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  •   Home > News > Sports > Swimming

    Los Angeles Olympics organisers reveal schedule, swapping athletics for swimming in first week

    With three years to go until the opening of the Los Angeles Olympics, organisers reveal the schedule that shows the tradition of swimming in week one and athletics in week two will be turned on its head.


    Organisers of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics have released the first look at the Olympic competition schedule, highlighting a historic reshuffling of key events and the most ambitious sports line-up in Games history. 

    The announcement on Monday local time came as the city marked three years to go until the Opening Ceremony and celebrated a major legacy milestone: more than 1 million enrolments in the PlayLA youth sports program.

    For the first time in three decades, the Summer Olympics will return to the United States, with Los Angeles hosting for the third time after 1932 and 1984. The 2028 Games are set to feature 844 ticketed events designed to maximise both domestic and international viewership.

    Organisers revealed that the Opening Ceremony would take place on July 14, 2028 (July 15, 1pm AEST), split between the LA Memorial Coliseum and SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. The Closing Ceremony is scheduled for July 30 at the Coliseum.

    In a notable departure from tradition, the LA28 schedule swaps the usual order of athletics and swimming competitions. Track and field events will open the Games in the first week, with swimming moving to the second week, culminating in its finale on the penultimate day at the LA Olympic Stadium in Inglewood.

    Swimming is traditionally Australia's strongest sport at the Olympics, which tends to give the team a solid start on the medal table.

    The first Olympic champion of LA28 will be crowned at Venice Beach in the triathlon event, while the men's marathon will close out athletics on the final weekend. 

    Day 15 of the Games is expected to be the busiest for medal events, with 16 team sport finals and 19 individual sport finals taking place.

    "The Olympic competition schedule has been meticulously developed to ensure the world's best athletes can compete in LA," LA28 CEO Reynold Hoover said in a statement.

    "We are energised by today's milestones and remain focused on the work ahead as the Road to 2028 continues."

    Organisers said the schedule would continue to be refined, with a more detailed breakdown to be released this year.

    "When the world comes here for these Games, we will highlight every neighbourhood as we host a Games for all and work to ensure it leaves a monumental legacy," LA Mayor Karen Bass said.

    Meanwhile, Hoover joined city officials on Monday at an event at the Coliseum to celebrate PlayLA surpassing 1 million program enrolments.

    The initiative, backed by up to $US160 million ($244.6 million) in investment from LA28, the city's Recreation and Parks Department, and the IOC, provides affordable and inclusive sports programming for children aged 3-17 across more than 40 Olympic and adaptive sports.

    Reuters/ABC


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