The proposal for the inclusion of five new sports for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games has been confirmed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Baseball, squash, lacrosse, cricket and billet They will be the news, in the absence of boxing, whose situation will be known later.
Lacrosse and cricket, Olympics more than a century ago
He lacrosse, perhaps similar to hockey, was an Olympic sport at the beginning of the last century, in 1904 and 1908. Both ended in a Canadian victory. It is a team sport, considered the oldest in North America, whose intention is to score a goal by carrying a rubber ball with a stick, called a ‘stick’, with a net at the end. Ten players from each team seek to score in opposing goals with the ‘stick’, where they will also try to steal, control and throw the rubber ball. However, the proposed Olympic format is the degraded one, that of ‘six‘, with six players per team instead of ten.
Although this is not common in Spain, The Spanish Lacrosse Association manages and organizes everything related to its training in the countryin addition to having several clubs trying to push their expansion. Madrid Lacrosse Club He was one of the first to promote this sport.
On the other hand, Cricket was Olympic in a single edition in a single men’s competition, in Paris 1900. Great Britain and France were the only teams to participate, with victory for the former, whose selection consisted of the Devon & Somerset Wanderers team. The sport is similar to baseball but with different rules.
Cricket has some popularity in the United Kingdom. In Spain, however, it is considered a minority sport despite being the second most watched sport in the world. This contrasts with the level shown by the Spanish Cricket Team, which recently qualified for the final stage of the 2023 European Championship.
The sport is played by two teams of eleven players, with a batter and pitcher in the middle of an elliptical playing field, similar to a soccer field. With a mix of hitters and runners, The goal is to score runs while the defensive players focus on getting the batter out. Considered the king of sport in England, a match can last between three and five days, lasting six hours a day, consisting of three sessions of two hours each.
The ‘tocho’, a type of American football without a tackle
he’billet‘ will also participate in the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, a version of American football without tackles. With the goal of getting the ball into the end zone, this non-contact modality is considered more dynamic and cheaper. To prevent the advance of rivals, The defenders had to remove a ribbon or scarf that the attackers would tie around their hips. Blocking or any physical contact above the waist is not allowed.
The ‘billet’ originated because American football is considered a very aggressive and violent sport, causing great damage. Its practice has spread to countries such as South Korea, Denmark, Brazil, Germany and Canada.
Also known as flag football, ‘tocho’ has different scores like the well-known ‘Touchdown‘, which is worth 6 points. A match can last about an hour, with plays lasting about 15 seconds.
Source: La Verdad
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