This year’s Olympic Games belong to Paris, France, but on Sunday at the closing ceremony, the French metropolis will pass the baton to the American Los Angeles. In addition to the contrast of the different spirit of the cities, the organizers promise the addition of new disciplines and the return of some previously eliminated sports. Spectators can look forward to disciplines such as flag football (a non-contact version of American football), squash and obstacle races in the style of the TV show “Ninja warrior”. They inform about the news BBCbut also other media including AP news.
Spectators can travel to the American Los Angeles for the next summer Olympic Games. According to the organizers, there is an effort to conceive the Olympics in a modern spirit, including sports disciplines. The BBC reports that more than 50 Olympic and Paralympic sports will be contested. The disciplines in which they compete are usually chosen according to world popularity, although the USA will include minority sports such as squash, flag football and “Ninja warrior” style obstacle races. Among the retired sports that Los Angeles wants to bring back are lacrosse, cricket, baseball and softball. On the contrary, breaking (break dance), which debuted in Paris, will not be seen in LA. But there will be one new Paralympic discipline, paraclimbing. The challenge for athletes in different classifications will be to climb a fifteen-meter wall using handholds.
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The opening ceremony of the next Olympics, which will take place in the USA, should take place two weeks earlier compared to Paris. The Olympics will probably use two sports stadiums at once, namely SoFi Stadium and the Los Angeles Memorial Colisseum. According to the organizers, there are no plans to build any special stadium. Unlike Paris, there will be an opportunity to play beach volleyball on a real beach due to local conditions.
But some places will need to be adjusted first. The SoFi stadium will be specially adapted for holding swimming competitions, when a large pool will be installed. The next step in the interest of sustainability will be to try to organize a “car-free” Olympics. Moving thousands of spectators across the sprawling Californian city is a huge challenge for organizers, and it will also be a costly affair.
“Paris is the most beautiful city in the world,” sports marketing company Wasserman said on Saturday. “The Los Angels games will be just as spectacular, though.” The IOC’s head of Olympic broadcasting, Yiannis Exarchos, added that LA “cannot compete with Paris, which has five hundred years of history, LA talks about the future, about new frontiers, about technology.”
The end date is planned for July 30. This is the first time since the 1924 Olympics that the Northern Hemisphere Olympics have ended so early. In 1924, it ended on July 27 in Paris.
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