Skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing, which have already been added to the programme for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, have been invited to return in Paris four years later. Squash misses outBreakdancing, known as breaking, appeared at the 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, in the form of head-to-head "battles". The IOC had announced that the number of competitors at Paris 2024 would be restricted to 10,500, which limited the scope to add sports. The inclusion of breakdancing at Paris 2024 means that squash has missed out, to the deep disappointment of the sport's governing bodies. Paris organisers also announced that members of the public will be able to run the marathon course on the same day as the event, after the Olympic race.

Source: The Local February 21, 2019 13:18 UTC