15/06/2015
OLYMPIC GAMES
Paragliding for the 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo?
The FAI has selected Paragliding for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Following the invitation from Tokyo’s Olympic Games Organising Committee (IOC) to 35 international federations, these were asked to select a potential additional sport and so the FAI has selected Paragliding. The FAI HGPC (CIVL), the Japan Aeronautic Association and the Japan Hang and Paragliding Federation have proposed to Tokyo’s Olympic Games Organising Committee, the disciplines of Accuracy and XC as feature sports.
The Committee will chose from 26 sports in total and will unveil their short listed selection on the 22nd June, with a final decision made by the IOC in Rio in August 2016. This decision will be based on specific Olympic evaluation critera, including the popularity of the sport by the hosting country and the percentage of National Federations that organise their own National Championships.
Competition pilots in each of the two disciplines will certainly be looking for best performance in forthcoming seasons as incentive, in the event that Paragliding is indeed selected for the 2020 Olympic Games. Team Coaches will also be closely following the Olympic decision in Rio 2016.
