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Tokyo 2020 | 24 – 28 July Olympics 3×3 Basketball History 3×3 basketball stems from the popular street sport, that is now considered to be the world’s No.1 urban team sport. Tokyo 2020 will be its first venture into being an Olympic sport. Significantly, it was part of the 2010 Youth Olympic Games programme. 3…

This weekend sees us head to Hungary for round 11 of the season.  The trial sprint race at Silverstone last week did not disappoint ruffling a few feathers with starting poles for the main race on the Sunday and boy was it a race, however, normal format reverts this weekend. Although starting on Pole position,…

Tokyo 2020 | 25 July – 4 August | Multiple Rounds & Events Olympics Sailing History Olympic sailing has a long history across the Games. It was introduced at Paris 1900, omitted from St. Louis 1904, then has remained ever since. Interestingly, the event name was changed from ‘yachting’ to ‘sailing’ at the Sydney 2000…

Tokyo 2020 | 25 July – 5 August | Multiple Rounds & Events Olympics Skateboarding History Olympic skateboarding history starts at Tokyo 2020. From decades on the streets, to newly given Olympic status. Skateboarding at Tokyo 2020 Another inaugural Olympic sports event at Tokyo 2020. Like surfing, another sport making its Olympic bow, adding skateboarding…

Tokyo 2020 | 25 July – 1 August | Multiple Rounds & Events Olympics Surfing History Quite simply, there is none! Olympic surfing begins its history at Tokyo 2020. The closest we can get to Olympic surfing is the fact that Hawaii’s Duke Kahanamoku – the ‘father of modern surfing’ – won three Olympic golds…

Tokyo 2020 | 24 July – 4 August | Multiple Rounds & Events Olympics Weightlifting History An ancient sport showcasing strength in its purest form. Although very different from its current form, weightlifting has been part of the Olympic programme since the first modern Games at Athens 1896. Back then, all lifters competed in the…

Tokyo 2020 | 24 July – 8 August | Multiple Rounds & Events Olympics Water Polo History Olympic water polo started as a men’s event at Paris 1900, and as such is one of the oldest team sports in the history of the Games. Women’s events were finally introduced at Sydney 2000. Water Polo at…

Tokyo 2020 | 24 July – 1 August | Multiple Rounds & Events Olympics Tennis History Tennis appeared at the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 and remained on the programme until Paris 1924. It took 64 years until it came back to the grand stage at Seoul 1988, and has remained ever since, and…

Tokyo 2020 | 24 July – 6 August | Multiple Rounds & Events Olympics Taekwondo History Taekwondo entered the Olympic stage as a demonstration sport at Seoul 1988 – perfect as the host nation who invented the sport. It was again a demonstration sport at Barcelona 1992, before becoming a fully fledged Olympic sport at…

Tokyo 2020 | 24 July – 1 August | Multiple Rounds & Events Olympics Swimming History Swimming has been part of the Olympic Games since Athens 1896. The only swimming events at this time were freestyle/crawl and breaststroke. Backstroke was added in St Louis 1904, and Butterfly evolved in the 1940’s, eventually debuting at the…

Tokyo 2020 | 24 July – 31 July | Multiple Rounds & Events Olympics Judo History Judo made its Olympic debut at Tokyo 1964, and now it returns home to the Nippon Budokan once more. Historically a men’s sport, women’s events were added to the Olympic programme from Barcelona 1992. Apart from on class, Japan…

Tokyo 2020 | 24 July – 6 August | Multiple Rounds & Events Olympics Hockey History: Olympic Hockey had a chequered start to the Olympic programme; introduced for men’s team at London 1908, it was then dropped, before being reintroduced at Antwerp 1920, and dropped yet again for Paris 1924! Fortunately for the sport, the…