Roamingrover86

Yes I will certainly be extending the deadline into next week. The Grand Final won’t be happening this side of New Year so there is room to extend the voting deadline. Expect an update on Friday but for sure if you need more time to listen then you have my blessing that the deadline will be extended  

Youtube playlist
 

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C4eM8gAOTw&list=PLN60GSVGaQ_yTcaGX12c6fo7xAevRD7-7
 

Pots for the draw
 

Is there a playlist in which we can listen all songs like in the last editions? 

I am pleased to announce that the host nation has submitted their votes. This means voting is now OPEN to all jury members
 
For any new jury members, just sending a reminder on how this process works. Once you have listened to all songs and are happy that you know which 12 songs you want to vote for, send those votes by PRIVATE MESSAGE to the organiser, @OlympicIRL.
 
All votes are kept secret until the Grand Final, so please don't indicate in chat who you voted for to keep the surprise element intact on the Grand Final. On many occasions the final vote has crowned the winner so that's why it's important to keep the suspense alive . Additionally, as well as voting for your 12 favourite entries and awarding points from 1 to 12, please submit a 1st, 2nd and 3rd reserve in case some nations withdraw. Please indicate the priority of your reserves also.
 
I have included a voting template below which you can utilize to send your votes, if you so wish
 
 
Jury members you have until 21:00 GMT on Friday, December 5th to submit your votes by private message, so plenty of time to get listening to those entries .
 
@Erigert@konig@hoversaBR@Federer91@Topicmaster1010@Vic Liu@Agger@Wumo@Benolympique@Bohemia@catgamer@Dragon@maestro@Yannakis@Fer GUA@Fly_like_a_don@Roamingrover86@Griff88@Dnl@Gianlu33@Henry_Leon@Pablita@SteveParker@Ruslan@Bearas@Glen@mrv86@heywoodu@rybak@kungshamra71@IoNuTzZ@NikolaB@Bailer@hckošice@justony@Cobi@Belle@amen09@Memo@Illya@dezbee2008@Olympian1010
 
 
 
Rank Nation Points 1st Nation 12 2nd Nation 11 3rd Nation 10 4th Nation 9 5th Nation 8 6th Nation 7 7th Nation 6 8th Nation 5 9th Nation 4 10th Nation 3 11th Nation 2 12th Nation 1 13th Nation 1st Reserve 14th Nation 2nd Reserve 15th Nation 3rd Reserve  

Colombia defeats Argentina 5–4 on penalties after a goalless draw. 
 
Colombia is the first team to qualify for LA 2028

So we made it to 34 nations!  
I will update the table on the first page in the morning with all the entries and as the host, I will be submitting my votes some time before Monday.
 
I will make an announcement here when we will open up the voting to all juries.

Thank you @Roamingrover86 for your gracious decision and yes I think it’s fair for you to have priority next time.
 
Here is the official entry for India for TISC Annual 2025:
 
 INDIA  


 

I am withdrawing my nomination. You can select @Fly_like_a_don selection for this contest.  I don’t think we have enuff time left to find an alternate selection. 
We have different fundamental reasons for our selections.
 
I hope to get priority with my selection for the next edition. Thanks! 

@Roamingrover86 has submitted an entry for India by private message which I will reserve as the Indian entry for now until I hear otherwise before the deadline. Once the deadline passes and if we have not heard from @Fly_like_a_don then I will go ahead and post the entry that has been reserved.
 
It means all registered nations have now submitted a song . Still 24 hours left if any other nation wants to surprise us with a last minute appearance  
 
 

Yes of course! @Fly_like_a_don also expressed interest so you may have to work together to decide on what song you want to represent India. Send him a private message so you can work on ideas together.
 
However, in case he doesn’t show up before the deadline on Saturday, please send me your own preferred song for India by private message and if @Fly_like_a_don does not respond to you before the deadline, then I will submit that as the Indian song  

Can i enter for   ?
sorry, I missed the post as I am away from home at work.
I was so eagerly waiting for the next edition of TISC & I missed the date! 

