What are the 5 new sports for the 2028 Olympics?
New to the worlds of baseball/softball, cricket, flag football, lacrosse, and squash? Don’t worry, Olympics. The Olympic Games LA28 will welcome five exciting additions to the programme: baseball/softball, cricket, flag football, lacrosse, and squash. The five optional sports will include the Olympic debuts of flag football (a non-contact variant of gridiron football) and squash, the return of baseball/softball for the first time since 2020, the return of cricket for the first time since 1900, and lacrosse for the first time since 1908.The 2028 Games will feature the debut of flag football and squash as optional sports, joined by the return of baseball/softball, cricket (for the first time since 1900) and lacrosse (for the first time since 1948). Breaking, which debuted at the 2024 Olympic Games, will not return.Baseball and softball will re-appear at LA 2028, but breakdancing, which earned plenty of ridicule at the Paris Olympics, won’t. The only sports that have featured in all editions, from 1896 to 2024, are gymnastics, athletics, cycling, fencing and swimming.
What is the average age of an Olympic fencer?
The mental acumen needed for fencing means that the average elite fencer is much older than the athletes in some other sports. The Guardian UK did a fascinating piece about the 2012 Olympics, analyzing each sport by age, height, and weight. The median age for fencers, both men and women, was 26 in those games. By the numbers, fencing is among the safer organized sports when athletes use modern gear and follow standard rules. Fencing ranks among the lowest-risk competitive sports, with most injuries being mild strains or ankle twists rather than contact impacts.