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Said after announcing the IOC Executive Board’s decision to propose to the Copenhagen IOC Session in October to vote for GOLF and RUGBY to be added to the program of the 2016 Olympic Games in London. The IOC president saw reason to have it stated in a press release he “elected not to take part” in the secret vote.
It actually took six regular rounds of voting to determine the winners. Rugby made it with the necessary majority of nine votes in the second round after receiving seven in the first round in which Squash and Roller Sports received no votes at all.

Golf started with only one vote in round one and two each, received three in the third round and made the necessary 9 votes in the sixth round after receiving six and even respectively in between. Karate came closest to joining Rugby with five votes in the third round, four each in round four and five –but only 3 in final round. Softball was the only other sport to make it to the final round with steadily receiving two points from the second through to the sixth round.

“All seven sports made a strong case for inclusion, and the EB carefully evaluated them in a transparent and fair process. In the end, the decision came down to which two would add the most value,” said Dr. Rogge. After referring to the key factors in determining a sport’s suitability for the Olympic programme include youth appeal, universality, popularity, good governance, respect for athletes and respect for the Olympic values, he added: “Golf and rugby scored high on all the criteria. “They have global appeal, a geographically diverse line-up of top iconic athletes and an ethic that stresses fair play.” All changes to the sports programme for 2016 are provisional and will be reviewed after the 2016 Games.

Format of the golf competition for the Games proposed by the International Golf Federation (IGF): 8-day competition (4 for men and 4 for women) with 60 men and 60 women. Both men and women play 72 holes of stroke play, 18 holes per day. Medals would be awarded to the 3 competitors with the lowest total score Format of the rugby competition for the Games proposed by the International Rugby Board (IRB): 2 to 4 days of competition of rugby sevens. Teams would be split into 2 pools of 6 with a total of 12 men’s teams and 12 women’s teams (288 athletes). The 2 top teams in each pool would qualify for semi-finals.

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Having lost his fight for Softball to become an Olympic sport again, the International Softball Federation’s President Don Porter attempted to be a good sport “The ISF and wider softball family is certainly disappointed by today’s decision by the IOC Executive Board not to recommend softball for reinstatement onto the Olympic Games Program in 2016”, said Porter in an ISF statement published in Berlin. “However, we respect the IOC’s decision and I tip my cap to golf and rugby for getting recommended and offer my sentiments to the other four sports that were not successful today.”
“The ISF has worked tirelessly for more than four years since we were voted off the 2012 Olympic Programme and we have made tremendous advances in that time”, Porter continued, “Softball players continue to dream of Olympic gold, the ultimate prize in our sport, and we will carry on our campaign for Olympic reinstatement to prove to the IOC that our sport fits with Olympic values and ambitions and deserves a place on merit on the Games Programme.”