RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The proposed addition of two women's canoe events to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the expense of certain men's events has prompted pushback from some male athletes competing in the sport.
The International Canoe Federation (ICF) hopes to add the women's C-1 200-metre and C-2 500-metre races in 2020, but under their proposal, two as-yet unspecified men's events will get the axe. In Rio and past Olympics women have not competed in canoeing, only in kayaking. The Tokyo proposal would see their canoeing debut.