Olympics: IOC approves new events in gender parity push for 2020
374 views · Published 9 June 2017 · 0:45 · Indexed 12 November 2026
Channel: AFP News Agency · 2017 · Sports
The International Olympic Committee approves a mixed 4x400m relay along with 14 other events for Tokyo 2020, hailing the move as "an important step for gender equality" at the Games. The number of athletes will also go down to ten thousand six hundred and sixteen.
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