The joint bid of baseball and softball will undoubtedly generate plenty of attention in particular since those sports have such a huge impact on Japan.
They haven't been part of the Olympics since , but former Team USA softball star Jessica Mendoza is among those who hope that changes:. Lets do this!! Golf and rugby were added to the Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, which means there is certainly hope for some of the sports that applied for A few of them have a better chance than others due to their worldwide profile and popularity being much greater, but every sport involved has a chance to increase its overall awareness simply by being mentioned in the same breath as the Olympics.
Follow MikeChiari on Twitter. Enjoy our content? Join our newsletter to get the latest in sports news delivered straight to your inbox! Tokyo will announce a shortlist of candidates on June Finalists will make a presentation in Tokyo in August, and organizers will make recommendations to the International Olympic Committee by Sept.
Under the IOC's "Olympic Agenda " reforms approved in December, host cities can propose the addition of one or more sports for their games. It would give Japan the great opportunity to present itself to the world as a youthful nation looking to the future embracing youth and other cultures. Muto also said sports which would not require new venues to be built are preferred. Tokyo Olympic organizers have been looking for ways to reduce costs. Baseball and softball were dropped after the Beijing Games and have failed in several bids for reinstatement.
They would be a huge draw in Japan.
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