The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board approved several new events Thursday for the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games. The IOC said all the new events had been requested by the relevant International Federations as part of the IOC’s systematic review of the sports program.
The executive board agreed to the introduction of three women’s events in Boxing. The current 11 men’s boxing events will be replaced by 10 men’s and three women’s events, representing an additional two boxing events on the program. The total number of boxers remains unchanged.
The International Canoe Federation had requested the replacement of men’s C2 500m with women’s K1 200m in Canoe Sprint, which the executive board agreed to. The executive board also agreed to replace the remaining three men’s 500m sprint events with 200m sprint events.
The executive board agreed to the implementation of a new combined run-shoot format in Modern Pentathlon, and also agreed to the removal of placement matches in the Handball Tournament.
In Tennis Mixed Doubles the executive board agreed to consider the inclusion of a mixed doubles event pending guarantees from the International Tennis Federation that the top players on the singles rankings would be able to participate. The board will decide the issue at its December meeting in Lausanne.
