The Los Angeles 2028 (La2028) Olympic Olympic Games will mark a strong commitment for innovation and gender equality. The executive of the International Olympic Committee (CIO) meeting in Lausanne in Switzerland, has the sports program approved of the Los Angeles games confirming the five sports proposed by the local organizing committee, or baseball/softball (Return after eight years), cricket (return after 128 years), Flag Football, Lacrosse (latest edition in 1948) and Squash.
With a total of 351 events from medal (161 female, 165 male and 25 mixed), 22 more than in Paris 2024 which were 329, the La28 program maintains the basic athletes of 10,500, with 698 additional places assigned to the five new sports. For the first time in history, all team sports will have at least it same number of female teams compared to male ones, With water polo that will add two female teams, bringing the total number to 12 female and 12 male teams. The football, with 16 female teams, It will see a greater number of female teams than the male ones (12): it had never happened in the history of the Olympic games.
The gender equality It was a key factor in defining the shares of athletes and the number of events, 5,333 athletes and 5,167 athletes. Additional sports provide for the addition of 322 athletes and 376 athletes. In the boxing There will be an additional female weight category that will guarantee full gender equality. In athletics there will be the 4×100 mixed relay for the first time (the mixed 4×400 already exists). The swimming competitions on the 50 back, butterfly and frog were inserted, both male and female. In the’sports climbing, the Gare di Bouldering and Lead they will become events with the assignment of medals. Finally, in basket 3×3, After the debut at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics with eight teams each for men and women, there will be the expansion of the tournament with 12 teams per gender.
Historical moment for football and Olympic sport. The women’s football tournament of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games will have more participating teams than the male one. The women’s national teams will be 16, the male ones only 12. The decision was made today by the executive of the International Olympic Committee (CIO) which overturned the gender imbalance of the 16 male teams and the 12 women who happened at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Today’s executive was co-president by the newly elected Kirsty Coventry present. To preside over the session, the outgoing president – will become honorary – Thomas Bach who will leave the assignment on June 23 next. Coventry is the first woman elected to the head of world sport in 131 years of history. The women’s football made its entrance to the Olympics at the Atlanta edition 1996 with only eight teams. The only two nations to have taken part in all eight editions, the United States (6 gold) and Brazil (3 silver). The other two nations Olympic champions in women’s football, Canada in Tokyo in 2021 and Germany in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. Italy has never taken part in the five -circle of women’s football tournament.