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FILE – IOC President Kirsty Coventry speaks during the Olympic opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (Yves Herman\/Pool Photo via AP, file)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

LAUSANNE, Switzerland \u2014 Sports and medal events cut from the 2032 Brisbane Olympics program will have a path to return at future Summer Games, IOC president Kirsty Coventry told sports leaders on Wednesday.<\/p>

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Coventry\u2019s reassurance to the annual meeting of Summer Games sports bodies came after she warned in February of \u201cuncomfortable\u201d talks<\/a> ahead to make future Olympic hosting more efficient.<\/p>\n

The International Olympic Committee aims to finalize within months the list of sports on the Brisbane program that Coventry previously told their leaders will be fewer than the 36 being played at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a path (back), it\u2019s not just an end,\u201d the IOC president told The Associated Press on Wednesday on the sidelines of the assembly of the summer sports group known as ASOIF<\/a> .<\/p>\n

Brisbane also could have fewer than the 353 medal events being competed for at Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know that not everyone will be happy,\u201d Coventry acknowledged to ASOIF members Wednesday, adding \u201cthe goal is not to destroy any sport.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coventry also met Tuesday with ASOIF members and assured them \u201cwe don\u2019t have specific numbers\u201d as targets for the sports and events program for Brisbane.<\/p>\n

The most important metric shapes to be the number of venues needed as the IOC looks to manage costs for hosts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe cost and complexity comes when you start adding additional venues for single purpose events,\u201d Coventry told the AP. \u201cThat\u2019s where we need to look and say: \u2018How could we change that?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

A major step toward streamlining the program for Brisbane and beyond is a June 24 meeting of the full IOC membership in Lausanne that should agree a process for evaluating sports and events.<\/p>\n

A list of sports at Brisbane could be confirmed in December, with a longer timeline into 2029 to confirm the detailed program of medal events.<\/p>\n

The 36 sports in Los Angeles is up from just 26 at the 2012 London Olympics, and ASOIF president Ingmar de Vos later acknowledged \u201cIt has grown too much and needs to be brought back into proportion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Modern pentathlon<\/a> has long been seen as vulnerable to losing its historic Olympic status, while canoe slalom has a very specific venue demand. Sports added to the LA program<\/a> \u2014 including flag football, lacrosse and squash \u2014 will be competing for their place in Brisbane before having their showcase in 2028.<\/p>

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The 2036 Olympics hosting contest was paused<\/a> by Coventry last year in the first big decision of her new presidency. Qatar is widely seen as a strong contender for a project likely to be spread in the Middle East region, which has been targeted during the conflict between the United States and Israel against Iran.<\/p>\n

Organizing committee officials overseeing sports and venues came to Lausanne to update federation leaders ahead of a big week in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

Incumbent LA mayor Karen Bass is trying to secure another term until beyond the Olympics, and there is the annual in-person visit by the IOC panel \u2014 known as \u201ccocom\u201d for coordination commission \u2014 overseeing games preparations.<\/p>\n

\u201cCertainly we are paying attention to it,\u201d Shana Ferguson, LA 2028\u2019s head of sport and games delivery, told the AP about Tuesday\u2019s primary election.<\/p>\n

One big reveal will be announcing where cycling road races will finish \u2014 always a key Olympic event to showcase the city. Paris set a high bar with finish lines framed beneath the Eiffel Tower.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are ready \u2014 buckle up,\u201d Ferguson said.<\/p>\n

ASOIF members are anxious to learn what the IOC will give them as a collective share of Los Angeles Olympics revenues worth several billions of dollars.<\/p>\n

With IOC president Coventry sitting in the front row, ASOIF president Ingmar de Vos called for \u201cfair and sustainable models\u201d to recognize his members\u2019 work and value at the Summer Games.<\/p>\n

The IOC paid $590 million from Paris Olympics revenues which was a 9% collective rise on $540 million from the Tokyo Olympics held in 2021.<\/p>\n

ASOIF members agree their formula to distribute it, with track and field\u2019s World Athletics typically paid the most. That was $39.6 million for Paris, a slight raise from Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro in 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are increasingly being asked to do more with the same resources,\u201d De Vos cautioned, later noting ASOIF has \u201cthree more mouths to feed,\u201d with the governing bodies of skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing now eligible for a revenue share.<\/p>\n

De Vos, the International Equestrian Federation president, suggested each Olympic sport could make cost efficiencies and it was \u201cfor the IOC also to look into its own operations.\u201d<\/p>

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More AP Olympics: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/milan-cortina-2026-winter-olympics<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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