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Golf, Rugby Return to the Olympics in 2016
 NPR reports that golf and rugby will be added as Olympic sports at the 2016 Olympic in Rio de Janeiro. Golf was last an olympic sport in 1904 and Rugby was last played at the olympics in 1924.
Both were reinstated for the 2016 and 2020 games after a vote Friday by the International Olympic Committee.
The vote also was a victory for Jacques Rogge, the IOC president who was re-elected to a final four-year term hours earlier. The 67-year-old Belgian, the president since 2001, was the only candidate.
"Time will show your decision [on the new sports] was very wise," Rogge said.
Each sport received majority support in separate votes after leading athletes and officials from both camps gave presentations, including a taped video message from Woods and other top pros. Woods has indicated he would play in the Olympics if golf were accepted for 2016.
It should be interesting. Both of the very different sports were strongly approved. Tiger Woods says he will golf for a medal in 2016.
Posted on October 10, 2009
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