To lure younger audience street dance battles was added to the medal events, while two sports— boxing and weightlifting — saw the biggest cuts in the number of athletes

Tony Estanguet, head of the organising committee, dismissed the idea of rehashing the Olympic model to reduce events and the number of athletes attending

Former Olympic champion Guy Drut, who is also an IOC member since 1996, argued that the postponement of Tokyo Games due to coronavirus pandemic was just the tip of the iceberg