He The premiere of ‘breaking’ as an Olympic sport is the main novelty in the program of the Paris Olympic Gamesbut not the only one: The 50 km walk disappeared, the kayak cross debuted and the boxing and weightlifting weights and the sailing and climbing tests were reorganized.among others.
The sports program of the Games, comprised of 329 medal events, ten less than Tokyo 2020, It is designed to gain spectacularity and attract the younger sectors. These are your keys:
1. Breaking, the only new sport
Cities organizing the Games have the right to add some sport to the traditional program and Paris chose ‘breaking’ for its urban nature and its attraction to young people.
Born in the Bronx, New York, the dancers will take over the Plaza de la Concorde on August 9 and 10 to fight for Olympic medals.
A DJ will play music the contestants don’t know yet, forcing them to improvise to keep up with their head spins, cartwheels, and jumps.
The competition was decided in direct one-on-one matches.
2. Baseball, softball and karate are gone and the 50 km walk is gone
Karate, which debuted at Tokyo 2020, has no continuity in the program, despite having a strong implementation in France. He is also not in Los Angeles 2028, so the farewell seems final.
Regarding the previous Games, baseball and softball, which were part of the men’s and women’s programs respectively, were also not included in the list of sports in Paris. But both will return in 2028, so the goodbye is temporary.
A test in the great athletic tradition, the 50 km walk, will also be missed, replaced by a mixed walking relay at the marathon distance, 42.195 km.
3. More action: premiere of kayak cross and Formula Kite
The kayak cross, the most spectacular test of the canoeing slalom program, will also take place in Paris.
The format is exciting: four kayaks located on a ramp suspended more than two meters above the water are thrown here and the paddlers must complete a route that includes an eskimotaje, a 360º turn of the canoe where the canoeist disappears under the Water.
To make room for this event, the sprint canoeing program is being reduced from six to five events in each gender.
In sailing, new doses of adrenaline are provided by the Kite Formula, which will experience an Olympic baptism in the waters of Marseille. The boards can reach speeds of up to 100 km/h pulled by a single rider.
Sailing retains its ten tests, but the 470 class will be mixed.
4. New weights in boxing, weightlifting and wrestling
Female boxers, who fought in only five categories in Tokyo, will do so in Paris in six, one less than the men.
In weightlifting, the reduction in the quota of participants due to doping irregularities also forced a change in weights, five per gender instead of seven.
The match weights are slightly adjusted, but the number of participants is not affected.
5. Climbing is divided into two trials, skeet will be a mixed team trial with shooting
The climb was held for the first time in Tokyo with a combined test, which in Paris was divided into two: on the one hand bouldering and difficulty and, on the other, speed.
Mixed shooting events are three again, but team trap has been replaced by a different skeet modality, skeet, without a pit.
Source: La Verdad
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