Brilio.net/en - The audience of the next Olympics will have the chance to assist to the trials of surf, skateboard, karate, climbing and baseball-softball. Those 5 sports have been finally selected and thus raises the number of sports competing to 33 and the number of athletes to 474.
An announcement that pleases more than one: especially for surf and skateboard, that have for long been under-estimated and not considered by the committee.
The surfer community expressed itsenthusiasm on social networks as well as former world champions Mick Fanning who eyes coaching role forAustralia's Olympic surfing team.
In the skateboard sphere, Tony Hawk, one of the most famous skateboarders of all times, declared that he was very exuberantabout this news.
However, some are calling into question the selection of those sports, especially surf and skateboard. They represent indeed a certain kind of counterculture, freedom and non-conformism that could be endangered.
(brl/red)