Full schedule:
 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/100yGpndypOTBi9m1lmB6w1CeHfaBW8uk/view

Here's a minor update of the quota projections before short track qualifying begins next week. Some new nations have joined the list and there's been some changes in the alpine skiing, figure skating and ski jumping quotas along with some athletes changing nationalities. Also fixed some mistakes.
 
Africa (7 nations)
 
 Benin: 1 (NEW)
(Alpine Skiing - 1)
 Eritrea: 1 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 1)
 Guinea-Bissau: 1 (NEW)
(Alpine Skiing - 1)
 Kenya: 1 (-1)
(Alpine Skiing - 2)
 Madagascar: 2 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 2)
 Morocco: 1 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 1)
 Nigeria: 1 (0)
(Cross-Country Skiing - 1)
 South Africa: 3 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 1, Cross-Country Skiing - 1, Freestyle Skiing - 1)
 
Americas (12 nations)
 
 Argentina: 8 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 3, Cross-Country Skiing - 4, Luge - 1)
 Bolivia: 1 (0)
(Cross-Country Skiing - 1)
 Brazil: 16 (+1)
(Alpine Skiing - 4, Biathlon - 1, Bobsleigh - 4, Cross-Country Skiing - 3, Short Track - 1, Skeleton - 1, Snowboarding - 2)
 Canada: 204 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 11, Biathlon - 8, Bobsleigh - 14, Cross-Country Skiing - 12, Curling - 11, Figure Skating - 12, Freestyle Skiing - 32, Ice Hockey - 48, Luge - 6, Short Track - 10, Skeleton - 2, Ski Jumping - 4, Ski Mountaineering - 2, Snowboarding - 19, Speed Skating - 13)
 Chile: 4 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 1, Freestyle Skiing - 1)
 Colombia: 2 (0)
(Cross-Country Skiing - 1, Skeleton - 1)
 Haiti: 2 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 1, Cross-Country Skiing - 1)
 Jamaica: 1 (-1)
(Bobsleigh - 1)
 Mexico: 5 (+1)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 2, Figure Skating - 1)
 Puerto Rico: 1 (0)
(Skeleton - 1)
 Trinidad and Tobago: 2 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 2)
 United States: 218 (-5)
(Alpine Skiing - 17, Biathlon - 8, Bobsleigh - 14, Cross-Country Skiing - 16, Curling - 6, Figure Skating - 16, Freestyle Skiing - 32, Ice Hockey - 48, Luge - 11, Nordic Combined - 2, Short Track - 4, Skeleton - 4, Ski Jumping - 6, Snowboarding - 23, Speed Skating - 11)
 
 Uruguay: 1 (NEW)
(Alpine Skiing - 1)
 
Asia (18 nations)
 
 China: 117 (+2)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 3, Bobsleigh - 8, Cross-Country Skiing - 5, Curling - 10, Figure Skating - 6, Freestyle Skiing - 24, Luge - 6, Nordic Combined - 2, Short Track - 10, Skeleton - 5, Ski Jumping - 4, Ski Mountaineering - 2, Snowboarding - 16, Speed Skating - 14)
 Hong Kong: 2 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 1, Short Track - 1)
 India: 2 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 1, Cross-Country Skiing - 1)
 Iran: 4 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 1, Cross-Country Skiing - 2)
 Japan: 125 (+1)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 7, Curling - 7, Figure Skating - 12, Freestyle Skiing - 20, Ice Hockey - 23, Luge - 1, Nordic Combined - 3, Short Track - 9, Ski Jumping - 8, Snowboarding - 20, Speed Skating - 13)
 Kazakhstan: 42 (-1)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 3, Cross-Country Skiing - 8, Figure Skating - 2, Freestyle Skiing - 12, Nordic Combined - 1, Short Track - 8, Ski Jumping - 2, Speed Skating - 4)
 Kyrgyzstan: 2 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 1, Cross-Country Skiing - 1)
 Lebanon: 1 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 1)
 Malaysia: 1 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 1)
 Mongolia: 2 (0)
(Cross-Country Skiing - 2)
 Philippines: 2 (-1)
(Alpine Skiing - 1)
 Saudi Arabia: 2 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 1, Cross-Country Skiing - 1)
 Singapore: 1 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 1)
 South Korea: 62 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 2, Bobsleigh - 4, Cross-Country Skiing - 3, Curling - 5, Figure Skating - 6, Freestyle Skiing - 6, Luge - 1, Short Track - 10, Skeleton - 1, Snowboarding - 11, Speed Skating - 11)
 Taiwan: 6 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 1, Cross-Country Skiing - 2, Figure Skating, Skeleton - 1, Speed Skating - 1)
 Thailand: 4 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 1, Bobsleigh - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 1)
 United Arab Emirates: 2 (+1)
(Alpine Skiing - 2)
 Uzbekistan: 3 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 1, Figure Skating - 2)
 
