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{{see also|Tennis at the Summer Olympics}} |
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| event = Tennis |
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| games = 2028 Summer |
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| image = 2018 Asian Games Squash.png |
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| caption = Squash pictogram for the 2028 Summer Olympics |
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| competitors = 175 |
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| nations = 41 |
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|num_events =5 (2 men, 2 women, 1 mixed) |
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| prev = Debut |
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| next = [[Squash at the 2032 Summer Olympics|2032]] |
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The [[2028 Summer Olympics]] will include the sport of [[Squash (sport)|squash]] for the first time as an optional sport.<ref name="Carpenter Wu 2023">{{cite news | last1=Carpenter | first1=Les | last2=Wu | first2=Daniel | title=The five new sports added for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics | newspaper=Washington Post | date=2023-10-16 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2023/10/16/los-angeles-olympics-squash-cricket-flag-football-lacrosse/ | access-date=2024-01-29}}</ref><ref name="i022">{{cite web | last=Gardner | first=Steve | title=Squash will be an Olympic sport in 2028: Rules, how to play and more | website=USA TODAY | date=2023-10-24 | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2023/10/24/squash-olympic-sport-2028-rules-how-to-play-more/71204983007/ | access-date=2024-05-07}}</ref> Squash had previously been rejected from the [[Olympic Games]] on four occasions in a row.<ref name="Mike 2012 s017">{{cite web | last=Rowbottom | first=Mike | title=Nobody keeps squash out of the Olympics five times in a row | website=insidethegames.biz | date=2012-10-30 | url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1141963/squash-la2028-inclusion-gough-wooldridge | access-date=2024-01-29}}</ref> |
The [[2028 Summer Olympics]] will include the sport of [[Squash (sport)|squash]] for the first time as an optional sport.<ref name="Carpenter Wu 2023">{{cite news | last1=Carpenter | first1=Les | last2=Wu | first2=Daniel | title=The five new sports added for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics | newspaper=Washington Post | date=2023-10-16 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2023/10/16/los-angeles-olympics-squash-cricket-flag-football-lacrosse/ | access-date=2024-01-29}}</ref><ref name="i022">{{cite web | last=Gardner | first=Steve | title=Squash will be an Olympic sport in 2028: Rules, how to play and more | website=USA TODAY | date=2023-10-24 | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2023/10/24/squash-olympic-sport-2028-rules-how-to-play-more/71204983007/ | access-date=2024-05-07}}</ref> Squash had previously been rejected from the [[Olympic Games]] on four occasions in a row.<ref name="Mike 2012 s017">{{cite web | last=Rowbottom | first=Mike | title=Nobody keeps squash out of the Olympics five times in a row | website=insidethegames.biz | date=2012-10-30 | url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1141963/squash-la2028-inclusion-gough-wooldridge | access-date=2024-01-29}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 00:10, 3 September 2024
| Tennis at the Games of the Olympiad | |
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 Squash pictogram for the 2028 Summer Olympics | |
| No. of events | 5 (2 men, 2 women, 1 mixed) |
| Competitors | 175 from 41 nations |
The 2028 Summer Olympics will include the sport of squash for the first time as an optional sport.[1][2] Squash had previously been rejected from the Olympic Games on four occasions in a row.[3]
The World Squash Federation has declared its intention to apply for squash's inclusion at the 2032 Summer Olympics.[4]
- ^ Carpenter, Les; Wu, Daniel (2023-10-16). "The five new sports added for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics". Washington Post. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
- ^ Gardner, Steve (2023-10-24). "Squash will be an Olympic sport in 2028: Rules, how to play and more". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ Rowbottom, Mike (2012-10-30). "Nobody keeps squash out of the Olympics five times in a row". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
- ^ Colangelo, Anthony; Ward, Roy (2021-02-26). "2032 Olympics Brisbane: Cricket leads charge for sports seeking spot at a 2032 Brisbane Olympics". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2024-01-29.