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Those five sports were previously named finalists to be considered to be added for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on June 21. Olympic baseball team | The best baseball players who competed in the Olympics MORE: Mark McGwire remembers the 1984 U.S. Tokyo 2020 proposed having six teams each in baseball and softball, which would be two fewer than when the sports were previously in the Olympics in the 1990s and 2000s. The five proposed sports (baseball-softball counts as one) make up a total of 18 events (when separating for genders and, for karate, weight classes) and 474 additional athletes.

“They will serve as a driving force to further promote the Olympic Movement and its values, with a focus on youth appeal, and will add value to the Games by engaging the Japanese population and new audiences worldwide, reflecting the Tokyo 2020 Games vision.” “This package of events represents both traditional and emerging, youth-focused events, all of which are popular both in Japan and internationally,” Tokyo 2020 said in a press release. The decision is for the sports’ inclusion in the 2020 Olympics only and not for Olympics beyond that.

The International Olympic Committee will make a final decision in August as to which sports will be added for the 2020 Games, if any. Tokyo 2020 proposed adding baseball, softball, karate, skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing to its Olympic program on Monday.