LA28 Olympic returns and debuts
Marking another change from Paris 2024, baseball and softball will make their return to the Olympic programme, after last appearing in Tokyo 2020, with gold medal games on Day 5 and Day 15, respectively.
The baseball tournament will begin on Day -1, prior to the Opening Ceremony, with a new competition window designed to facilitate MLB players to participate in the Olympic tournament.
Cricket is set to rejoin the Olympic lineup for the first time in over a century with the final match of the women’s tournament on Day 6 and the men’s tournament on Day 15.
Lacrosse, which last appeared at the London 1908 Olympics and later as a demonstration sport in Amsterdam 1928, Los Angeles 1932, and London 1948, will return to the Games with both the women’s and men’s team champions awarded on Day 15.
In addition to these returning sports, the LA28 Olympic Games will introduce flag football and squash on Day 1 for their Olympic debut.
The first men’s and women’s flag football team Olympic champions will be named on Days 7 and 8, respectively, while the women’s and men’s squash champions will be named on Days 9 and 10, respectively.
Six exciting new mixed-gender team events will also make their Olympic debut in 2028, bringing a fresh dynamic to several competitions.
Champions will be named in the Compound Bow event in archery on Day 7, 4x100m mixed relay in athletics on Day 3, mixed team event in artistic gymnastics on Day 11, mixed double sculls in rowing coastal beach sprints on Day 11, mixed team event in golf on Day 10 and mixed team event in table tennis on Day 15.
