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What Will Be The Next 'New' Olympic Sport?

Since 2016 there have been many changes to the events that make up the Olympic Games sporting program. Firstly, golf and rugby were added for Rio in 2016, and for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, five new sports were added to the program: baseball and softball, karate, sport climbing, skateboarding and surfing. See Olympic program changes.

There are many other sports that could be considered worthy of a place on the Olympic program. Between 2020 and 2023 we ran a poll on this site in which we listed sports the IOC has shown interest in adding to the program, and other sports which have been lobbying for inclusion.

Like the last time we ran a similar poll, most people selected 'other', indicating that people have their own favorite sports that they would like to see at the Olympics. Three of these sports, American football (in the form of flag football), T20 cricket, squash and lacrosse, have been successful and will be making an appearance at the 2028 LA Olympics.

Sport Votes    
Other 118 18.3%
 
Squash 83 12.8%
 
Cricket 82 12.7%
 
Netball 72 11.1%
 
Lacrosse 66 10.2%
 
Tenpin Bowling 60 9.3%
 
American Football 53 8.2%
 
Ultimate 38 5.9%
 
Wakeboard 26 4.0%
 
None - no more sports 26 4.0%
 
Wushu 22 3.4%
 

Disclaimer: This poll is not scientific and reflects only the opinion of visitors to this website who have chosen to participate.



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