FIG were accused of "encroachment and misappropriation" of the sport after they attempted to integrate parkour as a new discipline earlier this year.

In 2020, FIG people plan to organise a first FIG Parkour World Championships and the following year hope the discipline will appear on the World Games programme in Birmingham in the United States.

Their ultimate objective is then to be added as a new discipline on the Olympic programme at Paris 2024 - a decision likely to to be made by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 2021.

Link: [insidethegames.biz]