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We’re officially only a year away from the nextSummer Olympics!
On Tuesday, the 2020 Olympics released a teaser trailer for the upcoming event, which will be held in Tokyo from July 24th, 2020 to August 9th, 2020.
The video — which is set to Panic! At The Disco’s cover of “The Greatest Show” fromThe Greatest Showman —features clips of beloved athletes including gymnastSimone Bilesand USWNT playerAlex Morgan.
“In one year, the world will be watching Tokyo for the greatest show in sports,” the caption of the video read. “And we’ll be ready.”
According toNBC Sports, next year’s Olympics will also include six new sports: baseball, softball, surfing, karate, skateboarding, and sports climbing.
With the new additions, the 2020 Olympics will consist of a record 339 medal events and 33 sports, a preview on theTodayshowTuesday morning explained.
According to NBC Sports, baseball and softball will be making their return to the Olympics next year after being removed from the program following the 2008 games.
Sports climbing will see climbers competing in three different events: lead, speed and bouldering. Speed climbing involves two athletes climbing a fixed route to see who finishes first, while in lead climbing, athletes will try to climb as high as possible in a fixed time limit. Meanwhile, bouldering involves climbing without safety routes.
The skateboarding competitionswill consist offour medal events: men’s and women’s street, performed on stairs, curbs and rails, and men’s and women’s park, held in a dome-shaped bowl.
On Tuesday, professional skateboarder and snowboarderShaun White— who has won gold at the Winter Olympics — announced he isconsidering competingin skateboarding next year.
“It’s such a big decision,” he said. “I’ve been having so much fun just skating around and I got so inspired. I was like, ‘Why don’t I test the waters, compete a little and see what happens?’ So after that, I’ll probably make the big announcement [about] what I’m gonna do.”
To learn more, visitteamusa.org. The Tokyo Olympics begin in one year on NBC.
source: people.com
