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Summer Olympics Cancellation Still Possible Amid COVID-19 Issues

Christina Monroe — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 17:34:22 +0000

The Coronavirus Pandemic could cause Tokyo 2020 to be canceled at some point during the competitions.
Tokyo has seen almost 2,000 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, leading Olympic Officials to discuss whether or not to continue with the events.
Any wagers made on the 2020 Summer Olympics will be void should the events be canceled at any point before they begin.

TOKYO – As the Coronavirus cases rise amongst those involved with the Olympics in Tokyo, Toshiro Muto, the President of the Olympic Organizing Committee has said there could still be a cancellation of the events only two days before the official start of the games.

"We have agreed that based on the coronavirus situation, we will convene five-party talks again. At this point, the coronavirus cases may rise or fall, so we will think about what we should do when the situation arises," said Muto on Tuesday. "We can't predict what will happen with the number of coronavirus cases. So, we will continue discussions if there is a spike in cases.”

Any Olympic gambling already done by players would be refunded by sportsbooks should the competitions not take place.

Will The Olympics Still Be Held?

There has been news circulating that a very last minute canceling of all of the games could occur. Olympic Officials and Government Officials in Tokyo will be meeting to get the up-to-date statistics on the Coronavirus. Japan is hoping to stop a fourth wave of COVID-19 from impacting their country.

However, Olympic betting odds will remain on sports betting platforms until any announcements of cancellations are formally made.

On Wednesday, Tokyo had a total of 1,832 new Coronavirus cases, the largest number they’ve seen in months.

"What we have worried about is now actually happening," said Toshio Nakagawa, President of Japan's National Medical Association. "The surge in cases has been expected whether we have the Olympics or not, and we are afraid that there will be an explosive increase in cases regardless of the Olympics."

Over 70 of those cases so far have been either athletes or personnel affiliated with the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. A number of sponsors, including Toyota, have opted out of the opening ceremonies, much to the surprise of the Japanese government. With sponsorships and athletes, as well as locals falling victim to the Coronavirus Pandemic, will the Olympic Games be next?

Touch And Go

Although the opening day of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games doesn’t begin until Friday, the Olympic news continues to pour in by the hour. At the moment, everything is set to start the closed competitions with alternates being used in place of any athlete that is quarantined, but there is still an air of uncertainty if the games will be held in their entirety or if cancellations will occur before then.

"I really want to apologize from my heart for the accumulation of frustrations and concerns that the public has been feeling towards the Olympics,” said Seiko Hashimoto, co-president of the organizing committee.

The Summer 2020 Olympics are still slated to begin on Friday from Tokyo when the Opening Ceremony is broadcasted.

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Sky Brown Skateboards As England’s Youngest Summer Olympian

Christina Monroe — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 20:35:38 +0000

Sky Brown is a skateboarder that will be on Team GB, becoming the youngest competitor for a Summer Olympic event to represent England.
The athlete is 13 years old and expected to medal for Great Britain for skateboarding.
The Tokyo Summer Olympics will debut the sport of skateboarding as an Olympic one for the first time in the history of the Olympics.

LONDON – Since 1928, Margery Hinton, a British swimmer, has held the record as the youngest summer Olympian to represent England yet almost 100 years later, Sky Brown will now hold that title and break the record.

Brown is a famous skateboarder that will be 13 years and 11 days old when the 2020 Olympic Games begin on July 23. Hinton was 13 years and 44 days old at the time of her event, being edged out by Brown by a mere 33 days.

But the youngest Olympian in England’s history was in 1932, during the Winter Olympics where Cecilia Colledge figure skated for her country at the tender age of 11.

Who Is Sky Brown?

Sky Brown is the daughter of a Japanese mother and an English father, which is how she is able to represent Team Great Britain (GB) in the Olympic Games.

The young athlete speaks fluent Japanese and is hoping not to cause any issues with Japan by being on Team GB. She would like to bring the countries together and has said she wants to connect with the Japanese fans in their native language if given the chance.

Brown placed third in the World Skate qualifiers. She has been skateboarding since she was in preschool as she comes from a family of surfers and skateboarders. One day, she would like to represent both sports in the Olympics because she is very passionate.

