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basically, bigger hills, faster inrun speed, way longer distance covered by the jumpers...
 
then of course, there are also other technical details and especially the mental aspect that play a decisive role, but for the average spectator watching on tv the 3 parameters mentioned above are the main things to be noticed...

good luck to have a big event like this only in 5 months ! but who knows this is Thailand, they love to host big events like this. apparently things are free there, and they don't have to worry about the costs
 
but let's imagine COVID will disappear before May, it seems they throw everything they had to the program. Wai Kru, really ?! that's a dance before the Muaythai competitions ! ASEAN chess ?! Drone racing ?! (that's demonstration though) Mixed sepaktakraw ?! this is new , IOC will love the idea!
 
the selection of weights for combat sports is also funny, doesn't make sense in most sports. I assume they only pick weights where there is a "decent" Thai fighter. Wrestling (excluding traditional wrestling) has only 4 events, 2 FS, 1 GR and 1 Women I never heard of such thing in my life. and why exactly 67kg GR and why not another weight ?
 
I really hope we will have this competition in May but that's really unlikely. Asia is in trouble to find hosts for its Olympic qualifiers. nobody in Asia (except our rich friends in Persian Gulf) is interested to host anything these days.

Johan Sebastian knows nothing about field events 

btw fun fact.
 
Slovakia won in Rio 4 medals 2 Golds and 2 Silvers
 
Golds: 50km Race Walk and Canoe Slalom M C2
Silvers: Canoe Sprint K4-1000m and Canoe Slalom M C1
 
2 of them already are not in the Tokyo program, the third will be cut after the games. Not sure if anybody can beat us in this stat

It's not that bad. I don't support most of the proposals, but few of them have been accepted, anyway. The problem is that many people here are on the verge of being hysterical about any change on the program.  How come they are trying to ruin the "older games" while weightlifting and boxing are still part of the program? So, now people pretend to care about the 50 km walk event too? Do you guys really want to watch swimmers from smaller nations clocking times that you guys could probably beat after two or three years of serious training?

I understand that many federations lost quotas, but there has to be a limit. I was mad about artistic gymnastics losing quotas at first, but after giving it some thought, I think it's okay. In my opinion, the only federation which might have had it really bad is ICF, but even so it's not like the whole world will riot with changes in such a minor sport. I'm sorry to canoe fans, but that's the way it is.

I support gender equality and inclusion of more medal events for women, but I'm not that into mixed events -- still, they comprise only 22 events, while 307 events will remain single-gender. Skate, surfing and breakdancing will coexist with modern pentathlon, badminton and fencing. Wider audiences will enjoy football while a small number of nations will enjoy more field hockey.

Bottom line is: it could have been much worse. If they go for a truly global and more urban take on the program, many other sports will be doomed. As it is, there's still room for pretty much everybody to enjoy the program. It's not perfect, of course, but it's not like it was before by any stretch of the imagination.

Having spent the weekend decorating the tree and the house, I am ready to smash some lights 

Emma, well done! 

I think it's got much worse since Bach took over.
Rogge was a much better president

rip
 
Baseball/softballs' quota is more than all of the four sports Paris 2024 proposed. Even though LA is hosting 2028, I highly doubt baseball/softball have any chance

Gender equality and so more "urban" events can be held 

No one cares about Belarus, get to the part everyone is waiting for 

Just to say, if Carrington will win the women's K1 200m in Tokyo, she will be the only Olympic Champion of the discipline.

Swimming loses 26 quotas (rip more tripartie quotas)
Marathon swimming loses 3 per gender (6 total)
Artistic swimming loses 8 spots
Athletics loses 90!! quotas
Canoeing lost 10, not 12
Cycling freestyle goes from 9 to 12 per gender
MB loses 2 per gender
Cycling road loses 17 spots total Men lose 40 spots, women gain 23 wow!!
Track sees 4 men's spots transferred to women
Artistic gymnastic loses 2 per gender, rhythmic loses 2
Judo loses 14
Rowing loses 24
Sailing loses 20
Shooting loses 20
 

These are the changes not announced in the PC.
 

Swimming loses 26 quotas (rip more tripartie quotas)
Marathon swimming loses 3 per gender (6 total)
Artistic swimming loses 8 spots
Athletics loses 90!! quotas
Canoeing lost 10, not 12
Cycling freestyle goes from 9 to 12 per gender
MB loses 2 per gender
Cycling road loses 17 spots total Men lose 40 spots, women gain 23 wow!!
Track sees 4 men's spots transferred to women
Artistic gymnastic loses 2 per gender, rhythmic loses 2
Judo loses 14
Rowing loses 24
Sailing loses 20
Shooting loses 20
 

These are the changes not announced in the PC.
 

Swimming loses 26 quotas (rip more tripartie quotas)
Marathon swimming loses 3 per gender (6 total)
Artistic swimming loses 8 spots
Athletics loses 90!! quotas
Canoeing lost 10, not 12
Cycling freestyle goes from 9 to 12 per gender
MB loses 2 per gender
Cycling road loses 17 spots total Men lose 40 spots, women gain 23 wow!!
Track sees 4 men's spots transferred to women
Artistic gymnastic loses 2 per gender, rhythmic loses 2
Judo loses 14
Rowing loses 24
Sailing loses 20
Shooting loses 20
 

These are the changes not announced in the PC.
 

Swimming loses 26 quotas (rip more tripartie quotas)
Marathon swimming loses 3 per gender (6 total)
Artistic swimming loses 8 spots
Athletics loses 90!! quotas
Canoeing lost 10, not 12
Cycling freestyle goes from 9 to 12 per gender
MB loses 2 per gender
Cycling road loses 17 spots total Men lose 40 spots, women gain 23 wow!!
Track sees 4 men's spots transferred to women
Artistic gymnastic loses 2 per gender, rhythmic loses 2
Judo loses 14
Rowing loses 24
Sailing loses 20
Shooting loses 20
 

These are the changes not announced in the PC.
 

Swimming loses 26 quotas (rip more tripartie quotas)
Marathon swimming loses 3 per gender (6 total)
Artistic swimming loses 8 spots
Athletics loses 90!! quotas
Canoeing lost 10, not 12
Cycling freestyle goes from 9 to 12 per gender
MB loses 2 per gender
Cycling road loses 17 spots total Men lose 40 spots, women gain 23 wow!!
Track sees 4 men's spots transferred to women
Artistic gymnastic loses 2 per gender, rhythmic loses 2
Judo loses 14
Rowing loses 24
Sailing loses 20
Shooting loses 20
 

These are the changes not announced in the PC.
 

https://www.olympic.org/news/gender-equality-and-youth-at-the-heart-of-the-paris-2024-olympic-sports-programme

"
- 1 new skeet mixed team event in shooting to replace the trap mixed team event."
 
Already removing their mixed team events lo

"
- 1 new skeet mixed team event in shooting to replace the trap mixed team event."
 
Already removing their mixed team events lo

Weightlifting got murdered.

Karate =8 Baseball/softball =10
 
So I don't think any sports lost any events

"Urban sport concept" 

what the fuck is coastal rowing ?

Golfers have long complained about the Olympic format being too much like every other random PGA event. Adding a team element and/or matchplay would be really popular among the athletes and would make the Olympics more attractive to golf fans.
 
Match play is also way more interesting for people who aren't inherently golf fans. If I had it my way you'd have a men's, women's and mixed matchplay event with two person teams.