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Skateboarding and BMX cycling are<a href="https://www.teamusa.org/News/2018/July/24/A-Complete-Look-At-All-The-New-Sports-And-Events-For-The-Olympic-Games-Tokyo-2020" rel="nofollow"> new additions to the Olympics</a> next year, and this weekend is a chance to see likely medallists in person.'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/migrate-wccoradio-252178-1@published'}, {'data': {'text': '"The names that we\'ve always celebrated and had at our events are now even bigger because of that," Ryan McGuinness, X Games director of event development, said. 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