By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
A series of leaks from the future plans of the International Olympic Committee to Kyodo News sheds light on the future of the Olympic movement globally, including plans to reduce the number of sports at the Brisbane Olympics, a freeze on an expanded definition of “winter” sports, and a full pause on Esports.
The news comes ahead of this week’s Executive Board meeting in Switzerland.
Citing unnamed sources, Kyodo News reports that the 2032 Brisbane Olympics are “set to undergo a significant reduction in the number of sports due to financial concerns, and even the sports retained could have some of their disciplines or events cut.”
The report wasn’t specific about what events or disciplines, but if confirmed, it would be a retreat from the record-high of 36 sports at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, in addition to adding new events in sports like swimming (the stroke 50s).
Number of Sports at Each Summer Olympic Games
Los Angeles 1984 – 23 Seoul 1988 – 23 Barcelona 1992 – 25 Atlanta 1996 – 26 Sydney 2000 – 28 Athens 2004 – 28 Beijing 2008 – 28 London 2012 – 26 Rio 2016 – 28 Tokyo 2020 – 33 Paris 2024 – 32 Los Angeles 2028 – 36Making the Olympic Games more economically sustainable has been an ongoing focus and challenge for the IOC.
Brisbane’s bid included 28 sports, but that bid was made after the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, which had 28 sports.
None-the-less, the LA 2028 Games grew to 36, including five more implemented by the Local Organizing Committee: softball & baseball, cricket, flag football, lacrosse, and squash.
What Makes a “Winter” Sport?
With a growing logjam of emerging sports trying to hang their economic futures on Olympic inclusion, all corners of the sport-o-sphere have tried pitching creative ways to get their events into the Winter Olympics – perceived to be the ‘softer’ of the two versions to access.
Even in swimming, many people have proposed adding short course swimming to the Winter Games.
Kyodo News’ reporting says that IOC President Kirsty Coventry and her colleagues at the IOC have communicated to its membership that they will uphold the Olympic Charter’s definition of “only those sports which are practice on snow or ice are considered as winter sports.”
That means sports like cross country running and cyclocross, which have been floated for the 2030 Winter Olympics in the French Alps and Nice, will be iced out for now. It does leave room for ice swimming, though that side of the sport probably has a lot of development to go before it would be considered for Olympic competition.
The Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games had 329 medal events, while the Winter Olympics in Italy earlier this year had just 116. Moving some summer sports to the Winter Games was viewed as a potential check on the inflation of the Summer Games.
Esports Tabled
While Coventry and the IOC dropped plans for Olympic Esports Games shortly after her election, there was still some conversation about where Esports fit into the Olympic movement.
According to Kyodo News, Coventry has put its Esports Commission activities on hold.
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