The International Olympic Council has announced that mixed gender sports will feature at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
It's still over three years until the opening ceremony in Tokyo, but plans to make the Olympics "more youthful, more urban and include more women" has resulted in the addition of 15 events.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Press Release: <a href="https://twitter.com/Tokyo2020">@Tokyo2020</a> event programme to see major boost for female participation, youth and urban appeal <a href="https://t.co/uMxLqQNB7V">https://t.co/uMxLqQNB7V</a> <a href="https://t.co/9w1tSvKlCg">pic.twitter.com/9w1tSvKlCg</a></p>— IOC MEDIA (@iocmedia) <a href="https://twitter.com/iocmedia/status/873187692946894848">June 9, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Tokyo 2020 will include a 4x400m mixed relay in athletics and a 4x100m medley mixed relay in swimming. Cycling has gained two new events, for men and women, and basketball will have a three-on-three event.
The introduction of freestyle BMX and the madison to the cycling programme make that sport the third largest at the Olympics in terms of medals, with 66 up for grabs.
Other additions include a mixed relay in the triathlon and a mixed doubles in table tennis.
