softball became an olympic

Classification: 
Sport: Related to professional or amateur sporting events, including interscholastic athletic events.
Event Date: 
1996
Characteristics: 
College
Description: 

Softball became an official Olympic sport in 1996. The USA won the gold metal in 2000 against China. The USA continues to dominate other countries. But now in they have taken the softball out of the Olympics because the USA kept taking then gold.

Reference Citation: 

(unknown, iSport, 2011) retrieved from: http://softball.isport.com/softball-guides/history-of-softball

Contributors: 
Sarah Jackson