The IOC, the federations and the ‘threat’ of new sports at LA’2028

He International Olympic Committee approved last month in its Session in Mombai (India) the cricket, baseball/softball, flag football, lacrosse and squash for JJ. YES. Los Angeles 2028 and kept the boxing, modern pentathlon and weightliftingthree sports that are on the tightrope in the Olympic program.

The organization that brings together the current sport of Summer Gamesor, known by the acronym ASOIF, He assured on Monday that the decision to increase the program to 36 sports (a record) had “raised some questions” among its members, who together shared $540 million of the money allocated by the IOC to each of the last two Olympics.

Most Olympic sports earned between $13 and $17.3 million from Tokyo 2021 Games, delayed by the pandemic. Adding four team sports in 2028 would also breach the IOC’s preferred limit of 10,500 athletes at a Summer Games and will likely put pressure on major Olympic sports to reduce their athlete or even medal quotas.

The IOC has set a target of early 2025 to confirm the final quotas. ASOIF’s governing council agreed on Monday to “bring these urgent issues to IOC management” after meeting in Lausanne (Switzerland). Join the council the presidents of World Athletics, International Gymnastics Federation and World Aquaticstop-level Olympic sports.

Athletics earned $38.5 million after the Tokyo Games, while gymnastics and swimming earned about $31.4 million of the IOC’s total revenue from TV rights and sponsorships, totaling $31.4 million. 7.6 billion dollars between 2017 and 21.

The inclusion of cricket is expected to boost the IOC’s broadcast deal with India by at least $100 million. The main issues for Olympic sports as the Games continue to expand are “revenue sharing, athlete quotas, Olympic qualification systems and optimization of the Olympics,” he said. the president of ASOIF, Francesco Ricci Bitti.

Optimization is the Olympic buzzword for reducing costs and services to help organizers control spending. “The IOC did not immediately respond to a request for comment on ASOIF’s request. The Olympic body plans to confirm the revenue sharing funds of Paris 2024 Olympic Games after the event.

In Russia planning to organize some World Friendship Gamesd weeks after the closing ceremony in Paris, ASOIF warned its members on Monday about their participation in a potential rival at the Olympic Games.

Moscow and Yekaterinburg will host the Games in September. The Russian multi-sport event “does not favor dialogue in the world of sport in these difficult times,” ASOIF highlighted. The Russian Olympic Committee remains suspended by the IOC, but some sports can still invite people to compete as neutral athletes in international events if they do not publicly support the war in Ukraine and have no ties to military or state security agencies.