The first two were once Olympic more than a century ago, baseball has entered and left the Games several times since 1992 and squash and American football, which will be played in their ‘tocho’ or ‘flag’ version (non-contact ), will be an absolute novelty.
The head of the Games Program Commission, the Austrian Karl Stoss, stated that the proposal assumes that “the best” will participate in all modalities, and specifically mentioned baseball and cricket. Their federations and professional leagues will have to facilitate this and the IOC will “closely monitor” that this condition is met.
The Session voted en bloc on the Los Angeles proposal, by show of hands, and approved it by a large majority, with only two votes against. These sports are accepted only for the 2028 edition and their continuity in future editions is not guaranteed.
They also approved the inclusion of weightlifting and modern pentathlon in Los Angeles 2028, after their federations have resolved their pending issues; the first, on governance, the second, on its sports program: it will be held in a single venue, the fencing ranking round is eliminated and horse riding is replaced by an obstacle course.
Boxing, currently without a recognized federation, remains uncertain regarding the nature of its participation in Los Angeles 2028.
After this Monday’s voting, the program for that edition will consist of the following sports:
Athletics, rowing (with the novelty of beach sprint rowing), badminton, basketball, canoeing, cycling, horse riding, fencing, football, golf, gymnastics, handball, hockey, judo, wrestling, swimming, rugby, taekwondo, tennis, table tennis , shooting, archery, triathlon, sailing, volleyball, surfing, skateboarding, climbing, modern pentathlon, weightlifting, baseball/softball, lacrosse, squash, cricket and flag football; with boxing still pending decision.
2023-10-16 12:02:00
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