[sunmars]

So wrestling is being dropped for this lot.....

squash, roller sports - who both failed in their bids in 2009 - karate, wushu, which is very popular at the Asian Games, the nautical sport wakeboard and sport climbing.

Squash and karate are generally seen to be leading the race to win the sole spot for the 2020 Games which will be held in either Tokyo, Madrid and Istanbul.

Guess whichever one the chinese want they will get.

[sergeantdave]

“Guess whichever one the chinese want they will get.”

1. Drunken iPhone assembly

2. Knock-off smuggling.

3. Wu Wei synchronized crashing.

[OKSooner]

" Squash and karate are generally seen to be leading the race to win the sole spot for the 2020 Games which will be held in either Tokyo, Madrid and Istanbul. "

Say what? I'm familiar with the differences between karate and taekwondo, but in the sport/olympic version of each... can someone 'splain the difference in the two to me?

Why have one when you already have the other, except for some nationalistic pride on the part of the originating countries involved?