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From: dlash@ihn5l.UUCP (Dave Lash)
Newsgroups: net.sport
Subject: Re: Racquet Sports in the Olympics
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Date: Tue, 14-Aug-84 16:18:41 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 14 16:18:41 1984
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The july issue of national racquetball had an artical
about the struggle to get racquecatball accepted as an olympic sport.

The artical points out that there is a rather lengthy process involved
in getting any sport accepted to be an olympic event. There are various
committes and associations that must approve of a sport before 
it may become an olymic event. A sport passes through three statuses
(observer, provisional, and full). R-ball has 41 nations in the
internatl amateur r-ball fed. 
72 countries must play the sport for the 1988 olymipics, 90
for 1992. The artical also stated that r-ball has a ways to 
go before being accepted. Tenis, table-tennis, and softball all are
farther in the development process than r-ball. 


dave lash
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