He International Olympic Committee already confirmed that five new sports will be added although they also assured that the breaking, the novelty of Paris 2024 will leave the program.
Anyway, there are four more that will be left aside for Los Angeles, although the IOC has not yet announced which ones they will be, boxing is expected to be one of the candidates.
Los Angeles 2028: the five sports that will be added to the Olympic programme
Honoring local culture, in 2028 five disciplines instilled in American society will be added: they will be the baseball/softball, cricket, squash, flag football (a reduced-contact variant of American football) and the lacrosse, a collective sport derived from Amerindian cultures.
However, this will not be the first Olympic appearance for some of these sports. lacrosse and cricket were part of the program more than a century ago: the first, in 1904 and 1904and the second, in 1900.
For its part, baseball was present among 1992 and 2008came back for Tokyo 2020 and was discharged for Paris 2024.
Finally, the squash -it is played with a racket and is similar to fronton- and the flag football will make their absolute debut as part of the Olympics.
Confirmed: All the sports for Los Angeles 2028
- Athletics
- Badminton
- Basketball
- 3×3 basketball
- Handball
- Baseball/Softball
- BMX Freestyle (cycling)
- BMX Racing (cycling)
- Track cycling
- Road cycling
- Cricket
- Sport climbing
- Fencing
- Flag football
- Soccer
- Artistic gymnastics
- Trampoline gymnastics
- Rhythmic gymnastics
- Golf
- Weightlifting
- Equestrian
- Field hockey
- Judo
- Lacrosse
- Struggle
- Swimming
- Artistic swimming
- Open water swimming
- Modern Pentathlon
- Canoeing slalom
- Sprint canoeing
- Rowing
- Rugby 7’s
- Jumps
- Skateboarding
- Squash
- Surfing
- Taekwondo
- Tennis
- Table tennis
- Shot
- Archery
- Triathlon
- Candle
- Volleyball
- Beach volleyball
- Water polo
The Olympic movement bids farewell to Paris and prepares to return to Los Angeles
After London (1908, 1948, 2012) and Paris (1900, 1924, 2024), Los Angeles It will become the third city to host the Summer Olympics three times, after hosting them in 1932 and 1984. The new date is scheduled for July 14-30, 2028.
The Coliseum in the Californian city will be the link between all the eras. This stadium will host the event, as in 1932 and 1984, and will be the venue for the athletics events, which will be new. will be held in the first part of the Olympic Games.
With this change in the program, time will be given to SoFi Stadium of the Rams and the Chargers (American football teams) to become the “Inglewood Stadium”, a huge aquatic complex (for 38,000 spectators).
“They will be Games worthy of Los Angeles and Californians“, he had told the agency AFP Before the Paris Games, the pattern of the organization of “LA28”, Casey Wasserman.
“We don’t have the Eiffel Tower, but we do have the Hollywood letters. “We have amazing venues and a great environment,” Wasserman added at a news conference on Saturday.
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