Judo team event eyed for Tokyo 2020

The All Japan Judo Federation will propose adding team events for both men and women to the program for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, a special board meeting decided on Tuesday at Tokyo’s Kodokan.

The federation plans to enlist the support of the International Judo Federation as it begins the process of making the proposal to the International Olympic Committee and other involved organizations. “The team event is very exciting,” federation vice president Yasuhiro Yamashita said. “If the IJF gets on board, we can get things moving.”

The IJF laid the groundwork for including team events in the Olympics at the 2011 world championships in Paris, where the team and individual tournaments were competed together for the first time.

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