Surfing, climbing and skateboarding among new Olympic sports

If there's one way to deflect from the Olympics being routinely mired in scandals - it's to make make it more hip and urban for the kids.

Surfing, climbing and skateboarding among new Olympic sports

If there's one way to deflect from the Olympics being routinely mired in scandals - it's to make make it more hip and urban for the kids.

And so, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has taken the bold move of giving a provisional green light to breakdancing/breaking, skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing to be included in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

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