More than 11,000 athletes are headed to Japan for the Summer Olympic Games. They’ll compete across 339 events in 33 different sports. But the list of sports changes from year to year, as some events get added and others get dropped. The World’s Bianca Hillier took a look at the events of Olympics past, and some people who are working to keep them alive today.
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