A sign writing "LA 2028" and a blazing Olympic cauldron are seen at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the United States, Sept. 13, 2017. The IOC voted Los Angeles as the host city of the 2028 Summer Olympic Games on Sept. 13. (Xinhua/Zhao Hanrong)
LA 2028 Olympic Organizing Committee has proposed the inclusion of five additional sports - baseball-softball, cricket, flag football, lacrosse and squash.
GENEVA, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee has proposed five additional sports to the Olympic Programme Commission, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Monday.
Baseball-softball, cricket, flag football, lacrosse, and squash were proposed for inclusion at Los Angeles 2028, and the Olympic Programme Commission will send a recommendation to the IOC Executive Board. If accepted, it will then be presented to the 141st IOC Session that will be held in Mumbai, India on October 15-17.
Three sports -- baseball-softball (1992-2008 and 2020), cricket (1900), and lacrosse (1904 and 1908) -- appeared at previous Games, while flag football (a limited-contact version of American football), and squash are new.
Tokyo 2020 included baseball-softball, karate, skateboarding, sport climbing, surfing as additional sports, while Paris 2024 will feature breaking, skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing. ■
