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The International Olympic Committee adopted a series of recommendations last month, two of which had a very positive impact on squash's efforts to achieve a place on the Olympic Games programme. These recommendations included the idea that the sporting programme will not now be limited to a maximum of 28 Sports; instead the determining factors will be a cap of around 10,500 athletes and 310 events. This provides the flexibility to remove some disciplines in existing sports and add new sports such as Squash. Equally the recommendations included the agreement that the sports to be included do not need to be fixed seven years in advance of the Games. These pave the way for change. That change may come very soon as Tokyo, the hosts for 2020, have been given the opportunity to propose sports for the IOC to consider. World Squash President Ramachandran is pushing hard with high level liaison with the IOC and 2020 hosts ongoing. Meanwhile, Inside the Games, an important 'Olympic' website is conducting a poll for which sports should be added and here is a link: http://www.insidethegames.biz/polls/92-which-sport-should-be-added-to-the-olympic-programme-at-tokyo-2020 If you, as I do, feel that squash is deserving of an olympic status please do add you voter to the above website. Regards Geoff Cordwell Squash Convenor
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