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With three years to go, excitement and community engagement grow for LA28

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With three years to go, excitement and community engagement grow for LA28

With just over three years to go until the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles, the LA28 Organising Committee has completed a series of important milestones, which have laid a strong foundation for operational readiness, growing public anticipation, and deepening community engagement. These achievements were highlighted during this week’s visit to the host city by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission, which reviewed progress across all areas of Games planning. As communities affected by January’s wildfires continue to recover and rebuild, LA28 has been focusing on preparing Games that will uplift and positively impact the whole region, and captivate global audiences. Reflecting on the updates, the IOC’s LA28 Coordination Commission Chair, Nicole H...

LA28 Olympics to feature an expanded roster of 12 teams per gender in 3×3 Basketball

The International Olympic Committee (IOC)'s Executive Board on Wednesday announced its decision to increase the quota to 12 men’s and 12 women’s teams for 3x3 basketball as part of the Olympic Basketball program for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. This expansion from 8 to 12 teams per gender reflects the growth of 3x3 basketball over recent years and further highlights the sport’s global appeal and development. The expanded field opens the door for greater universality and broader national representation, offering more countries the opportunity to compete on the Olympic Stage. “We thank the IOC for its decision, which provides great encouragement for FIBA and its members to continue promoting our urban discipline. Having four additional teams for the men’s and women’s tournaments...

LA28 event programme marks strong commitment towards innovation and gender equality

The event programme and athlete quotas for the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 (LA28) have been approved by the Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). With a total of 351 medal events, 22 more than at Paris 2024 (329), the LA28 programme maintains the core athlete quota of 10,500, with an extra 698 quota places allocated for the five sports proposed by the LA28 Organising Committee (baseball/softball, cricket, flag football, lacrosse and squash). For the first time in history, all team sports will have at least the same number of women’s teams as men’s teams, with water polo adding two women’s teams, making it now 12 women’s and 12 men’s teams. Football, with 16 female teams, will feature more women’s teams than men’s (12). Gender equality was a key cons...