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The Latest: IOC says 5 sports represent tradition, youth

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The Latest on the IOC executive board meetings in Lausanne (all times local):

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6:15 p.m.

IOC vice president John Coates says the executive board was unanimous in its decision to recommend the addition of five sports to the program of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

He says baseball-softball, surfing, karate, skateboarding and sport climbing were approved as a single package on Wednesday. They will be presented that way when the recommendation is put to a vote at the IOC general assembly in Rio de Janeiro in August on the eve of the Summer Games.