How exactly would one go about getting a new category of sport into the Olympics, such as a cannonball competition as a subset of diving?

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Always wanted a gold medal

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I only know that the sport has to have a minimal amount of active athletes both male and female in a minimum amount of countries

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I only know that the sport has to have a minimal amount of active athletes both male and female in a minimum amount of countries

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[https://olympics.com/ioc/faq/sports-programme-and-results/how-can-a-sport-be-included-in-the-olympic-games-programme](https://olympics.com/ioc/faq/sports-programme-and-results/how-can-a-sport-be-included-in-the-olympic-games-programme)

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Needs to be active, needs to have national federations, needs to follow the IOC charters

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[https://olympics.com/ioc/faq/sports-programme-and-results/how-can-a-sport-be-included-in-the-olympic-games-programme](https://olympics.com/ioc/faq/sports-programme-and-results/how-can-a-sport-be-included-in-the-olympic-games-programme)

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Needs to be active, needs to have national federations, needs to follow the IOC charters

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