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Para Taekwondo Committee chair believes 2022 will be important year for the sport

  • Para-Taekwondo News

World Taekwondo's Para Taekwondo Committee chair Chakir Chelbat has called 2022 a "very big year" for the sport, as it looks to ramp up its competition and activity following its Paralympic debut at Tokyo 2020.

to have the K41 category - bilateral dysmelia with an upper limb defect - and poomsae as part of the Los

Angeles 2028 Paralympics.Taekwondo is part of the Paris 2024 Paralympics and will expect to be on the

Los Angeles 2028 Paralympic programme, which is yet to be released.


World Rowing President Rolland to face no challengers in re-election bid

  • Rowing

Jean-Christophe Rolland is set to be re-elected President of World Rowing unopposed after being confirmed as the only candidate for the role.

Commission at a time when World Rowing hopes to shortly see coastal rowing added to the programme for the Los

Angeles 2028 Olympics, is one of the three.Dutch Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commission

Smith is also an IOC member, leads the Canadian Olympic Committee and won an Olympic silver medal at Los

Angeles 1984.Shanghai was supposed to be hosting the World Rowing Championships this month, but the




ECB chair Watmore departs with immediate effect

  • Non-Olympic Sports

England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chair Ian Watmore is stepping down with immediate effect, just 13 months into a five-year term.

stay on as chair of its Olympic Working Group, as the sport seeks to be added to the programme for Los

Angeles 2028, although Watmore has indicated that he wishes to "retire completely from work and enjoy


IOC Athletes' Commission member Gasol announces retirement from basketball

  • Basketball

Spanish basketball legend Pau Gasol has retired from the sport at the age of 41, ending a career where he won three Olympic medals and two National Basketball Association (NBA) titles.

Japan with 1,888.He will serve on the Commission for seven years until the Closing Ceremony of the Los

Angeles 2028 Olympics.Since February, he had played with Spanish club Barcelona, with the last couple

successful years as a club player came in 2009 and 2010 when he won back-to-back NBA Championships with the Los

Angeles Lakers."


Salt Lake City decision on 2030 or 2034 Winter Olympics could be made after Beijing 2022

  • 2030 Olympics

President and chief executive of the Salt Lake City-Utah Bid Committee Fraser Bullock has said a decision on whether they commit to the 2030 or 2034 Winter Olympics still has no set deadline as the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) focuses on the upcoming Beijing 2022 Winter Games.

following a recent Governing Board meeting, Bullock again mentioned that the small window between the Los

Angeles 2028 and a potential Salt Lake City 2030 Games could be difficult and that the feasibility study

 "It has to be balanced with LA in 2028, we have to be very respectful and how do we manage back-to-back


Fraccari insists baseball and softball can be "permanent fixture on the Olympic programme"

  • Baseball and Softball

The "very successful" return of two of its disciplines to this summer's Olympic Games in Tokyo was one of the topics discussed at the latest World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Executive Board meeting, staged after the conclusion of its Under-23 Baseball World Cup in Mexico.

told the virtual meeting he is hoping for it to feature at future editions of the Games, starting at Los

Angeles 2028."

Tokyo 2020 showed that baseball and softball have all the requirements, not only to be in Los Angeles

2028 but to be a permanent fixture on the Olympic programme."

Angeles 2028 and beyond ©Getty Images"In spite of the pandemic, you mustered all your powers to make


ISA President determined to push for place at the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympics

  • Surfing

Fernando Aguerre insists he is "more motivated than ever" to push for the sport to be included at the Los

Angeles 2028 Paralympic Games.

Para surfing to be added to the Paris 2024 programme, but Aguerre is determined to secure a place at Los

Angeles 2028 as he prepares to put forward a proposal to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC

dialogue with the IPC and attentively wait to learn about the process for selecting new sports for the LA 2028

With LA 2028 and Brisbane 2032 on the horizon - both renowned surfing destinations - the runway could


Rolland confident coastal rowing will replace lightweight events at Los Angeles 2028 Olympics

  • Rowing

Rowing, is increasingly confident that open-water coastal rowing will make its Olympic debut at the Los

Angeles 2028 Games in place of lightweight races.

find €350 million (£302 million/$410 million) in budget savings.The provisional sport programme for Los

Angeles 2028 is due to be finalised at the IOC Session in Beijing in February next year ©Getty ImagesWorld

the Coastal Rowing events could represent a very strong fit with the vision and venue landscape of Los

considering the inclusion of Coastal Rowing in the event programme for Los Angeles 2028."

Angeles 2028 organisers about moving the rowing competition from the proposed Lake Perris State Recreation


Huntington Beach passes resolution to seek to host surfing, skateboarding and BMX events at Los Angeles 2028

  • Los Angeles 2028

Beach City Council has passed a resolution to host the surfing, skateboarding and BMX events at the Los

Angeles 2028 Olympic Games, despite the event's sporting programme not being released.

thirty years from now," said Huntington Beach Mayor Kim Carr, as reported by Orange County Tribune.Los Angeles

2028 stated that no new permanent infrastructures should be needed to host the event as organisers are


Salt Lake City’s interest in Winter Olympics made "very clear" to IOC

  • 2030 Olympics

United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) chief executive Sarah Hirshland insists Salt Lake City’s interest in staging the Winter Olympics has been made "very clear" to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) despite remaining undecided over bidding for either the 2030 or 2034 Games.

USOPC officials have previously admitted a 2030 bid is made more difficult by the fact Los Angeles is

staging the Summer Olympics in 2028.Fraser Bullock, head of the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the


Canadian NOC and NPC sign kit deal with lululemon through to Los Angeles 2028

  • PASO

Paralympic Committee (CPC) have signed a kit deal with athletic apparel brand lululemon through to after Los

Angeles 2028.

lululemon clothing at the Olympic and Paralympic Games from Beijing 2022, set to open on February 4, to Los

Angeles 2028 under the terms of the deal.The company, founded in Canada in 1998, will provide every

We are proud to welcome @lululemon as Official Outfitter of #TeamCanada through 2028.


Espinós praises karate's Olympic debut again at WKF videoconference

  • Karate

World Karate Federation (WKF) President Antonio Espinós again talked up the "success" of the sport's Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 as the organisation's Executive Committee met via videoconference.

the programme will be a tough ask with the Paris 2024 schedule set and the next two Summer Olympics - Los

Angeles 2028 and Brisbane 2032 - taking place in countries with little karate pedigree.Karate made its


Los Angeles 2028 Ceremonies stadium proposed as World Cup host

  • Los Angeles 2028

The stadium that is set to host the Opening and Closing Ceremonies at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and

 Cities are currently preparing their bids to host matches, with the Los Angeles World Cup Host

Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers and the host of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies at Los Angeles

2028.FIFA is set to visit stadiums and cities across the US, Mexico and Canada in the coming months,

Angeles Committee released a video featuring legendary Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully, actor

Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission, which includes the Los Angeles Rams, SoFi Stadium and