The IOC is boasting unanimous approval of the 40 recommendations that make up Olympic Agenda 2020.
They could go into effect for Pyeongchang 2018 and Tokyo 2020.
Ollie Williams provides some analysis:
At Monday’s extraordinary IOC session in Monaco, members rubber-stamped a series of 40 much-hyped “Agenda 2020? recommendations for change to the way the Olympics is run – some of them substantial, including:
Abolition of the 28-sport cap limiting the summer Olympic programme, accompanied by a shift to measuring the programme in terms of events, rather than sports
Host cities can propose the inclusion of specific events for their Games
Changes to make the system of bidding for the Games more flexible and, hopefully, cheaper
One such change is the ability for cities, regions and countries to mount joint bids for the Olympics (in “exceptional cases” only, mind)
A new, worldwide Olympics TV channel, carrying archive alongside some live sport with a $600m budget over seven years
Amended wording of the Olympic charter to specifically note the Games should be free of discrimination based on sexual orientation
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Sports where one athlete could potentially win 8 medals (swimming, gymnastics) are vulnerable, I feel.
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