LA28 Olympics: Women’s 100m final on day one of Games as schedule released
“It will be an honor for the women’s 100m to open the Los Angeles Games,” said British sprinter Dina Asher-Smith.
“This is such an exciting opportunity to celebrate the enduring legacy, strength and global power of women’s sprinting, exactly 100 years after women’s first participation in Olympic athletics. I can’t wait to set the tone for what will be an exciting and spectacular Games.”
The opening of the women’s 100m at the Games means competitors must run three heats in one day, rather than over two days, but LA28 athlete manager Janet Evans said they had spoken at length with the athletes and had a “largely positive conversation”.
Track and field will take place at the LA Memorial Coliseum, while the first medal event will be the women’s triathlon and the last in swimming.
Swimming was moved to the second week so it could take place at the opening ceremony venue, SoFi Stadium.
The first official day of the Olympics will also feature the most women’s finals in a single day.
“The LA28 Olympic Games will feature a record number of female Olympians, with each team sport featuring an equal or greater number of women’s teams than men’s teams for the first time, and 50.5% of the total athlete quota allocated to women across all 36 sports and 51 disciplines,” organizers said., external
Details of the Olympic soccer tournament, which will take place across the United States, and the Paralympic Games in Los Angeles, scheduled for August 15-27, have not yet been announced.
