Het verschil tussen 'proposed' en 'selected' is groot. Kort uittreksel vanuit de IFSC website:
Sport Climbing was one of the eight sports shortlisted for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games additional events. On August 7-8 2015, they presented their bid in Tokyo. Today begins a new era for Sport Climbing as it is officially proposed as a new sport for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games by the Tokyo 2020 Additional Event Programme Panel.