Surfing, skateboarding and climbing are part of the 2028 Olympics initial program
Surfing, skateboarding and sport climbing, which debuted at the Tokyo Olympics, were included in the initial program of the 2028 Games (Los Angeles), informed the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday (9).
IOC proposed LA28's initial sports program today 👀
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But weightlifting, boxing and modern pentathlon did not make the initial list of 28 sports and must meet criteria by 2023 to be included, IOC President Thomas Bach said at a virtual press conference at the end of an executive board meeting. of the entity.
An IOC session scheduled for February will approve the initial program. The three sports not included may be reinstated at the 2023 IOC session.
Surfing, skateboarding and rock climbing were big hits among young spectators at the Tokyo Games held in 2021 because of the new coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic.
They are already on the 2024 Olympics schedule (Paris).
The exclusion was a heavy blow to weightlifting and boxing, as their international federations suffer from governance, funding and corruption issues and have been repeatedly warned by the IOC to undergo reforms or risk losing their program slots. Olympic.
Modern pentathlon, part of the Games for more than a century, needs to come up with plans to replace equestrian events because of a scandal during the Tokyo Games when a horse was hit by a trainer.
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