For now though, she will take the win of being the youngest to compete for Team GB in their Summer Olympic history as well as be a part of the debut of Olympic skateboarding as a recognized sport.

“I’m just doing my thing, having fun,” said Brown. “I’m just a girl doing what she loves!”

Brown hopes to be an inspiration at the Tokyo Olympics to young girls all over the world to show them that anything is possible. She would also like to get more girls into the sport. She realizes that skateboarding can be scary, having endured a skull fracture and multiple broken bones over a year ago during practice but that incident has not deterred her in any way.

“I get scared all the time, in skateboarding, I get scared a lot, “said Brown. “Also, that’s what’s cool about skateboarding, you never know what’s coming next. I do get scared all the time but I like the feeling of beating my scaredness, it’s a bit like beating myself.”

When Will The Competition Begin?

Brown will be skateboarding into the Olympics on August 4-5. The event will be taking place at the Ariake Urban Sports Park. While the young competitor is expected to medal for Team GB, there may not be any odds on her specifically to be found on regulated state sportsbooks due to her age.

However, nearing the time of the event, other online sportsbooks may put odds on the young athlete. Either way, Sky Brown is a name that will not soon be forgotten in the world of sports for years to come.

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Will Caeleb Dressel Be A Sure Thing For Olympic Betting?

Christina Monroe — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 06:10:07 +0000

Swimmer Caeleb Dressel is on his way to becoming the next Michael Phelps in the sport.
Dressel will be competing in seven competitions in the 2021 Summer Olympics, representing the United States for swimming.
Sportsbooks have not yet put odds out on the athlete but he has been crushing the trials, making him a lock to possibly win seven medals at the Tokyo 2021 games.

TOKYO – Swimmer Caeleb Dressel is a two-time Olympic gold medalist that now has seven chances to take home the gold in the 2021 Summer Olympics for swimming.

Dressel by all accounts would be considered a lock to win the gold in a number of the competitions he will be participating in, despite sportsbooks not having odds out on the athlete yet.

However, the 24-year-old has been taking the first-place spot during the Olympic trials, even tying the men’s 50- meter freestyle record of 21.04 which he set himself in 2019 during the World Championships in South Korea. Sportsbooks are sure to have quite a few Olympic betting odds set on the athlete who could possibly be the next Michael Phelps.

Dressel doesn’t think, he just swims, and it’s that lack of thinking that has put him on everyone’s radar for the 2021 Olympic games.

“There’s only so much you can think about a race that lasts 21 seconds,” said Dressel. “I knew that I had a chance to be 21-low – a good race is what I thought I saw on the board. So, I’m really happy with that, I thought I held stroke together pretty well, I got a little choppy in the middle of the pool, but the beginning and end were as good as they could have been.”

Dressel For Best Swimming Vessel?

Olympic sportsbooks will be taking a look at the data and statistics as they always do before posting betting lines and see that Dressel is a sure favorite for all of his events in the Tokyo 2021 games.

The athlete has no goal in mind in terms of medaling out, he just enjoys swimming and does not pressure himself to beat the clock which is probably why he’s at the top of his game. He gets to lose himself in the water and that’s what he loves to do most.

“These meets are quite miserable when you’re not swimming, to be honest,” said Dressel. “You’re left alone with your own thoughts.”

Dressel took home seven gold medals in the 2017 Worlds Championship and plenty of people have him on their list for taking home a medal in each of his seven competitions.

Is Dressel A Lock?

When it comes to strokes, Billy Squier has nothing on Dressel who has it down to a science that seems to work. His mind is as clear as the water when he’s in it and his focus is just to do his best rather than set any straight goals for himself.

Betting on Olympic swimming should be an easy choice with Dressel in it to win it as a lock.

The best kind of athlete is one that isn’t in his own head when competing, and Dressel is one of those athletes. The 2021 Summer Olympics are scheduled to begin on July 23.

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Emperor Of Japan Concerned Over COVID-19 & The Olympic Games

Christina Monroe — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 15:00:17 +0000

Emperor Naruhito of Japan is concerned about hosting the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo because of the Coronavirus Pandemic.
Over 80% of the athletes and anyone else involved with the competition will be vaccinated by the beginning of the Games.
The 2021 Summer Olympics is set to begin on July 23 with the Paralympics beginning on August 24, also in Japan.

