The 2028
Summer Paralympics, commonly known as the Games of the XVIII Paralympiad, and commonly known as LA28, are an upcoming international
multi-sport
A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of interna ...
parasports event governed by the
International Paralympic Committee, scheduled to take place from 15 to 27 August 2028 in
Los Angeles
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, California, United States.
Marking Los Angeles's first time hosting the Paralympics, they will be the first Summer Paralympics since the
1996 Games in Atlanta to take place in the United States, and the third overall.
Bids
As part of a formal agreement between the
International Paralympic Committee and the
International Olympic Committee
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first established in 2001, the winner of the bid for the
2028 Summer Olympics
The 2028 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad, also known as Los Angeles 2028 or LA28) is an upcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to take place from July 14 to July 30, 2028, in and around Los Angeles, Cali ...
must also host the 2028 Summer Paralympics.
Due to concerns over a number of cities withdrawing in the bid process of the
2022 Winter Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics, a process to award the 2024 and 2028 Games simultaneously to the final two cities in the running to the 2024 Summer Olympics—Los Angeles and Paris—was approved at an Extraordinary IOC Session on July 11, 2017, in
Lausanne
, neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR ...
.
Paris was understood to be the preferred host for the 2024 Games. On July 31, 2017, the IOC announced Los Angeles as the sole candidate for the 2028 Games, leaving Paris to be confirmed as hosts for the 2024 Games. Both decisions were ratified at the
131st IOC Session
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on September 13, 2017.
Marketing
The emblems for the 2028 Summer Olympics and Paralympics were unveiled on September 1, 2020, featuring an interchangeable "A" reflecting the cultural diversity of Los Angeles.
References
External links
LA 2028 Official Homepage
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