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Olympics (Continued from page 1) The inclusion of these five
new sports will add 18 events and 474 athletes to the Olympic program in Tokyo, without impacting existing sports.
The sport of karate will be represented by total of 80 athletes, set to compete in six kumite and two kata divisions.
The additional sports in Tokyo will not impact the athlete or event quotas of existing Olympic sports or be binding on future host cities.
The decision by the 129th IOC Session in Rio de Janeiro was the most comprehensive evolution of the Olympic program in modern history.
Plans call for staging
the skateboarding and sports climbing events in temporary venues installed in urban settings, marking a historic step in bringing the Games to young people, reflecting the trend of urbanisation of sport.
Canadian Olympic Committee president Tricia Smith also applauded the IOC’s decision to include karate in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Program.
“It is an important recognition of that sport which has experienced significant growth world- wide and the exceptional athletes who take part in it.
This addition will attract millions of new fans around the world to the Olympic Movement. Congratulations to Karate Canada, we’ll see you in Tokyo.”
ffThree bronze for Canada at 30th senior Pan Ams
Team Canada scored three bronze medal wins in Rio de Janeiro, at the 30th Senior Pan American Championships.
As well as a bronze for Kenneth Lee (see story page 5), Canadian athletes finished in third place in the women’s team kata and the men’s team kumite categories
Women’s team athletes Daphné Trahan-Perreault, Hidemi Uchiage and Sumi Uchiage defeated the Mexican
team 3-2, before losing to the team from the Dominican Republic, who then went on to claim the silver medal.
In the men’s team kumite category, athletes Patrice Boily-Martineau, Alexandre-Benjamin Rivest, Nicholas- Patrick Rivest, Carl Rodrigue, Sarmen Sinani and Philippe Soucy defeated very strong teams from Columbia and the Dominican Republic, before losing by a very narrow gap (3-2) to Venezuela, whose team went on to claim the silver medal.
In a heated repechage face-off, the Canadian male kumite team defeated the Argentinian team 2-1 for the bronze.
Canada’s final medal tally at this event was three bronze medals, with two top five and two top seven results as well.
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