The 2020 Olympics will be coming up in Tokyo this year and in addition to the new location, there are going to be some new events that I am pretty excited about! In 2020, we're going to see Karate (in addition to Judo and Tae Kwon Do) and also the introduction of Surfing, Skateboarding, and Rock Climbing! The Olympics are set to kick off on July 24th (with the first matches of Softball and Football starting July 22nd). The full schedule of Olympic events by date can be found here and the list of US Olympic atheletes (including several from Arkansas) can be found at TeamUSA.org!
The full list of Olympic Games sports in 2020:
- Aquatics (including diving, swimming, artistic, water polo)
- Archery
- Athletics
- Badminton
- Baseball/softball (NEW)
- Basketball
- Boxing
- Canoeing
- Cycling (including BMX racing, BMX freestyle, mountain biking, road and track)
- Equestrian
- Fencing
- Field hockey
- Football
- Golf
- Gymnastics (including artistic, rhythmic, trampoline)
- Handball
- Judo
- Karate (NEW)
- Modern pentathlon
- Rowing
- Rugby sevens
- Sailing
- Shooting
- Skateboarding (NEW)
- Sport climbing (NEW)
- Surfing (NEW)
- Table tennis
- Taekwondo
- Tennis
- Triathlon
- Volleyball (including beach volleyball)
- Weightlifting
- Wrestling