Sport climbing is very close to the Olympic games 2020 in Tokyo

Olympic.org reports that today the International Olymic Committe (IOC) supported the proposal to include five new sports, sport climbing among them, to the programme of the Olympic Games 2020 in Tokyo. The final decision will be made in Rio de Janeiro in early August. IFSC has suggested a Combined format where 20 male and female will compete for one set of medals based on who is best overall in Speed, Boulder and Lead altogether. In should be noted that many of the best climbers have been extremely critical towards the suggested concept, including both Chris Sharma and Adam Ondra.