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During its meeting at the 125th IOC Session currently taking place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the full IOC membership today agreed on the 25 sports that will form the core for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Tokyo was elected as the host city of the 2020 edition yesterday.

The 25 sports, as proposed by the IOC Executive Board (EB) in February, are: athletics, rowing, badminton, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, equestrian, fencing, football, gymnastics, weightlifting, handball, hockey, judo, aquatics, modern pentathlon, taekwondo, tennis, table tennis, shooting, archery, triathlon, sailing and volleyball.Wrestling, governed by the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA), will not be included on the list of core sports after Rio 2016, but, together with baseball/softball and squash, will vie for possible inclusion as an additional sport for the 2020 and 2024 editions of the Games in a second vote at around noon today.

IOC Session approves 25 core sports for 2020 Games - Olympic News

The 25 [sports](http://www.olympic.org/sports), as proposed by the [IOC Executive Board](http://www.olympic.org/executive-board) (EB) in February, are: [athletics](http://www.olympic.org/athletics), [rowing](http://www.olympic.org/rowing), [badminton](http://www.olympic.org/badminton), [basketball](http://www.olympic.org/basketball), [boxing](http://www.olympic.org/boxing), [canoeing](http://www.olympic.org/canoe-slalom), [cycling](http://www.olympic.org/cycling-track), [equestrian](http://www.olympic.org/equestrian-dressage), [fencing](http://www.olympic.org/fencing), [football](http://www.olympic.org/football), [gymnastics](http://www.olympic.org/gymnastics-artistic), [weightlifting](http://www.olympic.org/weightlifting), [handball](http://www.olympic.org/handball), [hockey](http://www.olympic.org/hockey), [judo](http://www.olympic.org/judo), aquatics, [modern pentathlon](http://www.olympic.org/modern-pentathlon), [taekwondo](http://www.olympic.org/taekwondo), [tennis](http://www.olympic.org/tennis), [table tennis](http://www.olympic.org/table-tennis), [shooting](http://www.olympic.org/shooting), [archery](http://www.olympic.org/archery), [triathlon](http://www.olympic.org/triathlon), [sailing](http://www.olympic.org/sailing) and [volleyball](http://www.olympic.org/volleyball).

[Wrestling](http://www.olympic.org/wrestling-freestyle), governed by the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles ([FILA](http://www.olympic.org/uww-wrestling-freestyle)), will not be included on the list of core sports after [Rio 2016](http://www.olympic.org/rio-2016-summer-olympics), but, together with baseball/softball and squash, will vie for possible inclusion as an additional sport for the 2020 and 2024 editions of the [Games](http://www.olympic.org/olympic-games) in a second vote at around noon today. These three sports were shortlisted by the IOC EB in May to be put forward to the Session following an extensive evaluation by the [Olympic Programme Commission](http://www.olympic.org/olympic-programme-commission).

In an effort to ensure the Olympic Games remain relevant to sports fans of all generations, the Olympic Programme Commission systematically reviews every sport following each edition of the Games.

[Golf](http://www.olympic.org/golf) and [rugby](http://www.olympic.org/rugby) sevens were added in 2009 as additional sports to the 2016 and [2020](http://www.olympic.org/tokyo-2020-summer-olympics) Olympic programme.

The Session is being broadcast live on [www.olympic.org](http://www.olympic.org).

<p>During its meeting at the 125th IOC Session currently taking place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the full IOC membership today agreed on the 25 sports that will form the core for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Tokyo was elected as the host city of the 2020 edition yesterday.</p>

IOC Session approves 25 core sports for 2020 Games

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