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Author of this article: Fan Hao
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In the early morning of June 2, Beijing time, the World Baseball and Softball League announced on its official social platform that the baseball and softball projects will return in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics . This will be the first time after the 2008 Beijing Olympics. After the Olympics, baseball and softball returned to the Olympic family again after 12 years. Many media subsequently carried out relevant reports, but this resolution did not come to fruition. The five major sports including karate, skateboarding, competitive rock climbing, surfing and baseball and softball only received the support of the International Olympic Committee Executive Committee. If you want to To officially become a project of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, it will have to wait until the 129th Plenary Session of the International Olympic Committee in August this year for a vote.
The return of baseball and baseball is only pending the final vote of the Olympic Committee.
mentioned in the International Olympic Committee's 2020 agenda that the host of the Olympic Games can propose additional events based on the characteristics of its country. The Tokyo Olympics is the first "early adopter" Olympics. After screening, the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee recommended five projects including karate, skateboarding, competitive rock climbing, surfing, and baseball and softball to the International Olympic Committee. These five sports, including team and individual sports, indoor and outdoor sports, represent emerging sports that are increasingly popular among young people in Japan and around the world, and are in line with the core ideas to be reflected in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
▼World Baseball and Softball Confederation (WBSC)
In September 2015, the Japanese Olympic Organizing Committee officially proposed to the International Olympic Committee the proposal to add five events. It has received support from the International Olympic Committee Executive Committee and will be added this year. A vote will be held at the 129th plenary session of the International Olympic Committee in August. If all are passed, the Tokyo Olympics will add 18 events and 474 athletes, and the number of male and female participants in these five events will be equal. In addition to these five new majors, discussions on the project settings of the existing 28 major competitions are also ongoing and will be finalized at the executive committee meeting in mid-2017.
It is inevitable for Japan to promote the return of baseball and softball to the Olympics.
Baseball and softball were previously two independent sports. They were managed by two independent sports organizations, the International Baseball Federation and the International Baseball Federation. Baseball became an official event of the Summer Olympics in 1992, while softball officially entered the Olympics in 1996. Baseball and softball were permanent events until 2008, but in 2005, the International Olympic Committee voted to exclude these two events from the Olympic Games. Golf and rugby sevens took their place. Including the upcoming Rio Olympics, baseball and softball will continue to miss out.
▼The popularity of baseball and softball in Japan is an important factor in promoting its return to the Olympics.
Regarding the elimination of baseball and softball, the International Olympic Committee and relevant associations have provided relevant explanations. It is generally believed that the United States is the culprit for baseball's elimination. The schedule of Major League Baseball games and the Olympic Games conflict with each other, which prevents the Olympic Games from gathering the world's highest-level athletes to participate. In addition, in terms of doping, which has always been strict in the Olympic Games, World Baseball has never had clear rules. Various reasons led the IOC members, with Europe as the "main force", to kick baseball and softball out of the 2012 London Olympics.
In order to return to the Olympic family, the International Baseball Federation and the International Softball Federation officially merged in Tokyo, Japan in April 2013 to form the World Baseball and Softball Federation, using the two projects as a whole to enhance their influence. Currently, there are 65 million athletes from 140 countries and 213 national associations or special members participating in baseball and softball in the world.
Baseball and softball are one of the most popular sports in Japan. The Japanese team has achieved silver medals in baseball and softball at the Olympic Games. Therefore, the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee hopes that these two items can return to the Olympic family. Last November, the World Baseball and Softball Confederation (WBSC) World Top 12 Tournament held in Japan became the most watched international sports event in Japan in 2015. John Coates, Vice President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), said: “These sports are extremely popular in Japan and are very popular among young people."
China's baseball and softball team has a long way to go in the next cycle.
The Chinese women's softball team has always been a world-class team, always ranking among the top three in the world. At the 26th Olympic Games in 1996, the Chinese women's softball team won the silver medal under the leadership of head coach Li Minkuan. . But he fell to fourth place in both the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games and failed to reach the podium in 2008 Beijing. In the Olympic Games, despite having the advantage of being the host country, China's women's baseball team ended up ranking sixth due to the unsatisfactory transition between the new and the old.
The Chinese men's baseball team is basically in the embarrassing position of "fourth in a thousand years" in Asia, although it has improved since 2000. It is very big, but in terms of strength, it is still inferior to the traditional three powers in Asia (Japan, South Korea, and Chinese Taipei). They participated in the Beijing Olympics baseball competition and the 2009 h. The tml7 World Baseball Classic defeated Chinese Taipei twice, which is a rare event in which the Chinese men's baseball team has defeated a strong team.
▼ The continuous growth of new baseball stars represented by Xu Guiyuan may lead Chinese baseball to go further.
Baseball has become increasingly popular in China in recent years. 20 When the Chinese Baseball League was founded in 2002, there were only four teams. However, the number of teams in the new season of 2016 has increased to 10. The schedule is also significantly longer than in previous years. More than 100 games can also attract more fans to pay attention to this league.
Note: The pictures used in this article are from the Internet
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