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05/27 05:17 CDT IOC president Kirsty Coventry says sports cut from 2032
Brisbane Games could return in future
IOC president Kirsty Coventry says sports cut from 2032 Brisbane Games could
return in future
By GRAHAM DUNBAR
AP Sports Writer
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) --- Sports and medal events cut from the 2032
Brisbane Olympics program will have a path to return at future Summer Games,
IOC president Kirsty Coventry told sports leaders on Wednesday.
Coventry's reassurance to the annual meeting of Summer Games sports bodies came
after she warned in February of "uncomfortable" talks ahead to make future
Olympic hosting more efficient.
The International Olympic Committee aims to finalize within months the list of
sports on the Brisbane program that Coventry previously told their leaders will
be fewer than the 36 being played at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
"There is a path (back), it's not just an end," the IOC president told The
Associated Press on Wednesday on the sidelines of the assembly of the summer
sports group known as ASOIF.
Brisbane also could have fewer than the 353 medal events being competed for at
Los Angeles.
"I know that not everyone will be happy," Coventry acknowledged to ASOIF
members Wednesday, adding "the goal is not to destroy any sport."
Coventry also met Tuesday with ASOIF members and assured them "we don't have
specific numbers" as targets for the sports and events program for Brisbane.
The most important metric shapes to be the number of venues needed as the IOC
looks to manage costs for hosts.
"The cost and complexity comes when you start adding additional venues for
single purpose events," Coventry told the AP. "That's where we need to look and
say: ?How could we change that?'"
A major step toward streamlining the program for Brisbane and beyond is a June
24 meeting of the full IOC membership in Lausanne that should agree a process
for evaluating sports and events.
A list of sports at Brisbane could be confirmed in September, with a longer
timeline to confirm the detailed program of medal events.
Sports at risk? Modern pentathlon has long been seen as vulnerable to losing its historic Olympic status, while sports added to the LA program --- including flag football, lacrosse and squash --- will be competing for their place in Brisbane before having their showcase in 2028. The 2036 Olympics hosting contest was paused by Coventry last year in the first big decision of her new presidency. Qatar is widely seen as a strong contender for a project likely to be spread in the Middle East region, which has been targeted during the conflict between the United States and Israel against Iran. ___ More AP Olympics: https://apnews.com/hub/milan-cortina-2026-winter-olympics
Sports at risk? Modern pentathlon has long been seen as vulnerable to losing its historic Olympic status, while sports added to the LA program --- including flag football, lacrosse and squash --- will be competing for their place in Brisbane before having their showcase in 2028. The 2036 Olympics hosting contest was paused by Coventry last year in the first big decision of her new presidency. Qatar is widely seen as a strong contender for a project likely to be spread in the Middle East region, which has been targeted during the conflict between the United States and Israel against Iran. ___ More AP Olympics: https://apnews.com/hub/milan-cortina-2026-winter-olympics