Europe (47 nations)
 
 Albania: 4 (+1)
(Alpine Skiing - 4)
 Andorra: 7 (+1)
(Alpine Skiing - 4, Cross-Country Skiing - 3)
 Armenia: 5 (+2)
(Alpine Skiing - 1, Figure Skating - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 2)
 Austria: 113 (+4)
(Alpine Skiing - 22, Biathlon - 9, Bobsleigh - 12, Cross-Country Skiing - 8, Figure Skating - 1, Freestyle Skiing - 13, Luge - 11, Nordic Combined - 3, Short Track - 1, Skeleton - 4, Ski Jumping - 8, Ski Mountaineering - 2, Snowboarding - 17, Speed Skating - 2)
 Azerbaijan: 1 (0)
(Figure Skating - 1)
 Belgium: 32 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 4, Biathlon - 8, Bobsleigh - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 1, Figure Skating - 2, Short Track - 5, Skeleton - 1, Ski Mountaineering - 1, Snowboarding - 1, Speed Skating - 7)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina: 5 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 3, Cross-Country Skiing - 1, Luge - 1)
 Bulgaria: 19 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 3, Biathlon - 8, Cross-Country Skiing - 3, Figure Skating - 1, Ski Jumping - 1, Snowboarding - 3)
 Croatia: 14 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 6, Biathlon - 3, Cross-Country Skiing - 3, Short Track - 2)
 Cyprus: 2 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 2)
 Czech Republic: 121 (-2)
(Alpine Skiing - 5, Biathlon - 10, Bobsleigh - 10, Cross-Country Skiing - 13, Curling - 5, Figure Skating - 4, Freestyle Skiing - 5, Ice Hockey - 48, Nordic Combined - 2, Short Track - 2, Skeleton - 1, Ski Jumping - 4, Snowboarding - 9, Speed Skating - 4)
 Denmark: 40 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 2, Bobsleigh - 1, Cross-Country Skiing - 1, Curling - 5, Ice Hockey - 25, Skeleton - 2, Speed Skating - 2)
 Estonia: 32 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 3, Biathlon - 8, Cross-Country Skiing - 8, Curling - 2, Figure Skating - 2, Freestyle Skiing - 2, Nordic Combined - 2, Skeleton - 1, Ski Jumping - 2, Snowboarding - 1, Speed Skating - 1)
 Finland: 102 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 5, Biathlon - 10, Cross-Country Skiing - 16, Figure Skating - 5, Freestyle Skiing - 8, Ice Hockey - 48, Luge - 1, Nordic Combined - 2, Ski Jumping - 5, Snowboarding - 2)
 France: 152 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 19, Biathlon - 12, Bobsleigh - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 15, Figure Skating - 9, Freestyle Skiing - 18, Ice Hockey - 48, Nordic Combined - 2, Short Track - 3, Skeleton - 1, Ski Jumping - 6, Ski Mountaineering - 4, Snowboarding - 10, Speed Skating - 3)
 Georgia: 8 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Figure Skating - 6)
 Germany: 190 (+2)
(Alpine Skiing - 12, Biathlon - 11, Bobsleigh - 18, Cross-Country Skiing - 14, Curling - 5, Figure Skating - 6, Freestyle Skiing - 11, Ice Hockey - 48, Luge - 12, Nordic Combined - 3, Short Track - 1, Skeleton - 6, Ski Jumping - 8, Ski Mountaineering - 3, Snowboarding - 19, Speed Skating - 13)
 Great Britain: 56 (+1)
(Alpine Skiing - 3, Biathlon - 1, Bobsleigh - 10, Cross-Country Skiing - 4, Curling - 10, Figure Skating - 8, Freestyle Skiing - 7, Short Track - 3, Skeleton - 5, Snowboarding - 5)
 Greece: 5 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 3)
 Hungary: 16 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 4, Figure Skating - 2, Short Track - 5, Snowboarding - 2, Speed Skating - 1)
 Iceland: 4 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 2)
 Ireland: 8 (+2)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 2, Freestyle Skiing - 2, Luge - 1, Short Track - 1)
