auspices.

Nevertheless, the IOC recognized this wrestling as an official Olympic sport in 2015, and now it has authorized its introduction into the 2020 Games program.

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 - types that are much less popular and massive, but in Olympic family firmly entrenched.

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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Three of the five sports that could be added to the Olympic program in five years do not bode well for Russian athletes.

The Organizing Committee of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games has proposed to the International Olympic Committee to include several new sports in the competition program: baseball and softball, karate, skateboarding, rock climbing and surfing. The final decision on this issue will be made in Rio de Janeiro at the IOC session in August 2016. "SE" tried to figure out what chances Russian athletes have in these sports.

ROCK CLIMBING. In case of entering the program of the Games in Tokyo, two sets of medals will be played - men's and women's. In which of the disciplines the competition will take place - bouldering, speed or difficulty - is not yet known. It is possible that the starts will be organized in the all-around format. Of the five potential Olympic recruits, rock climbing is the most promising sport for Russia.

Very little is known about Olympic climbing. Photo REUTERS

For the last eight years, our team has been the strongest in the world, - says Dmitry Bychkov, president of the Russian Rock Climbing Federation. - In bouldering, Dmitry Sharafutdinov became the world champion three times. We have a whole team of strong athletes in the "speed" discipline - for example, Stas Kokorin, Alina Gaydamakina, Yulia Kaplina, Masha Krasavina. Is our weakness This is the "difficulty" discipline. But here we have very strong athletes. So, Dinara Fakhrutdinova became the European champion. All athletes are well prepared as all-rounders. If the competitions are held in the all-around format, it is beneficial for us. Most importantly, a good reserve is growing up, and another generation of Russian climbers will most likely compete at the 2020 Olympics.

SURFING. The President of the Russian Surfing Federation and at the same time one of the strongest surfers in the country, Sergey Rasshivaev, is not too optimistic. When asked what chances Russian athletes have to qualify for the Olympics in Tokyo, Rasshivaev cut off: practically none. In his opinion, athletes will be selected for the Olympic Games at the annual international competitions ISA World Surfing Games. Russia has been participating in this tournament for the third year, but neither in the women's nor in the men's individual standings, none of our compatriots has ever entered the top twenty. Highest Achievement Russians - 17th place in the team standings. At the same time, far from all the strongest surfers of the planet participate in the ISA competitions, recognized by the IOC. If this sport is included in the Olympic program, the competition will intensify.

Surfing is very spectacular, but it requires special climatic conditions. Photo REUTERS

Our federation exists only at its own expense. We don't have any sponsors or government funding, - says Sergey. - There is no clear structure for the training of athletes. All surfers who represent Russia earn money in other areas. This year, only the youth team will go to the ISA World Surfing Games in California, adult athletes refused to perform for financial reasons. This situation is not only with us - it is everywhere, except maybe Australia, the USA and a couple of other countries where surfing is national view sports. Our federation is recognized at the international level, but not within the country. But everything will change as soon as surfing is recognized as an Olympic sport.

BASEBALL. This is the only sport proposed by the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee that was previously included in the Olympic program. Baseball was last introduced at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. But in 2020, time may turn back, because the interest in this sport in Japan is enormous. The country has a strong baseball team, developed infrastructure, ready-made stadiums. In total, 6 men's baseball teams and 6 women's softball teams will be able to take part in the Olympics.

It will be problematic for us to get to the Olympics, - says Nikolai Gervasov, head coach of the Russian national teams. - From Europe, one team gets to the Games directly, and two more teams participate in the further selection. That is, you need to be at least in the top three. Russia last year at the European Championship was only eighth. Theoretically, we can rise to sixth place. It's pretty much the same story with the softball team, but women's team the chances are slightly higher. Now the state is helping us, but this assistance is not enough. Training camps are very rare, it is very difficult to prepare.

KARATE. It is assumed that 8 sets of medals - 4 men's and 4 women's - will be played in karate in Tokyo. The first pair - in the discipline of karate kata, and three pairs - in three weight categories in the discipline of karate kumite. The total number of participants who can take part in the Games in this sport is 80 people. The President of the Russian Karate Federation Sergey Sokolovsky spoke about the chances of Russian karatekas to get into this number.

I think the IOC will accept the organizers' proposal regarding karate, because it is the national sport in Japan, explains Sokolovsky. - In this case, Russia will not only be selected for the Games, but will also qualify for medals. There are world-class stars in Russia - for example, Zhenya Plahutin, Ivanna Zaitseva. But the Tokyo Olympics will be held in 2020, by which time our youth will also grow up, who now compete in juniors and cadets. At the last youth world championship we have a champion - Kirill Solopov. The youth team takes an average of 6 - 8 medals at all major international starts. In karate kata, we also have one of the best schools in the world. In this discipline, our guys are European champions and winners of the World Youth Championship.

SKATEBOARDING. It has the most vague prospects of the species proposed by the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee. The question of its inclusion in the program of the Olympic Games was first raised back in 2007. But to this day there is no international skateboarding federation recognized by the IOC. The International Skateboarding Federation and the World Skateboard Federation are competing with each other, and perhaps the IOC will simply join skateboarding to one of the existing federations, as snowboarding once did. The desire to take skateboarding under its wing has already been expressed by the International Roller Sports Federation.

There is also no national skateboarding federation in Russia. Created in 2007, the organization managed to achieve the inclusion of skateboarding in the register of official sports, but was disbanded in 2011. The main reason is the unclear Olympic prospects for skateboarding. About what chances Russian skateboarders have if skateboarding is still included in the Olympic program, said the organizer of the Moscow stage international tournament World Cup Skateboarding Alexander Potseluev:

We have two or three skateboarders who skate well and can compete in the street discipline. Of the girls, this is Katya Shengelia. She was even invited to perform at the X-Games in the women's category last year. Of the guys - Yegor Golubev, Maxim Kruglov, Dima Dvoinishnikov. But the most serious skateboarders are Americans and Brazilians. Last year, Yegor Golubev won the World Cap Skateboarding, beating the rising star of world skateboarding, Brazilian Kevin Hoefler, in the final. But to be honest, there is America - it is Major League, and there are all the others. The strongest skateboarders of the planet do not come to the World Cup Skateboarding - they have their own private pool - Street League Skateboarding. This is a commercial project prize fund several times more.

NEW OLYMPIC DISCIPLINES IN TOKYO 2020 (DRAFT)

Kind of sport	Disciplines	Sets of medals	Number of athletes
BASEBALL / SOFTBALL	Baseball (men)		144 (6 teams of 24 players)
	Softball (women)		90 (6 teams of 15 players)
KARATE			20 (10 women / 10 men)
			60 (30 women / 30 men)
SKATEBOARD			40 (20 women / 20 men)
			40 (20 women / 20 men)
ROCK CLIMBING	Bouldering, speed or difficulty		40 (20 women / 20 men)
SURFING	Short board		40 (20 women / 20 men)
Total		474 (210 women / 264 men)

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 Summer Olympics must remain within the limits of 10,500 athletes, and the number of awards to be played must be within 310 sets. Rio 2016 will feature 306 disciplines. That is, you can add as many as four sets, but if the program includes command types sports 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 Sports Bowling Federation of Russia is a full member 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). Cuba celebrated victory three times (1992, 1996, 2004) and once 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 in 2020 for Olympic medals.

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 Russia, 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.

On 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, in roller sports there are many different types, as well as a repetition of winter (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 biggest competitions are the world championships various types roller sports. The Russian Roller Sports Federation was founded in 2004.

squash

Squash - game view sport with ball and racket indoors. 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 - world league surfing). 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 and 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.