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The program of the Summer Olympics consists of mandatory "core" sports that persist between Games, and up to six optional sports proposed by the organizing committee in order to improve local interest, provided that the total number of participants does not exceed 10,500 athletes. 

The number of "core" sports proposed was originally twenty-eight, but was raised to thirty with the reintroduction of weightlifting and modern pentathlon. The Los Angeles 2028 organizing committee added five optional sports; baseball/softball, cricket, flag football, lacrosse and squash.

The inclusion of one "core" sport, boxing, was put on hold by the IOC, but it may be readmitted at a future date.

Of the 16 new disciplines proposed by existing Olympic sports, beach sprint rowing was the only one to be accepted by the IOC. It will replace the lightweight double sculls category and consist of individual events for men and women, as well as a mixed double sculls even

GL:

...knip..JUBAIL: The Saudi Coastal Rowing Championships concluded on Friday in Jubail with Saudi Arabia’s Sultan Al-Shali emerging victorious in the men’s singles category.

Prince Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, the governor of the Eastern Province, attended the event, which was organized by the Saudi Rowing Federation and took place over two days at Darin Beach and saw 47 competitors take part from several Gulf countries......

een kans voor KSA!

dus waren voor SOTC de directeur sport strategie (James) en de performance manager (Michael) aanwezig