Sport Climbing Included in Los Angeles 2028 Olympics
Silver medalist Nathaniel Coleman was asked to design an emblem for the Games
The Los Angeles Olympics are taking place in 2028 and the organizers have officially announced the inclusion of sport climbing. The Paris 2024 Olympics will also include sport climbing.
“The LA28 Games have always been about bringing more freshness, youthful energy and creativity into the Olympic and Paralympic movement,” said LA28 chairperson Casey Wasserman. “Los Angeles is a place unlike any other and it will be incredible to host surfing, skateboarding and climbing as iconic West Coast sports alongside Olympic fan favourites.”
To celebrate the news, Olympian Nathaniel Coleman unveiled a new LA28 emblem that he designed. His design has a thoughtful balance of green pine trees representing his home mountain of Little Cottonwood, Utah on the left with the geometric shapes of indoor climbing on the right. In the center is a silhouette of a person contemplating which route to take.
“Sport climbing has taught me so much over the years, from complex problem solving to camaraderie and the devoted communities that are built because of it,” said silver medalist Coleman. “It’s really validating for climbing to be embraced by the Olympics and I hope we’re able to translate that sense of local community to the global stage for fans at the LA28 Games.”
The full LA28 Olympic sports program will be finalized, in collaboration with the International Olympic Committee, by the end of 2023. LA28 has the opportunity to propose additional new sports to the program that would be additive to the initial sports program.
The LA28 Games will mark Los Angeles’ third time to host the Olympic Games –previously hosted in 1984 and 1932 – and first time to host the Paralympic Games. Los Angeles is expected to host more than 15,000 athletes in 2028 as it welcomes Paralympians and Olympians from around the world to compete on the biggest stage in sports.
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