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In September 2015, skateboarding was included in a shortlist along with baseball, softball, karate, surfing, and sport climbing to be considered for inclusion in the 2020 Summer Olympics; [1] and in June 2016, the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that they would support the proposal to include all of the shortlisted sports in the 2020 Games. [2]
With the showcase of youthful talents and the level of competition continually rising, Paris 2024 will witness more skateboarders compete across four medal events (street and park for both men and women) as the roster size gradually expands from 80 in Tokyo to 88.
Skateboarding was an event held in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. [1] [2] [3] It was the debut appearance of skateboarding at the Summer Olympics. [4]Skateboarding was one of four new sports added to the Olympic program for 2020; [5] it is also provisionally approved for the 2024 Summer Olympic games. [6]
The next skateboarding competitions are set to take place on Aug. 6, when the women's park skateboarding prelims begin at 6 a.m. ET. The finals will begin at 11:30 a.m. ET.
In an unlikely coda to a remarkable career, Macdonald reached the Olympics, at age 51 and more than two decades after he began campaigning to add skateboarding to the Games.
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The 2024 Summer Olympics men's street skateboarding competition took place on 29 July 2024, having been postponed due to rain at Place de la Concorde two days earlier in Paris. [1] This was the second edition of the event after it was introduced at the 2020 Olympics.
Olympic skateboarding. Dates: 7 August 2024: ... Park: men: women: Street: men: women: The 2024 Summer Olympics men's park skateboarding competitions took place on ...