As the 2024 Paris Games come to an end, all eyes are on LA who are hosting the Games in 2028! And the sports that have made the cut, didn’t make the cut, and the ones that have been ADDED to the list, have now all been revealed!
Suspiciously American leaning, we’re not shocked by the edition of a few of these. It’s a pretty clever way to secure a few extra medals at the very least!
The new (very American) editions are:
- Baseball/Softball
- Lacrosse Sixes
- Cricket (T20)
- Flag Football (NFL)
- Squash
And for the full list:
- Aquatics
- Archery
- Athletics
- Badminton
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Canoe
- Cricket
- Cycling
- Equestrian
- Fencing
- Flag football
- Football (AKA Soccer)
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Handball
- Hockey
- Judo
- Lacrosse
- Modern Pentathlon
- Skateboarding
- Softball
- Sport Climbing
- Squash
- Surfing
- Table Tennis
- Taekwondo
- Tennis
- Rowing
- Rugby
- Sailing
- Shooting
- Triathlon
- Volleyball
- Weightlifting
- Wrestling
It might come as a surprise (to absolutely no one) that breakdancing was cut before it even had the chance to redeem itself! This year was the first year breakdancing featured in the Games… And the last (possibly). Boxing has also been cut! What did boxing ever do wrong?!?
Next Aussie Olympics will hopefully include a Hills Hoist race (quickest to wind it all the way up and back down wins), a “hot coal” walk across hot seat belt buckles, and a piping hot meat pie eating comp. What else should we include?!
