I think the best news from these announcments is that climbing now has a full set of six events.
I am personally very happy with a mixed golf team event but I understand that's not a unanimous position.
I'm mostly indiferent to the other changes. I'll wait to see the details of the mixed team events in gymnastics and table tennis before passing judgement.
I don't care for the stroke 50s and I'd say I'm slightly negative about their addition.
Dissapointed they changed the mixed race walk into a mixed 4x100m relay.
Apparently only Modern Pentathlon lost quotas (they go to climbing)
Breaking quotas went to adding 3x3 teams.
Format for mixed gymnastics event is TBD.
Compound archery?????????.
Finally more teams in 3x3. Should been 12 since the start. Good on the football change (regardless that the south american qualy will be bloody)
Based on the press conference it sure looks like the men's and women's eights are on the chopping block for 2032 / that a mixed eights might replace it.
Also the IOC seems to think the mixed 4x400m in athletics is a huge success. Bleh.
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