 Israel: 4 (-1)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Figure Skating - 1, Skeleton - 1)
 Italy: 191 (-1)
(Alpine Skiing - 22, Biathlon - 10, Bobsleigh - 10, Cross-Country Skiing - 13, Curling - 10, Figure Skating - 9, Freestyle Skiing - 10, Ice Hockey - 48, Luge - 10, Nordic Combined - 2, Short Track - 10, Skeleton - 3, Ski Jumping - 7, Ski Mountaineering - 3, Snowboarding - 15, Speed Skating - 10)
 Kosovo: 2 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 2)
 Latvia: 68 (-2)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 8, Bobsleigh - 9, Cross-Country Skiing - 6, Figure Skating - 2, Ice Hockey - 25, Luge - 11, Short Track - 2, Skeleton - 3)
 Liechtenstein: 4 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 2)
 Lithuania: 17 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 8, Cross-Country Skiing - 4, Figure Skating - 3)
 Luxembourg: 2 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 2)
 Malta: 1 (0)
(Cross-Country Skiing - 1)
 Moldova: 4 (0)
(Biathlon - 4)
 Monaco: 5 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 1, Bobsleigh - 4)
 Montenegro: 2 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 1, Cross-Country Skiing - 1)
 Netherlands: 43 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Bobsleigh - 4, Figure Skating - 2, Freestyle Skiing - 1, Nordic Combined - 1, Short Track - 10, Skeleton - 1, Snowboarding - 4, Speed Skating - 18)
 North Macedonia: 3 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 1)
 Norway: 90 (-1)
(Alpine Skiing - 18, Biathlon - 11, Cross-Country Skiing - 16, Curling - 11, Freestyle Skiing - 5, Nordic Combined - 3, Ski Jumping - 7, Ski Mountaineering - 3, Snowboarding - 4, Speed Skating - 12)
 Poland: 60 (+1)
(Alpine Skiing - 3, Biathlon - 8, Bobsleigh - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 7, Figure Skating - 4, Luge - 6, Nordic Combined - 2, Short Track - 7, Ski Jumping - 6, Ski Mountaineering - 2, Snowboarding - 4, Speed Skating - 9)
 Portugal: 3 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 1)
 Romania: 34 (+2)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 6, Bobsleigh - 8, Cross-Country Skiing - 3, Figure Skating - 1, Luge - 8, Ski Jumping - 4, Snowboarding - 2)
 Serbia: 4 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 2)
 Slovakia: 53 (+3)
(Alpine Skiing - 4, Biathlon - 6, Bobsleigh - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 3, Figure Skating - 1, Ice Hockey - 25, Luge - 6, Ski Jumping - 2, Ski Mountaineering - 3, Snowboarding - 1)
 Slovenia: 41 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 10, Biathlon - 9, Cross-Country Skiing - 8, Nordic Combined - 2, Ski Jumping - 7, Snowboarding - 5)
 Spain: 19 (+2)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Bobsleigh - 1, Cross-Country Skiing - 3, Figure Skating - 5, Ski Mountaineering - 4, Snowboarding - 4)
 Sweden: 116 (-1)
(Alpine Skiing - 10, Biathlon - 12, Cross-Country Skiing - 16, Curling - 10, Figure Skating - 1, Freestyle Skiing - 15, Ice Hockey - 48, Luge - 2, Ski Jumping, Snowboarding - 1)
 Switzerland: 178 (-2)
(Alpine Skiing - 22, Biathlon - 10, Bobsleigh - 16, Cross-Country Skiing - 13, Curling - 10, Figure Skating - 3, Freestyle Skiing - 21, Ice Hockey - 48, Luge - 1, Nordic Combined - 2, Skeleton - 3, Ski Jumping - 4, Ski Mountaineering - 4, Snowboarding - 18, Speed Skating - 3)
 Türkiye: 7 (0)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Cross-Country Skiing - 2, Short Track - 1, Ski Jumping - 2)
 Ukraine: 44 (-2)
(Alpine Skiing - 2, Biathlon - 10, Cross-Country Skiing - 6, Figure Skating - 1, Freestyle Skiing - 8, Luge - 8, Nordic Combined - 2, Short Track - 2, Skeleton - 1, Ski Jumping - 2, Snowboarding - 2)
 
