Olympic Games
With the Paris Olympics over, eyes are already on the next edition. In four years, Los Angeles will have five new sports, two debuts and three returns. But there is also a certain exit.
With closure Olympic Games From Paris, Distinguished by the most magnificent ceremony at the Stade de FranceThe four-year cycle begins in Los Angeles. The games return to the United States, and with them some sports, in a version of a debut and a farewell.
They are, at the moment, 28 Sports Confirmed for Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, With Five New Features Approved by International Olympic Committee (International Olympic Committee). Of these, Two will make their first appearance on the big stage of world sports..
Football and Squash Science: What’s New?
the Football flag It’s a different version of American football, but with (much) less physical contact. Players run with three flags (informationin English) tied around the waist, which opponents may attempt to remove as a means of stopping plays.
Since American football has never been part of the Games, the NFL (North America’s most popular league) celebrated the introduction of flag football to the Olympic program and will be able to count on some of its key stars in the competition.
actually pumpkin It is a racket sport similar to tennis, but it is played indoors, there is no net, and the walls are part of the game.
The two new players are optional modalities that may or may not continue at the Brisbane Games in 2032.
From baseball to breaking, there are returns and farewells.
The three disciplines that were part of the Olympic Games in the past remain, and are now back on the programme..
This is the case for a phenomenon in the United States of America. baseballIt was added to the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 and was abandoned in 2008, before returning in Tokyo 2020 and being absent again from the Paris Olympics in 2024.
also SoftballThe indoor version of baseball — with variations on the dimensions of the field, the ball and some of the rules — that appeared on the Olympic programme between 1992 and 2008 has returned.
Los Angeles 2028 will also see counting to cricket gamewhich had not been present during the 128 years of the Games except in Paris in 1900, and LacrosseWhich has not been an Olympic sport since 1908.
However, break Says goodbye to the games after his debut in Paris, while boxing Pending the IOC’s decision, postponed until 2025, on the continuation of the sport.
Skateboarding, surfing and climbing will become permanent sports in the competition after a temporary period.