Squash Continue Olympic Challenge For 2024
Squash will push on from its disappointment of missing out on an Olympic berth for the 2020 Games by pressing on with plans for a fresh bid for inclusion at the 2024 Olympic Games, subject to consultation with the International Olympic Committee.
The sport’s bid for inclusion at the 2020 Games ended in disappointment last month after the IOC selected wrestling to be added to the programme, with squash finishing third place in the vote, also behind baseball-softball.
It was the sport’s third consecutive failure to get on to the Olympic programme, having narrowly missed out on London 2012 and then overlooked for Rio 2016 in favour of golf and rugby sevens at the 2009 Session in Copenhagen.
According to media reports, it remains unclear whether an additional sport will be up for inclusion in 2024 or if a new sport could only be added at the expense of an existing one, as was the case for 2020.
