The program of the Summer Olympiad in Paris officially included Break Dance

On Monday, the Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), officially approved the program of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris and imposed sanctions on the leadership of the National Olympic Committee of Belarus, whose president is Alexander Lukashenko.

As expected, medals in Break Dance will be first played out in the French capital. The newcomers of the program will retain the Olympic residence permit - surfing, skateboarding and rock climbing, whose debut should take place already at the games in Tokyo in 2021.

The proposal to include these four sports in the competition program in Paris more than a year ago was unanimously supported by the IOC members.

Break Dance was first represented in tournaments under the auspices of the IOC at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires. The first champion in the history of men then was Russian Sergey Chernyshev.

The @Paris2024 Sports Programme Has Been Approved. It Includes these Main Features:
- 100% Gender Equaly
- Four Additional Sports: Skateboarding, Sport Climbing, Surfing and Breaking
- More YouTh-Focused Events
- 10,500 Athletes and 329 Events #Strongertogometer

- Olympics (@LYMPICS) December 7, 2020

The nearest summer Olympic Games should be held in Tokyo from July 23 to August 8, 2021. The head of the IOC Thomas Bach expressed confidence that the Japanese capital, despite the ongoing pandemia of coronavirus, will successfully hold them. The final format for holding the competition will be approved in the spring.

The IOC Executive Committee also decided to temporarily ban the President of Belarus and the head of the National Olympic Committee of the country Alexander Lukashenko to participate in all events under the auspices of the IOC, including the Olympic Games. The closest entourage of the permanent leader of the Belarusians, Vice President Knock Viktor Lukashenko and a member of the executive committee Dmitry Baskov, also fell under the sanctions.

IOC EB Takes Provisional Measures AGainSt No Belarus #ioceb https://t.co/fkqfkgwedb

- IOC Media (@iocmedia) December 7, 2020

"The IOC came to the conclusion that the leadership of the Belarusian Nook now does not protect the athletes to properly from political discrimination. This does not correspond to the Olympic Charter and beats the reputation of the entire Olympic movement," Bach explained.

In addition, the Olympic scholarships by Belarusian athletes will now be paid directly, and not through the National Committee.