I do not care how many sports you add to the Olympics. Breakdancing sounds like fun. Sport climbing will also be great, as soon as I work out what that is. But there is a recurring theme whenever the Games roster is changed that we have to address.
That is the suggestion joking or otherwise that equestrian should be dropped.
This is not entirely academic. Earlier this year there was a risk Australia would not be able to field an equestrian team in Tokyo 2021. Equestrian Australia went into voluntary administration after Sport Australia pulled funding, citing governance concerns. It has since overhauled its constitution, installed new directors and new management, and got the Olympic program back on track.
Australian sport fans should be r…
Read the full article at: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/dec/22/horses-for-courses-but-equestrian-should-not-be-dropped-from-olympics