There’s A Good Chance There Will Be Surfing And Karate At The 2020 Olympics

The Olympic Village in Tokyo could get a small bit bigger if these 8 new sports conduct to make a 2020 games.

The Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee announced in a recover on Monday that 8 sports with general association approval are now being considered

Those sports are softball, bowling, karate, drum sports, competition climbing, squash, surfing and wushu. And, let’s be honest, wushu looks flattering badass.

There are currently 41 sports and disciplines

The recover pronounced “one or some-more additional events” could also be adult for care by a Tokyo 2020 Additional Event Programme Panel.

The 8 events that have now been shortlisted will continue their proposals by Jul and Aug and Toyko’s organizing cabinet creation a preference in September. A final and central preference will be done in Aug 2016 during a International Olympic Committee event in Rio.

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