Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Sports Programme Road to LA 2028

[Jan Linha 632]

2 hours ago, JoshMartini007 said:

Next they'll add a Battle Royale event for the combat sports.

Or maybe Chess or poker 🤣🤣

[NearPup 4,189]

4 hours ago, Jan Linha said:

Or maybe Chess or poker 🤣🤣

Chess at the Olympics would be awesome and I will not accept anyone saying otherwise :<

[heywoodu 16,478]

8 hours ago, Josh said:

Queen & King of the Court is expected to become a demonstration sport at LA 2028, with the potential of getting added to the Brisbane 2032 programme. Even as a beach volleyball fan, I don’t love the idea of it being at the Olympics. 
 

https://www.abendblatt.de/sport/article242479368/beachvolleyball-queen-king-of-the-court-olympisch-hamburg-active-city-arena.html

 

Entire article is in German, so you might need to use Google Translate it 

I love how they come up with a name for some event which says literally zero about what kind of event it is. If you hadn't specifically said you're a beach volleyball fan, I would not even have guessed the sport correctly  

[Josh 13,648]

9 minutes ago, NearPup said:

Chess at the Olympics would be awesome and I will not accept anyone saying otherwise :<

Maybe if they created an Olympics specifically for sports like these. (won’t be watching a single second of it however )

 

Otherwise, yeah nope… Ugh. 

 

Personally speaking (and I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks this), I believe that any sports that get added to the Olympic programme need to have an aspect of physical ability. Chess (which is a mind sport) doesn’t fit in that category. 

[heywoodu 16,478]

19 minutes ago, NearPup said:

Chess at the Olympics would be awesome and I will not accept anyone saying otherwise :<

Chess being added and taking away even a single spot from any physical sport would make me so much madder than even breaking being added  

[NearPup 4,189]

1 minute ago, Josh said:

Maybe if they created an Olympics specifically for sports like these. (won’t be watching a single second of it however )

 

Otherwise, yeah nope… Ugh. 

 

Personally speaking (and I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks this), I believe that any sports that get added to the Olympic programme need to have an aspect of physical ability. Chess (which is a mind sport) doesn’t fit in that category. 

I have long, long wanted a mind sport Olympics.

[mpjmcevoy 380]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

Chess being added and taking away even a single spot from any physical sport would make me so much madder than even breaking being added  

Dunno, if they dropped breaking to let in chess, i'd live with it...

[Jur 700]

13 hours ago, Josh said:

Queen & King of the Court is expected to become a demonstration sport at LA 2028, with the potential of getting added to the Brisbane 2032 programme. Even as a beach volleyball fan, I don’t love the idea of it being at the Olympics. 
 

https://www.abendblatt.de/sport/article242479368/beachvolleyball-queen-king-of-the-court-olympisch-hamburg-active-city-arena.html

 

Entire article is in German, so you might need to use Google Translate it 

I don't think this is any different to the "Beach Handball" tournament the Handball Federation is hosting on their own dureing the Paris 2024 Olympics.

They sell theirs as a showcase to get the sport to the olympics games, but it has no "official recognition".

 

I think this would be the same. A publicity stunt.

[Olympian1010 8,324]

11 hours ago, Josh said:

Personally speaking (and I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks this), I believe that any sports that get added to the Olympic programme need to have an aspect of physical ability. Chess (which is a mind sport) doesn’t fit in that category. 

Personally, I find the idea of a chess tournament at the Olympics compelling. I think there's a lot that could be done to make it a great addition to the program. However, I think I've posted about it on the forum before.

Edited June 6, 2024 by Olympian1010

[heywoodu 16,478]

12 hours ago, mpjmcevoy said:

Dunno, if they dropped breaking to let in chess, i'd live with it...

I would not, and that says quite something about my opinion on chess being Olympic