When did surfing first become an Olympic sport?
Surfing made its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 in 2021 with a men’s and women’s competition each featuring 20 athletes. The athletes used shortboards as per most international competitions. Carissa Moore: First-ever Olympic surfing champion Moore made history by winning the first-ever Olympic gold medal in surfing, claiming the women’s title at the Tokyo 2020 Games in 2021 for Team USA**,** as the sport made its Olympic debut.
Why is Olympic surfing not in Paris?
Where will surfing be at the 2024 Olympics? Olympic surfing will be held in Tahiti, specifically Teahupo’o, because the Paris committee wanted to spread the 2024 Games beyond France, such as its own overseas territories. Tahiti is part of French Polynesia, which is a semi-autonomous territory of France. The Olympic surfing events will be held in French Polynesia – 15,700km from Paris. That’s the farthest an Olympic event has been from its host city, but a few others have ‘gone the distance’. Moscow 1980’s sailing events were in Tallinn, now in Estonia – nearly 1,000km west of Moscow.The Olympic surfers, who competed more than 15,000 kilometres away from the host city, have proved eager to experience the Olympic Games venues across the city, visiting their respective national team houses, cheer on their countries and attend the Closing Ceremony on Sunday, 11 August.
What are the 5 new sports for the 2028 Olympics?
The Olympic Games LA28 will welcome five exciting additions to the programme: baseball/softball, cricket, flag football, lacrosse, and squash. The five optional sports will include the Olympic debuts of flag football (a non-contact variant of gridiron football) and squash, the return of baseball/softball for the first time since 2020, the return of cricket for the first time since 1900, and lacrosse for the first time since 1908.