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Although it has only been four days since this year’s competitions ended, it has already been learned from North American territory that the Games, which will be held in Los Angeles, California, between July 14 and 30, 2028, will have five major changes.
The first will be in the order of the competition calendar in the Olympic disciplines par excellence: swimming and athletics. Since the modern Olympics have been held (1894), the aquatic speed tests have always been held in the first week.
For their part, those of athletics, which with their 100 meters flat The Olympics are the main event, which takes place in the second week. However, in Los Angeles the order will be different: the fastest athletes in the world will go first, followed by the swimmers.
The reason has to do with another change. For the first time in history, the opening ceremony will not be held in the stadium where the athletics race takes place, but instead will be held at the swimming venue. which in this case will be at SoFi, a building that has a capacity for 70,000 spectators and is generally used for American football games.
For this reason, the event organisers will have a week’s time to adapt the swimming pools, while the athletics event will be held in the legendary Coliseum, where it was held in 1932 and 1984.
On the other hand, the Americans will not have breaking as an Olympic sport. However, they will include electric squash, flag football (both making their debut as Olympic sports), cricket and baseball, which are returning after a long absence.
Finally, the pentathlon event, which consists of five events, will not have horses in the show jumping, as has always been the case. It will be the athletes who will be able to pass through the elements. Los Angeles is already preparing its challenge.
