GENEVA (AP) — Olympic sports bodies want urgent talks with the IOC over the risk of revenue sharing and medal events being cut at the 2028 Los Angeles Games as cricket and other new athletes are added to the program. I’m here.
Last month, the International Olympic Committee approved cricket, baseball/softball, flag football, lacrosse and squash for 2028, while three sports whose status was in jeopardy – boxing, modern pentathlon and weightlifting – to continue. .
The governing body for the current Summer Olympic sports, known by the acronym ASOIF, said Monday the decision to increase to a record 36 sports comes from its membership, which has distributed a combined $540 million in funding for each event allocated by the IOC. “It has raised some questions,” he said. The last two Olympics.
The addition of four team sports in 2028 will break the IOC-recommended limit of 10,500 athletes for the Summer Olympics, and there will be no athlete quotas or even medal events for the core Olympic sports. There is also likely to be pressure to reduce this. The IOC has set a target of early 2025 to confirm the final spots.
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ASOIF’s governing council agreed on Monday to “raise these urgent issues to the IOC leadership” after a meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The council includes the presidents of the top Olympic sports, World Athletics Federation, International Gymnastics Federation, and World Aquatics.
Track and field earned $38.5 million after the Tokyo Games, while gymnastics and swimming earned about $31.4 million each of the IOC’s total revenue of $7.6 billion from broadcasters and sponsors from 2017 to 2021. The addition of cricket is expected to increase the IOC’s broadcasting contract in India by at least $100 million.
ASOIF President Francesco Ricci Vitti said the key issues for Olympic sports as the Games continue to expand are “revenue sharing, athlete quotas, the Olympic qualification system and the optimization of the Games”. Optimization is the current Olympic buzzword, meaning reducing costs and services to help organizers control spending.
“These are issues that have a significant impact on the operations of the (International Federation) and have far-reaching implications for the Olympic movement as a whole,” Rich Vitti said in a statement.
The IOC did not immediately respond to a request for comment on ASOIF’s request. The Olympic body will confirm the revenue sharing fund from the 2024 Paris Olympics after the Games.
ASOIF warned member countries on Monday about engagement with potential Olympic rivals, as Russia plans to host the World Friendly Games in the weeks after the Paris closing ceremonies. Moscow and Yekaterinburg are scheduled to host matches in September.
ASOIF said Russia’s multi-sport event “does not contribute to the dialogue in the sports world at this difficult time.”
The Russian Olympic Committee remains suspended by the IOC, but individuals who do not publicly support the war in Ukraine and have no ties to the military or state security services remain banned from some sports as neutral athletes. There is a possibility that you will be invited to an international convention as a member. .
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