Golf and sevens get Olympic nod

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Golf and sevens get Olympic nod

Sat Oct 10 2009 12:47:02

Golf and sevens get Olympic nod Golf and rugby sevens have been added to the Olympic schedule from the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Golf last featured in an Olympics in 1904 while rugby was taken off the Olympic schedule after the 1924 Games in Paris.

They are guaranteed an appearance for two consecutive Games after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted in Copenhagen.

International Rugby Board (IRB) president Bernard Lapasset, said: "It is an historic moment for rugby, it is the return to the Olympic family. We have constructed a family for rugby. We are proud how we built our candidacy."

The IOC was known to be eager to revamp its sports programme to attract younger viewers.

It voted to raise the number of sports to 28 for the Rio Olympics, including the fast-paced version of rugby played with seven players instead of 15 and men's and women's 72-hole stroke play for golf.