The IOC is currently having their session in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
On Saturday, Sept. 7 the IOC chose Tokyo, Japan as host of the 2020 summer games.
Tokyo was chosen over Madrid, Spain and Istanbul, Turkey. Istanbul and Madrid tied for second place behind Tokyo in first round voting. A tie-breaker vote was cast and Madrid was eliminated. In the second round of IOC voting Tokyo was named the host city of the 2020 summer games and was chosen over Istanbul. Tokyo lasted hosted the games in 1964.
On Sunday, Sept. 8 the IOC chose Wrestling over Baseball/Softball and Squash. Wrestling will be included in the 2020 and 2024 summer games as part of 25 core sports and 3 additional sports. Golf and Rugby were added to the 2016 and 2020 summer games as voted on by the IOC. The 25 core sports concept was adopted in 2007.
According to the IOC, wrestling had made the changes necessary to be voted back in to the 2020 summer games which included having more women compete, appointing more women to leadership positions within wrestling and making rule changes easier to understand and more exciting.
Next up: A new IOC President will be chosen.
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