TOKYO – Emperor Naruhito of Japan is very hesitant to host the 2021 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, fearing a further spread of the Coronavirus, the Imperial Palace reported on Thursday.

There is exactly one month left until the torch is lit, signifying the beginning of the Olympics Games. The country has been speaking out with their concerns, urging for another delay of the event which originally was supposed to be held in 2020 or an overall cancellation.

The issue most are having is due to the fact that many people from all over the world will be coming to Japan to compete. More than 80% of the athletes and those involved in the Olympics will be vaccinated by the time it all begins on July 23.

Tokyo will also be hosting the Paralympics that is scheduled to begin on August 24.

What’s Concerning Japan

It’s not mandated that everyone be vaccinated to compete in the Olympics. However, Japan is asking everyone to please take every possible measure available to contain COVID-19 and not create a fourth wave of the Coronavirus for the country.

"His majesty is extremely worried about the current situation of the COVID-19 infections," said Yasuhiko Nishimura, grand steward of the Imperial Household Agency. "While there are voices of unease among the public, I believe the emperor is concerned that holding the Olympics and Paralympics may lead to the expansion of the infections."

The Olympics will look a little different this year with COVID-19 still looming. This will affect everything from how the events are held to Olympic betting odds because not every athlete in the world that is known to be the best for each sport will be competing. We all know that a popular event in the Summer Olympics involves hurdles but the pandemic is giving that category a run for its money with the number of hurdles Japan and all of the athletes competing have had to jump through to get to this point.

"In order to overcome this challenge, it is important for all of us, in and outside of Japan, to bring our hearts together and cooperate," said Emperor Naruhito.

The Emperor was expected to open the Games, however, those plans have yet to be made official due to the health concerns of COVID-19 and the safety of the 61-year-old’s own health.

Moving Forward

Japan and the competitors are all readying themselves for the Tokyo 2021 games set to begin on July 23. Sportsbooks across the U.S. have started listing a few wagers on the events.

The 2021 Olympics is expected to be on track, ironically enough as that’s an event to be seen during the Games, to start on time this year. Anyone interested in wagering on Tokyo 2021 will have their pick of various wagers and Olympic betting odds on sportsbooks as the competition grows nearer.

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Gymnast Simone Biles Makes History On Road To Olympics

Christina Monroe — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 17:04:52 +0000

Gymnast Simone Biles has won 20 all-around competitions in a row for the last six years.
She won her sixth U.S. all-around title at the U.S. Gymnastics Championship this weekend with 4.95 points.
Clara Schroth Lomady, a gymnast from the 40s and 50s has six U.S. all-around titles and is now tied with Biles.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – In the Rio 2016 Olympics, gymnast Simone Biles proved to herself and the world that she was a true Olympic champion, taking home four gold medals and one bronze. In just one Olympic showing she became the female American gymnast with the most medals. Now the 22-year-old is back to competing in order to get to Tokyo 2020 and she’s already made history.

Biles became the first female gymnast in the history of the sport to complete a triple twisting double somersault during her floor routine. Not only that, but she was also the first to do a perfect double-twisting double somersault for her balance beam performance. The U.S. Gymnastics Championships in Kansas City, Missouri was a night of historical firsts, all made by Biles.

At such a young age, Biles continues to make a name for herself. She is now the first woman to be the proud holder of six U.S. all-around titles in almost 70 years.

"You'll go your whole entire career and everybody will tell you you're great. But the minute you say you're good, people are like, 'Oh my gosh, you're so cocky! Cancel her,' or this or that," said Biles. "There should be times where we can celebrate whenever we do a good routine. Or if you've been on a winning streak for a year. Or so forth. I think it's something you should have pride in. Not be cocky about it, but have pride in it."

The 2020 Olympics

While there was uncertainty as to whether or not Biles would be returning to competing in gymnastics, she has decided to continue her advancement in the sport. The coach she’s had since she was seven years old, Aimee Boorman, moved to Florida to train there after the 2016 Olympics. Biles did not follow her.

