Tokyo Summer Olympic Games 2020 News

[Jur 687]

So apparently the IAAF accepted and send a request to the IOC to get women's 50km in the 2020 olympics. The girls are positive it would get added to the games.

[szy123 79]

  On 12/5/2018 at 11:36 AM, Jur said:

So apparently the IAAF accepted and send a request to the IOC to get women's 50km in the 2020 olympics. The girls are positive it would get added to the games.

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Source of that information?

[Jur 687]

  On 12/5/2018 at 8:26 PM, szy123 said:

 

Source of that information?

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The girls attending the meetings with IAAF social media:

 

 

 

[heywoodu 15,357]

I still think it's too early to get all that done less than two years before the Olympics...it can't be good for the event to have a repeat of last year's world championships....where there was almost zero competition between the not even 10 participants.

[dcro 10,210]

  On 12/6/2018 at 8:49 AM, heywoodu said:

I still think it's too early to get all that done less than two years before the Olympics...it can't be good for the event to have a repeat of last year's world championships....where there was almost zero competition between the not even 10 participants.

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To be fair, the Europeans this year were already much different.

[heywoodu 15,357]

  On 12/6/2018 at 9:27 AM, dcro said:

 

To be fair, the Europeans this year were already much different.

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It was a bit better, yes, but still not what one would call very competitive...it didn't have the excitement the men's race usually have. As a fan of the event, I'd very much prefer to see it on the Olympic program in 2024, so it has a few more championships to become worthy of an Olympic event.

[Dunadan 1,103]

The IOC should not accept it, it's way past the deadline for proposing new events. Adding it now would only be a gift for a handful of women who are not among the very best race walkers in the world but have found a way to get a good result at the Olympics. It's good for Paris 2024 (but only if the IAAF accepts to use technology, otherwise race walking should be deleted from the programme).

[Jur 687]

  On 12/6/2018 at 9:30 AM, heywoodu said:

It was a bit better, yes, but still not what one would call very competitive...it didn't have the excitement the men's race usually have. As a fan of the event, I'd very much prefer to see it on the Olympic program in 2024, so it has a few more championships to become worthy of an Olympic event.

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World race walking cup in China was pretty good, even better than europeans

[heywoodu 15,357]

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1073225/tokyo-2020-volunteer-nickname-shortlist-announced

 

This is also the first time I've ever heard of both 'Games makers' and 'Passion Crew'.

[Agger 1,664]

  On 12/13/2018 at 6:53 AM, heywoodu said:

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1073225/tokyo-2020-volunteer-nickname-shortlist-announced

 

This is also the first time I've ever heard of both 'Games makers' and 'Passion Crew'.

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Then you should wake up and pay attention