Oceania (3 nations)
 
 Australia: 57 (+4)
(Alpine Skiing - 3, Biathlon - 1, Bobsleigh - 8, Cross-Country Skiing - 8, Curling - 2, Figure Skating - 4, Freestyle Skiing - 13, Luge - 1, Short Track - 2, Skeleton - 1, Ski Mountaineering - 2, Snowboarding - 12)
 New Zealand: 20 (-1)
(Alpine Skiing - 4, Freestyle Skiing - 10, Snowboarding - 5, Speed Skating - 1)
 Vanuatu: 1 (0)
(Freestyle Skiing - 1)
 
Other (1 nation)
 
 Individual Neutral Athletes: 17 (-6)
(Figure Skating - 3, Short Track - 2, Ski Mountaineering - 1, Speed Skating - 11)

Body weight for LA 28 announced:
 
MEN: 65kg, 75kg, 85kg, 95kg, 110kg, +110kg
WOMEN: 53kg, 61kg, 69kg, 77kg, 86kg, +86kg

Milan & Inter have been given the green light to destroy San Siro.  I, even though a fan of Juventus for 24 years now (though i like Inter as well) am very sad, as this has been my favourite football stadium in the World. There is just something very unique about it, the design, the feel, the inside look etc. 
 
Don't know what has been UEFA's and the clubs' problem with it and why they are lambasting it for some years now. They are always saying "big problems, doesn't meet the criteria", but never specifying what exactly is wrong with it.
 
I doubt they will make some new futuristic stadium, that will blow our minds, but more so they will lose the historic atmosphere of San Siro.

India will surely have its largest squad in LA and this is guaranteed ....
 
We had 117 in rio
We had 119 ( largest ever in tokyo ) 
We had 110 in paris 
 
( We are maximum numbers in our regular sports now and the fall in tokyo was only because womens hockey with 16 players failed to qualify ) 
 
So this time i feel we should hit 160-170..
 
This presumes 1 simple assumption we qualify in womens hockey ....we had a shock when they narrowly missed qualification in 2024 after finishing 4th in tokyo ....that should add 16 to our paris number bringing it to 126.....
 
We will do very well in the new sports 
 
We are almost sure of adding 32 in cricket both mens and womens team 
 
3-4 in squash 
 
2 in mixed compound 
 
Which brings us to 38 +126 which is 164
 
... So 160-170 with some plusses and minuses 
 
in paris we did well to  qualify mens and women teams in recurve and TT and 2 relay squads in 4*400 where we may not qualify all of them this time  so minus  4-5 .....
 
On the other hand we may add some numbers in mens wrestling and boxing ... 
 
So yeah i think 160-170 which may bring us to a position of 15th or so in squad size ....
 
@Roamingrover86@Dolby @Prashanth@Siddhartha Talukdar@Saatvik
 

Hello,
 
we need some recurrent Olympic threads for LA2028 to be opened in the upcoming weeks, please feel free to open any of these threads in the Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 section.
 
Ideally, the user who opens the thread will also keep it updated if necessary, and make sure the thread is "bumped" every once in a while, but of course you can even just open it and other users can contribute.
 