Instead, after taking a year off from competition, Biles hired two new coaches. Cecile and Laurent Landi, of Texas, are now part of Biles’ team. They helped gymnast Madison Kocian receive a silver medal in the Rio Olympics for the uneven bars routine. Her new coaches are more about pushing her to go further rather than have routines that are perfect but with moves that are less difficult.

Biles will be competing in an October qualifier for a spot in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. She has said that the reason she’s able to do so well is that she is no longer out to prove herself. She is competing simply for the love of the sport. OlympicBettingOdds.com feels that should she make those historical moves in her performances once again at the qualifiers, they will be named after her.

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USA Baseball Already Preparing For The 2020 Olympics

Christina Monroe — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 18:59:27 +0000

12-15 pro scouts have been working with USA Baseball since April looking for talented minor leaguers.
A list of over 100 players has already made its way to the desk of Team USA for consideration.
The official roster for Team USA at the 2020 Olympics will have 28 players.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – USA Baseball has started looking at potential players for Team USA in the 2020 Olympics. The last time baseball made an appearance in the Olympics was in 2008. With 12 years between events, it is unlikely that any former members will be on the 2020 team making the entire squad a sea of new faces.

A formal ranking of possible athletes will be made through player evaluations and recommendations by the scouting staff. Teams will be contacted in August by USA Baseball seeking permission to use their players for the 2020 Olympics. An official public announcement of the 28-man lineup for Tokyo 2020 will be done by October.

The Premier12 Tournament will be the beginning of qualifiers to make it to the Olympics. The tournament is made up of twelve different teams that span the globe. Team USA will play in Mexico on November 2nd.

Should Team USA fail in the tournament, they will have 2 more chances to make it to the Olympics. After the Premier12 Tournament, there is an Americas Qualifier and then the third tournament in Taiwan. The qualifying rounds for Tokyo 2020 baseball are literally playing by the 3 strikes and you’re out rule.

With qualifiers, there are no guarantees that Team USA will be competing in the Olympics. They need to be able to advance in any one of the 3 tournaments they’re allowed. In 2004, they were unable to make the cut.

“We’ve had people say, ‘When do you go to Tokyo?’ and we’re quick to remind people we’re not in Tokyo yet. We have to qualify,” said Paul Seller, CEO of USA Baseball. “It’s going to be really, really difficult. Seven of the top 12 teams in the world are from our region. FIFA has the pools of death. We have the continent of death.”

Team USA

The last Team USA was comprised of both seasoned players and prospective ones that had not yet made their mark in the MLB. This new team will have the same makeup, taking the top players from wherever the scouts find them. In general, it’s good practice to have the varying age range for good chemistry; the older players can teach the newer players and the newer players boost the competitive side of the veterans.

“It’s about the best player in the moment, and that could be a lot of different guys,” said Sellers. “Obviously the minor league player is where the bulk of our team will come from, but if there is a player like a former pro pitching in Japan, that might be somebody who is attractive based on their familiarity of the landscape and where we might be going.”

OlympicBettingOdds.com thinks the United States needs to look long and hard for the right players and coaches to make it to Tokyo 2020. This could very well be their last chance for an Olympic medal for some time. The 2024 Olympics will not be featuring baseball as an event. Depending on the ratings in 2020, that could either help or hurt an appearance of baseball for the 2028 Olympics.

The winners for baseball in the 2008 Beijing Olympics were South Korea who took home the Gold, Cuba that brought back the Silver and the United States bringing back the Bronze medal. Practice for the qualifiers will begin in October. Team Japan already has a spot at the Olympics because they are the host country.

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Different Time Zones Pose Potential Issue For NBC, 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Christina Monroe — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 14:47:49 +0000

NBC is the main network for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
NBC lost money due to the low ratings of PyeongChang 2018 because of the time difference.
Tokyo, Japan, and PyeongChang, South Korea are in the same time zone.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The NBC network will be airing the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo but the difference in time zones is looking to be problematic. NBC has a three-event deal over the television viewing rights of the Olympics. Their first of the three-event contract was in 2018 for the Winter Games in South Korea. The 2018 Games recorded the worst viewership of any Olympic event in over 30 years, pulling in an average of about 19 million viewers daily.

