Posted: Dec 11, 2020 5:04 PM ET | Last Updated: December 11, 2020
Breaking is the newest Olympic sport.(Jeff Pachoud/AFP via Getty Images)
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Here's what you need to know right now from the world of sports:
The Olympics are trying to get smaller, younger and more equal
Earlier this week, the International Olympic Committee's executive board met to finalize the events for the 2024 Summer Games in Paris. The headline coming out of this was that breakdancing is joining the Olympics in four years.
But several other events were either added or dropped in service of three basic objectives the IOC is pursuing (with varying degrees of success): making the Games smaller, younger and more equal in terms of gender representation.