Tokyo recommends 5 additional sports for 2020 Olympics

TOKYO (AP) – Japanese organizers have proposed adding five sports to the 2020 Olympics: baseball/softball, karate, skateboarding, sports climbing and surfing.

The organizing committee approved the recommendations Monday chosen from eight finalists. Bowling, squash and wushu failed to make the cut.

The recommendation will be submitted to the International Olympic Committee, which will make a final decision in Rio de Janeiro in August 2016.

Under the “Olympic Agenda 2020” program adopted by the IOC last December, host cities are allowed to propose one or more additional events for their games.

(Copyright 2015 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)