No matter how many different ways NBC made the Olympics accessible to watch, the time difference is what caused the problem. Tokyo is 13 hours ahead of the United States. For people that wanted to watch the Games live, it was nearly impossible to fit into their daily schedule. Events taking place at noon in Tokyo would start at 11:00 pm ET on the other side of the world.

To make matters worse, the 2020 Olympics and NBC will be competing with the 2020 Presidential Election debates being aired during the same time. They did not have this problem in 2018. This could lead to potentially even fewer viewers than that of the 2018 numbers.

What’s The Game Plan?

NBC will employ the same ways for everyone to watch the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as they did in 2018. The Games can be streamed online through the network website; however, you must be a cable subscriber. If you do not currently have a cable account, you will not be able to stream from NBC’s site. With a cable package, streaming of the Olympics is a free service.

No Olympic packages will be sold like that of a pay-per-view event. In 2018, services like HULU offered live streaming of the Olympics. OlympicBettingOdds.com has not heard if that will be available for the 2020 Games. Tokyo 2020 will begin on July 24th and run through August 9th.

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Five New Sporting Events Will Take Place At Tokyo 2020

Christina Monroe — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 17:36:04 +0000

The 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo will begin July 24th and end August 9th.
More than 11,000 athletes are expected to compete in the Olympic Games.
Over 206 Nations will be playing for the gold.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.- It’s been 56 years since Tokyo has hosted the Olympics and in 2020, they will introduce five new events to the Games. These events include karate, sport climbing, surfing, and skateboarding.

Baseball and softball will also be a part of Tokyo 2020 but this will not be their first Olympic debut. Softball and baseball have been in and out of the Olympic Games since the nineties. The last time these sports were part of the Olympics was in 2008.

A Closer Look At The Five New Events

Fittingly, karate will make its Olympic debut in the country where it all began. Both men and women will be competing in two different types of karate. Kata also is known as sparring will be centered around the athlete’s technique when it comes time for judges to score. Women will spar for two minutes while men will spar for three. The fighter with the most points will win in the sparring match. A draw would go to the person that scored a point first.

The second form of karate that will be done is called Kumite. Kumite is all about forms. The fighting is based on judging your virtually based opponent's moves and responding with the correct form. At the end of the match, judges raise flags of the color of the fighter they believe is the winner.

Sport climbing will be an event with both male and female competitors. There will be three separate parts to this event, bouldering, lead, and speed climbing. Bouldering requires athletes to try multiple routes on a 4-meter wall. Speed climbing is done on a 15-meter wall with a course in place. Two climbers will compete with each other to see who can climb the wall the fastest.

Lead climbing is when the athlete attempts to climb a 15-meter wall in 6 minutes using a rope along the way. Whichever athlete makes it to the top or makes it the highest within the time span is the winner. Each competitor will have to take part in all three events where the scores will be combined to place for medals.

Skateboarding will involve both street and park style skateboarding for male and female competitors. Street skateboarding will take place on a course styled like a street that will help athletes reveal their skillset. Park skateboarding will be done on a hollowed-out skatepark style course.

Surfing will be making waves at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. The event will be comprised of 20 men and 20 women who will take part in various shortboard events. Shortboards are surfboards that are 6 feet in length. If this new sport is well received by viewers, longboards could be part of the future Olympic Games.

OlympicBettingOdds.com recalls that baseball and softball have had a love/hate relationship with the Olympics. After 12 years, they will both finally reenter the Games. Baseball will have a total of 16 games played by men and softball will have a total of 17 games played by women. All of this Olympic summer fun begins in July 2020 in Tokyo.

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Swimmer Jordan Wilimovsky Is First Swimmer To Make U.S. Team For Tokyo 2020

Christina Monroe — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 17:58:11 +0000

Jordan Wilimovsky becomes the first swimmer on the Men’s U.S. Olympic team.
Fellow American swimmer David Heron came in twenty spots behind with a less than a two-minute deficit.
Wilimovsky has been the only American swimmer to qualify in both pool and open water events during his swimming career.

