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In September 2015, skateboarding was included in a shortlist along with baseball, softball, karate, surfing, and sport climbing to be considered for inclusion in the 2020 Summer Olympics; [1] and in June 2016, the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that they would support the proposal to include all of the shortlisted sports in the 2020 Games. [2]
This article details the qualifying phase for skateboarding at the 2024 Summer Olympics.The competition at these Games will comprise a total of 88 athletes coming from their respective NOCs, an increment of ten percent from the Tokyo 2020 roster size (80).
“Since there’s no age limit for skateboarding at the Olympics, any youngsters can compete,” Hiraki, the youngest Olympic medalist since 1936, told CNN in July.
Skateboarding was an event held in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. [1] [2] [3] It was the debut appearance of skateboarding at the Summer Olympics. [4]Skateboarding was one of four new sports added to the Olympic program for 2020; [5] it is also provisionally approved for the 2024 Summer Olympic games. [6]
The ISU is gradually raising the minimum age for figure skaters to compete in Olympic level events following 15-year-old Kamila Valieva's positive doping test in Beijing.
Multiple Olympic figure skaters support the idea of raising the minimum age to compete at the Games given the turmoil surrounding 15-year-old Russian skater Kamila Valieva.
Skateboarding made its Olympic debut in 2020 and was included in the 2024 games. ... people under the age of 18 ... formerly off-limits to the skateboarding community ...
Within figure skating, there is a set minimum age limit for all elite competitors through the sport. This age was formerly 15 years old, until after the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing. During this event, 15-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was the favorite to win the ladies' single event, until she was found to have a positive drug ...