A picture of the Korean national baseball team participating in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Come back across a long time.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved five new events (baseball, softball, cricket, squash, lacrosse, and flag football) proposed by the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee as official events at an executive committee meeting in Mumbai, India, on the 13th.
It is the influence of the host country, the United States. IOC President Thomas Bach said, "The approval of the five events as new official events is related to U.S. sports culture. We will show the world the iconic sports of the United States," he said.
The official event of the LA Olympics will be decided at the 141st IOC General Assembly in Mumbai from the 15th to the 17th. As the executive committee, the top decision-making body, approved five new stocks as official items, the general meeting focuses on approving them. This means that the outcome is unlikely to change.
IOC President Thomas Bach is speaking.
The revival of baseball stands out. Baseball made its Olympic debut as an exhibition sport at the 1984 Los Angeles and 1988 Seoul Games. Since then, it has been an official event since the 1992 Barcelona Games, but was excluded after the 2008 Beijing Games.
It was revived at the 2020 Tokyo Games, where the host country's influence worked, but it was kicked out again at the 2024 Paris Games in Europe. The fact that there are not many countries that enjoy baseball compared to other sports has been a drag throughout. However, the tournament was held in the United States, the home of the world's best league and Major League Baseball, and it became a breath again.
It's good news for Korea, too. South Korea, which won its first medal by winning a bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Games, made a gold medal by winning all nine games at the 2008 Beijing Games. It was also a decisive opportunity that started the revival of Korean baseball. With the re-entry into the official event, Korea will also sing along with Japan and the United States. 스포츠토토
Cricket, meanwhile, will return for the first time in 128 years since the 1900 Paris Games. Lacrosse makes its third world debut since the 1904 St. Louis and 1908 London Games. Flag football and squash are set to take their first steps at the historic Olympics.