11-02-2013, 23:18
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Modern Pentathlon out, Wakeboarding in?
2020 possible Olympics changes, what a joke...
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The modern pentathlon is likely to be among several sports at risk of being dropped from future Olympics.
Taekwondo, wrestling, badminton and table tennis are also thought to be fighting for survival from 2020.
Members of the International Olympic Committee's executive board will decide on Tuesday which events will survive.
Baseball and softball have combined forces to seek inclusion from 2020, along with squash, sport climbing, wakeboarding, wushu and roller sports.
Great Britain's women have won a medal at every Games since the event was opened to both sexes at Sydney 2000.
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Wakeboarding
What is it? Cable wakeboarding is the proposal that the IOC will have to consider - it differs from the more traditional version of the sport where participants are towed by a boat and use the wake created to jump, flip and spin in the air.
An Olympic competition will use overhead cable machines to tow up to nine riders at once. With no wake created, competitors flex the cable in order to spring out of the water.
Each rider must show all possible variations of tricks and each run is judged subjectively against others, with two runs per heat. No falls are allowed.
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