TRIVIA

In how many sports will Chile participate in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which begin next week?

a) 18

b) 33

c) 24

d) 14

Response:

c) 24

Chile will participate in 24 disciplines, the highest number in the history of Chilean participation in the Olympic Games. A total of 58 athletes - including 22 soccer players - make up the Chilean delegation. The sports in which Chile will participate are: athletics, cycling, equestrian, fencing, soccer, gymnastics, golf, judo, weightlifting, Olympic wrestling, swimming, modern pentathlon, canoeing, rowing, skateboarding, surfing, taekwondo, tennis, table tennis, Olympic shooting, archery, triathlon, sailing and beach volleyball. Chile was the first Ibero-American country to participate in the Olympic Games - in Athens, 1896, the first games of the modern era - and since then has participated in every Summer Olympic Games, except those of 1932 (Los Angeles) and 1980 (Moscow). The country won its first medal in Amsterdam in 1928. In its entire history, the country has won 13 medals in total: two gold, seven silver and four bronze.