Paris, Aug 10 (AP) The Olympics will always have Paris. Next up for the Summer Games: Los Angeles 2028. The baton will be handed from one third-time Olympic host city to another at the closing ceremony on Sunday in Paris, and much will be different in four years.
New sports will make their Olympic debuts, picked by organizers in LA who also are bringing back others that left the program more than 100 years ago. While Paris had the Seine River, LA has the Pacific Ocean and its beaches. Paris' unmatched historic buildings gave the city a cinematic look.
LA's streets are a living history of film and television. Here's a look at some things that will be different about the next Summer Games: Which sports will be new at the Los Angeles Olympics? Flag football, squash and obstacle racing. Yes, “American Ninja Warrior”-style obstacle racing, to replace the horses and pep up modern pentathlon.
Sports that get invited into the Olympics typically are played across the world. In the modern Olympics, however, they also must be wanted by the host city. Flag football is a good fit for Los Angeles organizers, who last year told IOC members before they voted that it represents “the future and the tip of the spear for American football's international growth.
” Squash will join tennis and badminton as racket sports at the Games. Could padel or pickleball one day follow? Squash lost out in several previous campaigns and, like flag football, now goes Games to Games with no guarantee of s.