Madrid, Oct 16 (EFE).- The 141st session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) accepted this Monday in Bombay that The sports program of the Los Angeles 2028 Games includes the five new sports proposed by the organizing committee.
These being the sports that will be present at the 2028 summer event:
lacrosse
cricket baseball/softball squash football flag
The first two were once Olympians more than a century ago, he baseball has been in and out of the Games several times since 1992 and squash and American football, which will be played in its ‘tocho’ or ‘flag’ version (without contact), will be an absolute novelty.
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New sports
The head of the Games Program Commission, the Austrian Karl Stoss, stated that the proposal assumes that in all modalities they will participate the bestand specifically mentioned baseball and cricket. Their federations and professional leagues will have to facilitate this and the IOC will watch closely that this condition is met.
The session voted en bloc on the Angelina 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.
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John Harper, director of operations, explained that the objective is to innovate and have the greatest possible impact, show sports rooted in the culture of their country and, conversely, make other internationally relevant sports known in the United States.
Baseball will provide Los Angeles with the opportunity to compete in the Games to the best. He lacrosse is history due to its indigenous roots.
After explaining the advantages of the version sixes of lacrosse that will be Olympic, Harper assured:
It was the first team sport on the continent. It will be a return to the future.
Niccolo Campriani, Director of Sports, said that American football is the most popular sport in the United States and the version bandera o billet proposal for the Games, without contact, is the most inclusive.
Flag football is the future.
The session had approved the day before the full recognition of the International American Football Federation, which was admitted by the IOC only provisionally.
It’s squash time, Campriani also said, and underlined its universality by remembering that among the top ten of the world classification, men or women, four continents are represented.
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The manager referred to cricket as the second most popular sport in the world, with 2.5 billion followers.
There is a commitment to grow it in the United States.
In addition, he highlighted the digital pull of the sport and mentioned that the Indian player Virat Kohli, present at the meeting, He is the third athlete with the most followers (in social networks), 314 millionmore than LeBron James, Tom Brady and Tiger Woods combined.
Karl Stoss detailed that the international baseball/softball federation has 191 national federations, cricket with 108, American football with 74, lacrosse with 90 and squash with 82.
More sport
The person in charge of the program stressed that four of the new five are team sports, for this reason he commented the following:
The proposal reflects the importance of team sports on the American stage.
But this will mean that in 2028 the quota of 10,500 athletes who will be in Paris 2024 will be exceeded. 742 more athletes will join, so a reduction in the quota of athletes can be expected. traditional sportsStoss admitted.
The members of the assembly expressed doubts about the universality of some of the sports, about the difficulty for citizens of some countries in obtaining visas for the United States and about the high number of participants, but they voted in favor almost unanimously.
Olympic program
They also approved the inclusion of weightlifting and modern pentathlon in Los Angeles 2028, after their federations have resolved their pending issues. 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 rowing sprinting beach) badminton basketball canoeing or 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 monoskating climbing modern pentathlon weightlifting baseball/soccer
lacrosse
squash cricket football flag
Boxing still pending decision.
Regarding the Paris 2024 program, the breaking.
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