Organizers of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games will propose five additional sports to add to the Olympic program. Breaking should pay the price.
For the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the organizers have chosen breaking, surfing, skateboarding and climbing as additional sports (the latter three had already been chosen for Tokyo 2021). This Monday, the organizers of Los Angeles 2028 revealed the five additional sports that they plan to put on the Olympic program in five years, and they are baseball/softball, cricket, flag football, lacrosse and squash. . Baseball has already been an Olympic sport in 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2020 but will not be next year in Paris. Softball (the women’s version of baseball) was used during the same years, except in 1992.
Cricket has also already been an Olympic sport, but only in 1900, while lacrosse (a team sport where players use a stick to score goals) was on the program in 1904 and 1908. On the other hand, flag football (derived from American football where tackles are replaced by tearing off strips of fabric attached to the players’ belts) and squash could make their big Olympic debut, in California. For this, the IOC Olympic Program Commission will need to issue a recommendation to the Executive Board, and if this recommendation is accepted, the EC will present the proposal at the 141st IOC Session which will be held from October 15 to 17 in Mumbai. (Bombay), India.
“’Sad news’ for breaking
There are therefore still a few steps before the arrival of these five sports at the Olympics, but the fate of breaking, rejected from this list of proposals, seems sealed. The president of the French Dance Federation, on which breaking depends, also expressed his sadness, in an interview given to theAFP. “Given the work started for years by the federations and the enthusiasm of the public, we had hope that breaking would be renewed. But this is not the choice that was made, regrets Charles Ferreira. The sports that have been selected at this stage are sports that are very American or English-speaking. This has yet to be confirmed by the Olympic committee, but yes it is a disappointment “. The breaking stars will have no choice but to shine next year in Paris. Otherwise, we will have to hope that Brisbane, in 2032, reinstates this sport in the Olympic program.
2023-10-10 17:59:36
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