How to become an Olympic sport

An amazing six new sports will be contested at the Tokyo Olympics. That's the most new additions to an Olympics since 1920, when 11 sports entered the mix. The "new" label Is a bit elastic. Two of the sports added to the Tokyo Games — the closely related baseball and softball — were featured at the Olympics as recently as 2008, before being dropped in 2012 and 2016. But the other four are complete newcomers: karate, skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing. All six will join Olympic favorites like track and field, swimming, and gymnastics.