The organizers of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games On Monday, September 9, they presented a proposal to include five new sports in the olympic program of the first summer event in the United States in 32 years.
This same week the International Olympic Committee voted on the proposal to include the baseball/softball, cricket, lacrosse, flag football and squash at the meeting held in Mumbai, India.
After evaluating the proposal of the organizers of Los Angeles 2028, the IOC, through its president Thomas Bach announced that they have decided to accept the proposal and include all sports for the summer fair.
Furthermore, the IOC confirmed that weightlifting and modern pentathlon have already been confirmed for the Olympic Games while the boxing It will continue to be evaluated, but everything looks like it will remain in the program.
After the acceptance of the new sports, Los Angeles 2028 will now have the following sports: athletics, rowing, badminton, basketball, canoeing, cycling, horse riding, fencing, soccer, 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.
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2023-10-13 14:56:56
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