Olympics 339 medal events, including 18 mixed/open events. Around 11,000 athletes will participate in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. 29 athletes have qualified as part of the IOC Refugee Olympic Team for the Tokyo 2020 Games. Over 1,800 athletes from 186 NOCs have been awarded Olympic Solidarity Tokyo 2020 scholarships. 11,000 athletes from 205 countries will be competing in the 2020 Olympics. 5,000 medals made of recycled electronics will be handed out across 50 games and 33 different sports. Four new sports have been added to the 2020 Olympics: Karate, Sport Climbing, Skateboarding, and Surfing. 206 countries The Tokyo 2020 Olympics are officially underway, and so is the race to finish at the top of the medal count when the Games end on Aug. 8. There are 206 countries competing in Tokyo with over 11,000 athletes representing them.
football In football, teams of 11 players compete to score goals by advancing the ball into their opponent's goal. Since all that's needed to play is a ball, the sport is enjoyed worldwide on every continent. Football is played by over 250 million people in more than 200 countries and regions. The Laws of the Game were drawn up in London in 1863 at a meeting of the newly founded Football Association. The FIFA World Cup, which has been held every four years since 1930, is a major event that attracts high television ratings worldwide. Men's Olympic Football has a longer history than the FIFA World Cup: it has been played at every Games since Paris 1900, with the sole exception of Los Angeles 1932. Until Los Angeles 1984, participation was restricted to amateur players. Now, the Games serve as a global showcase for young talent and the competition generates high levels of interest.
shooting In rifle and pistol, participants aim at a target with concentric circles, with those closer to the centre earning more points. There are four-gun types and three distances: 50m rifle, 10m air rifle, 25m rapid fire pistol and 10m air pistol. There are also three shooting positions kneeling, where the athlete goes down on one knee and rests the gun on the other knee prone, where the athlete shoots while lying down and standing. Some events include all these positions. Shotgun is the art of shooting at a flying target known commonly as a clay target. There are two varieties: trap, where the targets are thrown a long distance from a single trap; and skeet, where targets are thrown from traps on the left and right. At Tokyo 2020, 10m air rifle, 10m air pistol and clay trap will be included as men's, women's and mixed events.
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