Here is a complete lists of threads we are going to have, you can open any of them and I will then add the logo to it. For any unopened thread I will make sure it will be open once the first post related to that thread will be posted somewhere else.
 
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Thanks!

Portuguese football player Diogo Jota, aged 28, has apparently died - together with his brother - in a car accident in Spain. Recently won the Premier League title with Liverpool and the Nations League Final with Portugal..

This was actually a pretty fun match. Not to broken up about Seattle losing given I’m a Toronto fan xD
 
The attendance was somewhat concerning. Only 30k and change for a home game for one of the team with the biggest fan base in the US. I also got lower bowl tickets for next Saturday’s Inter - Urawa matchup (there were a *lot* of open seats), which is less than I spent in worse tickets for a Gold Cup match in Vancouver next week…

Pakistan destroyed India's S-400 air defense system =cost 1,5 billion$ 

The IGF have announced the format for golf’s mixed team event at LA 2028.
36-hole event over 2 days Teams of 2 players (1 male/1 female) Maximum one team per nation and teams will be made up of players from individual events. Day 1: Foursomes (alternate shot) Day 2: Four-ball (best ball) Will take place after the men’s event and before the women’s event.  
https://golfweek-eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/2025/04/15/2028-olympics-mixed-team-golf-format-igf/83098365007/

This is going a very tricky decision for the ICC.
You can't really use the current world rankings because ranking points will be won or lost against teams that are not eligible for the Olympics.
I think that any country who fails to qualify because will launch an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and probably win.
 
So here's what I suggest for the six.
 
1 Possible host country place - USA - but only possible - what you do is recalculate the ICC rankings and take out all points gained against non-Olympic teams.
Then once you done this and taken out non-Olympic countries like West Indies and either England and Scotland then if the USA are in a high enough ranking position they qualify. This position could be as high as 10th or as low as 20th depending on how important the IOC and ICC see their presence in LA.
(I'm assuming that, like in curling and women's soccer Great Britain would nominate either England or Scotland as their official qualifying representatives)
USA are currently 18th
 
2 2026 World T20 champions
 
3 and 4 Asia-Pacific qualifying tournament winners and runners-up
 
5 and 6 Euro-Africa-Americas qualifying tournament winners and runners-up
 
(7) If the USA don't meet the qualifying standard then a play off between the 3rd place teams in the 2 above categories decides the final qualifiers
 
The qualifying tournament would be held under IOC eligibility rules not the ICC rules

So here are the difference between 2024 and 2028 and my opinions:
 
Aquatics
In swimming the 50m backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly were added while the women's water polo tournament will now have 12 teams. Additionally, 11 men's athlete quotas were transferred to the women's side.
 
In general, I'm okay with the 50m events and despite women's water polo having shallow depth I am happy they are now equal to the men. The IOC still wanting to keep the core sport quotas to 10,500 is a bit ridiculous, but I'll go into that at the end. While the athlete split isn't shown for the disciplines it's quite likely swimming loses 11 men and women quotas each (maybe they might take a couple from diving/marathon swimming).
 
 
Archery
Mixed compound team was added.
 
I've been a big supporter for compound archery being added to the Olympics. Unfortunately the individual events were not added which I dislike. If you are going to have athletes in team event then they can also compete in the individual. I would like to imagine World Archery is slowly bringing the event in. Since no new athlete quotas were added recurve will have fewer archers competing. I imagine recurve will be a 48-52 person tournament. 
 
 
Athletics
Mixed marathon walk relay was removed, mixed 4x100m relay was added.
 
I feel the program has become worse with this change. Not that I felt the walk relay is important, it's not and I wish we would get the 35/50km walk, but at least it preserved some race walk. The mixed 4x100m relay adds nothing extra to the program. This will be repeated a few times, but a mixed event should not be added with the gender component unless if fundamentally changes the event. There's no need to have both a men's/women's and a mixed 4x100m relay.
 
 
Basketball
The 3x3 events will be a 12 team tournament. The athlete quota has increased by 32.
 
Great move. It was ridiculous that the event only had 8 teams so the increase was much needed. Honestly, if we weren't stuck on the 10,500 athlete limit I wouldn't mind seeing 16 teams.
 
