The 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo will feature four new sports: karate, skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing. Baseball and softball, which had been played in earlier Games, will both return.
Karate will be making its Olympic debut in Tokyo and has two disciplines.
The solo discipline, Kata, has one event each for men and women while Kumite, which involves sparring, is divided into weight-classes and comprises six events in all.
One of the new entrants in the Olympic program, skateboarding will have street and park events for both men and women.
Another sport that makes its debut at Tokyo is sport climbing. The format involves three sections (lead climbing, speed climbing and bouldering) combined into one event. Men and women will compete separately.
Surfing will also become a new Olympic sport at Tokyo 2020 and will be hosted at Shidashita Beach. Only shortboards will be used by athletes in the two events for men and women.
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