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The IOC said its effort to achieve gender equality was a key consideration for the adds.
From The New York Times
Gender equality was a key consideration when deciding on the athlete quota and the number of events.
From Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Several sports, including archery, athletics, golf and gymnastics will be adding new mixed team events, with the total number of athletes unchanged at 10,500.
From Reuters

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LA 2028 Olympics add new events in swimming, gymnastics, track; more female spots for first time
Los Angeles Games will include the Olympic debuts of the 50m backstroke, 50m breaststroke and 50m butterfly in swimming, a mixed-gender 4x100m relay in track and field and a mixed-gender team event in artistic gymnastics,
IOC approves more women’s teams, new swimming events in adds to L.A. Olympics
The IOC is expanding the Olympic women's soccer and 3X3 basketball tournaments in 2028 while adding several new events in swimming and more.
Olympic Women's Soccer Tournament to Get More Teams Than Men's for First Time in 2028 in Los Angeles
Score it a big win for women’s soccer at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The Olympic women’s soccer tournament will be bigger than the men’s edition for the first time in 2028, the International Olympic Committee decided Wednesday,
Sailing Program confirmed for LA 2028
The event program and athlete quotas for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics has been approved by the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee
IOC adds mixed gender events to LA28 Olympics as it locks in competition plan
The IOC approved a record number of medal events and an equal number of male and female athletes allowed to compete during the 2028 Olympics in L.A.
LA Olympic football with more women's teams and fewer men's sides
The Olympic football tournament at Los Angeles 2028 will feature more women's teams and fewer men's teams. The women's tournament will include 16 national teams, four more than in Paris last year, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Wednesday.
IOC boosts women's soccer teams to 16 for LA 2028 Games, men's teams down to 12
The Los Angeles 2028 Olympics will feature an increase in women's soccer teams from 12 to 16, while the men's competition will be downsized from 16 to a dozen teams, the International Olympic Committee said on Wednesday.
LA28 Olympics to be the first female-majority Games as IOC locks in competition plan
The IOC approved a record number of medal events and expanded competitions within previously announced sports during the 2028 Olympics in L.A.
LA28 Olympic games will feature more women's soccer teams than men's
For the first time in Olympic history, soccer, or football, will have more women's teams than men's, with 16 women's teams and 12 men's teams competing for the gold in 2028.
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LA Olympics 2028: Every New Sport Detailed
Raygun and her breakdancing skills won’t be making their triumphant return to the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles (July 14–30, 2028). However, five new sports
Three new events added to 2028 Olympics prompting Team GB legend to return as he hails ‘amazing decision’
A TRIO of major Olympic events have been added to the roster for the 2028 Los Angeles Games. The International Olympic Committee have announced three swimming races will join the list of events
Cricket In 2028 Olympics: 6-Team T20 Event Confirmed For Biggest Sporting Carnival
Cricket will return to the Olympics after 128 years. The sport, which last featured in the 1900 Olympics as a one-off match, will be played in a T20 format, with six teams aiming for the elite gold at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
Peaty commits to LA 2028 as sprinters celebrate new events
British breaststroke titan Adam Peaty confirmed he will bid for more Olympic gold in the Los Angeles pool following a decision to add six 50-metre sprint events to the 2028 Games programme.
The 2028 Summer Games in ... Oklahoma? Here are the Olympic events being held outside California
Los Angeles has made it official — several 2028 Summer Games events will be held in Oklahoma City. But hosting Olympic canoe slalom and softball at the next Summer Games comes with a price tag. A $34.5 million guarantee to LA28 organizers is on the agenda of Tuesday’s Oklahoma City Council meeting, according to a report in The Oklahoman.
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