 
Boxing
Women saw an increase of one event, equaling that of men (7 each). The weight limits of each category was slightly adjusted.
 
Equaling the event size between genders was expected and I'm glad they decided to increase the women's count rather than reducing the men. The women's athlete quota remains the same despite the event increase, but still remains the same as the men.
 
 
Football
The men's tournament was reduced to 12 teams, the women's tournament increased to 16 teams.
 
I'm glad the women's tournament is up to 16 teams. The qualification system for Europe has been brutal and I imagine Asia will be happy too. I wished they didn't reduce the men's tournament, but the 10,500 athlete quota limit forces them to do so. Ultimately, I agree with the move as the women's tournament is more prestigious.
 
 
Golf
Mixed team was added.
 
I await the chosen format, but ultimately I think it's a good idea to have the event.
 
 
Gymnastics
Mixed artistic team was added.
 
What a weird event. As mentioned before since the men's and women's team remain this is a useless event that doesn't need to included.
 
 
Modern pentathlon
The athlete quotas has been reduced by 8 (4 men and 4 women).
 
This was likely done to reach the 10,500 quota limit. Overall I dislike it, but it's not the end of the world.
 
 
Rowing
Lightweight double sculls have been removed. Coastal single sculls and coastal mixed double sculls have been added.
 
I'm not familiar with coastal sprint canoe, but from what I've seen in videos I think it will be a nice event to have. Losing lightweight double sculls is a bit of a shame and I'm not sure I would make that trade given that coastal rowing isn't well developed yet.
 
 
Shooting
Mixed team skeet was removed, mixed team trap was added.
 
The mixed team shotgun events continue to be cycled. Considering they don't use any additional quotas, I don't see why they don't just have both at the Olympics.
 
 
Sport climbing
The combined event was removed and replaced by separate lead and bouldering events. 8 additional athlete quotas were added.
 
Finally the sport has its proper individual events. I still commend the strategy of going with the combined event in 2020 as a type of Trojan horse with the idea that the IOC will want to keep it.
 
 
Table tennis
The men's and women's team events were removed. Men's and women's doubles and mixed team were added.
 
As a person who likes doubles table tennis I am happy with this change. To keep the athlete quota consistent mixed team is almost necessary.
 
 
Tennis
Mixed doubles was removed. Mixed event was added.
 
While I wasn't a big fan of the mixed doubles event (it's barely played during the ATP/WTA calendar, I don't think we need it replaced by a mixed event. The format hasn't been revealed, but I imagine it would be similar to the Davis/BJK Cup format. My fear is if they're attempting to add the event to the second week as I imagine many players will opt-out.
 
 
LA Only Sports
Baseball/Softball, Cricket, Flag Football, and Lacrosse will be 6-team tournaments and Squash will have 32 athletes (16 men, 16 women).
 
While expected, I am very disappointed that the team sports will only have six teams. You can't showcase the sport really well with such few entrants. Cricket is a great example, there are many smaller nations which play the sport, but we are likely to see only the large nations compete. Squash only having 16 athletes is also a bit small, but it's at least manageable. 
 
 
Final Thoughts
Some good, some bad moves overall. I need to stress that the 10,500 athlete limit among core sports while increasing the number of events is not sustainable. The 2000 Olympics had around 10,600 athletes yet only had 300 events. We now have 341 core events, an increase of 14%. Even if you want to argue that there was bloat in 2000, the 2024 Olympics had 327 core events, meaning we had an increase of 4% yet no new athlete quotas. While some of these new events don't need more athletes, some of them do. Honestly at minimum the athlete quota for core events needs to be increased to 11,000 while more realistically we should be closer to 12,000. If the IOC doesn't want that many athletes then they need to remove events/sports.

Eh, not sure I agree. The team events are basically a free gold medal for China, so they are trading two free gold medals for one free gold medal and two likely gold medals. Doubles is a format where upsets are much more likely to happen than team matches.
 
Either way, I think from a spectator standpoint it is a win. The doubles tournaments will be much more interesting than the team tournaments were.