LA28 unveils 2028 Olympic schedule with historic event shuffle

Mayor of Los Angeles Karen Bass waves the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony in Paris last year Photo by Phil Noble Reuters A first look at the schedule for the Olympics was issued Monday by the LA organizing committee including a precedent-breaking switch of swimming and track and field Track and field will be held during the first week of competition and swimming the second according to the announcement made exactly three years before the opening ceremony Big news We're celebrating being exactly three years out from the Olympic Games by sharing the OFFICIAL OLYMPIC COMPETITION SCHEDULE From where the first medal will be awarded to action-packed days that already have us cheering this schedule is the first step in pic twitter com rgSjFwlgQ LA LA July The first two days of the track and field competition at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum July - will feature the men s and women s meters The first medal event of the Games will be in triathlon to be held along the Venice coastline also July The largest part medals will be awarded on July when there will be gold and bronze medal events in band sports and finals in individual sports Competition will conclude July with swimming at SoFi Stadium and a marathon The opening ceremony will be held July shared between the Coliseum and SoFi Stadium beginning at p m The closing ceremony will be held at the Coliseum July beginning at p m It was communicated earlier this year that the games will feature surfing at Trestles the renowned collection of surfing spots between northern San Diego County and southern San Clemente in Orange County A more detailed schedule with medal events and gender order will be circulated later this year The schedule of the ticketed events was arranged to accommodate both U S and international television broadcasts and made in coordination with Olympic Broadcasting Services the International Olympic Committee Executive Board and international federations of the sports that will be in the games according to LA LA officers are set to celebrate with the L A Department of Recreation and Parks Monday for reaching one million enrollments in the PlayLA initiative LA and the IOC provided million to the activity which provides affordable and accessible sports initiatives to children ages - The initiative also promotes adaptive sports such as sitting volleyball adaptive swimming para equestrian among others for children with physical disabilities City News Utility contributed to this article