It was and still is the wrong decision and I will go to my grave thinking it.
I do however appreciate the freestyle bmx inclusion. I can't even wheelie these days but I love that shit and have done since Matt Hoffman was doing big air shit back in the 80s.
It's already heavily weighted towards dumb ways of going up and down a pool
https://www.velonews.com/news/removing-individual-pursuit-from-the-olympics-is-a-mistake-john-wilcockson-tells-uci-president-pat-mcquaid/