Both golf and rugby are set to return to the . The voted to include the sports at its executive board meeting in Berlin today. Rugby, specifically rugby union, and golf were selected over five other sports to be considered to participate in the Olympics. , and tried to get onto the Olympic program as well as baseball and , which were voted out of the Olympic Games in 2005. The vote must still be ratified by the full IOC at it's October meeting in  . The format that has been proposed for golf is two 72-hole tournaments, one each for men and women, with 60 competitors each. The top 15 players in the world will qualify automatically and the major golf schedules will arranged around the Olympic Games. Not all were happy with the proposed inclusions to the game. IOC President defended the decision, saying that "this is the young generation that will be at its peak in 2016. The same question was raised time and time again when tennis and ice-hockey were introduced. Ask [top tennis players] Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, ask the  players, ask the NBA basketball players. They all want to go to the games — they are absolutely not concerned about that."
Both golf and rugby are set to return to the Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee voted to include the sports at its executive board meeting in Berlin today. Rugby, specifically rugby union, and golf were selected over five other sports to be considered to participate in the Olympics. , and tried to get onto the Olympic program as well as baseball and , which were voted out of the Olympic Games in 2005. The vote must still be ratified by the full IOC at it's October meeting in Copenhagen . The format that has been proposed for golf is two 72-hole tournaments, one each for men and women, with 60 competitors each. The top 15 players in the world will qualify automatically and the major golf schedules will arrange around the Olympic Games. Not all were happy with the proposed inclusions to the game. IOC President defended the decision, saying that "this is the young generation that will be at its peak in 2016. The same question was raised time and time again when tennis and ice-hockey were introduced. Ask [top tennis players] Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, ask the National Hockey League|NHL players, ask the NBA basketball players. They all want to go to the games — they are absolutely not concerned about that."
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