{"id":1596,"date":"2026-05-27T14:10:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T14:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1596"},"modified":"2026-05-27T14:10:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T14:10:15","slug":"ioc-president-kirsty-coventry-says-sports-cut-from-2032-brisbane-games-could-return-in-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1596","title":{"rendered":"IOC president Kirsty Coventry says sports cut from 2032 Brisbane Games could return in future"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) \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>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1594\">The Blue Wave from tiny Cura\u00e7ao is making World Cup history<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Coventry\u2019s reassurance to the annual meeting of Summer Games sports bodies came after she warned in February of \u201cuncomfortable\u201d talks ahead to make future Olympic hosting more efficient. <\/p>\n<p>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<p>\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.<\/p>\n<p>Brisbane also could have fewer than the 353 medal events being competed for at Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>\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<p>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<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1592\">Iga Swiatek improves career record at French Open to 42-3 as she reaches 3rd round<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The most important metric shapes to be the number of venues needed as the IOC looks to manage costs for hosts.<\/p>\n<p>\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<p>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<p>A list of sports at Brisbane could be confirmed in September, with a longer timeline to confirm the detailed program of medal events. <\/p>\n<h3>Sports at risk?<\/h3>\n<p>Modern pentathlon has long been seen as vulnerable to losing its historic Olympic status, while sports added to the LA program \u2014 including flag football, lacrosse and squash \u2014 will be competing for their place in Brisbane before having their showcase in 2028. <\/p>\n<p>The 2036 Olympics hosting contest was paused by Coventry last year in the first big decision of her new presidency. 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