There will be more mixed-gender events and more women at 2020 Tokyo Olympics. International Olympic Committee (IOC) said men and women would compete together in archery, athletics, judo, sailing, shooting, swimming, table tennis, and triathlon. There will be 4x400m mixed relay in athletics and 4x100m mixed relay in swimming. British Olympics swimming champion Adam Peaty told BBC that having mixed events in Tokyo would make Olympics "more fun". He said "It's something that would make things little bit more fun….It's great to mix things up from what they've been for so long as it adds little spice and [mixed events] are great to watch."
IOC also announced that there would be more sports at Tokyo Olympics. IOC president Thomas Bach said Games will be "more youthful, more urban and include more women". Not everyone is happy with introduction of new events. Some people said it was wrong to include urban sports like skateboarding, 3-on-3 basketball, sport climbing and BMX freestyle. These are to try and get more young people to watch Games. Having newer sports means there will be fewer athletes in more traditional events like weightlifting and wrestling. Tokyo will be most gender-balanced Olympics ever. Women will make up 48.8 per cent of athletes who will compete at Games.
