The original plan to build a retractable roof was also abandoned.
Five sports were shortlisted for removal, including canoe, field hockey, modern pentathlon, taekwondo, and wrestling.
Surpassing Rio is a given.
This marked North Korea's first absence from the Summer Olympics since.
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