NEW YORK – Only the top ten swimmers in a 10km Olympic qualifier competition would place to make the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Among those ten was Jordan Wilimovsky, coming in fifth and becoming the first American to qualify for the male U.S. swim team. The 2019 FINA World Championships took place in the open waters of Gwangju, South Korea.

The qualifier allowed 74 competitors to swim for a chance of going to the Olympics. The 25-year-old from Malibu, California had a time of 1 hour, 48 minutes and 1 second to get him into fifth place. David Heron, the other American swimmer in the competition finished in 25th place with a time of 1 hour 49 minutes and a little over 57 seconds. Less than two minutes made the difference as to which American would be heading to Tokyo.

"Usually, I try to hang back a little more, but this being an Olympic qualifier and everything, the first half of the race I went a little harder than I normally do just to make sure I was in a good position and be safe and be at the front the whole way," said Wilimovsky. "So I changed my strategy a little bit compared to what I normally do."

What’s Next?

Wilimovsky has been swimming since he was 9 years old. He competed in the 2016 Olympics in Rio where he placed fourth, missing the bronze by a little over 4 seconds. Wilimovsky will continue to compete in the remainder of the FINA World Championships. Next week he is scheduled for both an 800 meter and 1,500-meter freestyle competition, although he has already solidified his spot on the U.S. Olympic team.

“I’m obviously super stoked to get top 10 and make the Olympic Team,” said Wilimovsky. “Any time you get to represent the U.S. is super cool, so that’s awesome. I definitely wanted to do better than fifth, but I’ve got a year to work on that, so overall I’m happy.”

A few other swimmers to place for their countries Olympic teams were Marc-Antoine Olivier of France, Florian Wellbrock of Germany, and Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy. While Wilimovsky had hoped to place higher than he did, he’s happy to be heading to the Olympics. And now OlympicBettingOdds.com knows he has over a year to practice for that better score he was hoping for.

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Break Dancing Will Be Breaking Its Way Into The 2024 Olympics

Christina Monroe — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 15:36:36 +0000

The Olympics is continuing to add more youthful sports to their program.
Break dancing is the latest sport to be added, making its debut in 2024.
Paris is excited to be the first Olympic host for the sport.

PARIS - Breakdancing, also known as just “Breaking” will be entering the Summer Olympics in 2024 in Paris. While it is still in the beginning stages, all final decisions should be made by the end of 2020. The search for a venue is well underway as members of the International Olympic Committee have approved of the sport being added as an event in the Olympics.

"As well as being spectacular and creative, they generate strong engagement among young people," said Tony Estanguet, the president overseeing Paris 2024, to reporters on BBC. "They also project the values that we hold dear in terms of openness and diversity."

Breaking At The Olympics

Breaking became a style of dance on the streets of New York City in the seventies. Since then, It has gained worldwide popularity in extreme numbers. Women that perform this style of dance are known as B-girls while the men are known as B-boys.

There will be a variety of things that will be judged during the Olympic games when it comes to breakdancing. Dancers will need to choose the right music for their performance as musicality is one of the categories being judged. Along with musicality, there will be the general performance, the personality of the dance, creativity, and the cleanliness of their technique. All moves that are performed have to be razor sharp to be able to obtain high scores.

At this time, the proposal suggests a men’s and a women’s group of competitors. Each group will have sixteen athletes competing for the gold. The adding of breaking to the Olympics is a tactic being used by the committee in order to appeal to a younger audience. The number of viewers in the younger demographics has dwindled in the last few Olympic tournaments.

“Our aim from the outset has been to highlight what has been the strength of the Games for 32 Olympiads now – the diversity of the sports and the excitement that comes with performance – while also taking the opportunity afforded by the IOC to enhance the programme and offer a new dimension.”

Olympic President 2024 Tony Estanguet said in an official statement.

OlympicBettingOdds.com knows breakdancing is definitely an entertaining sport to watch. The sheer skill needed to perform those movements is extremely difficult. The 18th best break dancer in the world Karam Singh of Great Britain is delighted by the news that his craft has made its way into the Olympics. In an interview with BBC Sport, Singh said: "I think it's an incredible step forward for the current generation and those to come in terms of the opportunities it is going to provide.”

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