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The TEAMS '24 Opening General Session titled "The Golden Decade" featured (from left) two-time Olympic Gold Medal Hurdler Edwin Moses, four-time Olympic gold medal swimmer Janet Evans, two-time Paralympic gold medalist Ezra Frech and USOPC Chief of Sport and Athlete Services Rocky Harris. Jared Wickerham photo
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TEAMS ’24 Promotes U.S. Olympic Golden Decade Ahead

The Opening Session examined the incredible opportunities for the sports-events industry in the decade to come. Los Angeles is officially on the clock for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games. The event will mark the first time a U.S. city has hosted the Summer Games in three decades and a return to the destination […]

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World Obstacle, UIPM Co-Host Successful OCR Event

More than 600 athletes from 35 nations recently gathered in San Jose, Costa Rica, for the four-day World Obstacle UIPM 2024 OCR World Championships, the third time the organizations have co-hosted an event after Ninja World Cup USA 2023 and the World Obstacle UIPM 2023 OCR World Championships. Costa Rica’s National Stadium hosted the 100m, […]

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Casey Wasserman and Karen Bass discuss plans for the Los Angeles Olympic Summer Games in 2928. Photo by Jason Gewirtz

LA28 Plans for ‘No Car’ Games and More

PARIS — The success of the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris has put Los Angeles in the spotlight as the LA28 organizing committee switches fully into operations mode. At a press conference to close the Paris Games, LA28 Chairman Casey Wasserman and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass outlined some of their own ambitious plans […]

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Allyson Felix is one of the most decorated Olympians of all time, with seven gold medals and 11 total medals. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Allyson Felix Elected to International Olympic Committee Athletes’ Commission

Five-time U.S. Olympian Allyson Felix, who made Olympic history by winning 11 medals, has been elected to the IOC Athletes’ Commission. Felix will serve an eight-year term and be confirmed as member of the International Olympic Committee at the Closing Ceremony of the 2024 Games in Paris on August 11. Felix stepped away from athletics […]

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Dick’s Sporting Goods Announces Partnership with Team USA and LA28

Dick’s Sporting Goods will be an official sporting goods retail provider for LA28 and Team USA in an agreement announced on Tuesday ahead of the Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games in Paris. Dick’s will serve as an official supporter of Team USA for the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris along with the 2026 Winter […]

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LA28 Announces New Venues for Events in Carson, Long Beach

Carson and Long Beach will reprise roles hosting events in a variety of sports as LA28 announced more venues for the 2028 Olympic Summer Games on Friday. Carson will host track cycling at the velodrome, field hockey in the adjacent fields, rugby sevens in the stadium and tennis at Dignity Health Sports Park, although the […]

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Para Climbing Approved for 2028 Paralympic Program

The International Paralympic Committee has approved a proposal from LA28 to include Para climbing into the 2028 Paralympic Sport Program, expanding the Games program to 23 sports as Para climbing will make its Paralympic debut in Southern California. The International Federation for Sport Climbing has been hosting Para climbing competitions since 2006. Athletes from 27 […]

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LA28 Venues
Among the venues LA28 will utilize is swimming at SoFi Stadium, which garnered major social media buzz upon its announcement. Renderings via LA28

LA28 Swimming Set for SoFi Stadium; Softball Heading to Oklahoma City

The 2028 Olympic Summer Games will have multiple sports organized in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, while the long-whispered reports of swimming heading to SoFi Stadium were confirmed by LA28 organizers on Friday morning, meaning that athletics will be held immediately after the Opening Ceremony with swimming in the second half of the Games, bucking long-time tradition. […]

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LA28 Announces Cisco as Official Network Equipment Partner

Cisco has announced a partnership for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games in Los Angeles and Team USA to serve as its official network equipment partner. Cisco has served as an official partner of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London (2012), Rio de Janeiro (2016), Tokyo (2020) and Paris (2024). Cisco’s networking solutions […]

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Reynold Hoover Named Chief Executive Officer of LA28

A retired three-star lieutenant general in the United States Army who also had various roles in the federal government, Reynold Hoover was named as Chief Executive Officer for the LA28 organizing committee on Wednesday. Hoover succeeds Kathy Carter, who stepped down as chief executive officer in December 2023. Carter oversaw LA28’s founding partnerships and led a […]

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