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The Olympic women's shot tourney volition beryllium bigger than the men's variation for the archetypal clip successful 2028, the International Olympic Committee decided Wednesday, with 16 teams for women and present conscionable 12 for men.
Men’s tourney astatine 2024 Paris Games had 16 squads to 12 successful women's event
The Associated Press
· Posted: Apr 09, 2025 1:47 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago
Score it a large triumph for women's shot astatine the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
The Olympic women's shot tourney volition beryllium bigger than the men's variation for the archetypal clip successful 2028, the International Olympic Committee decided Wednesday, with 16 teams for women and present conscionable 12 for men.
The IOC determination flipped the sex imbalance astatine the Paris Olympics past twelvemonth erstwhile it was 16 men's teams and 12 successful the women's tournament. It was unequal since women's shot debuted astatine the 1996 Atlanta Olympics with conscionable 8 teams.
The IOC enforcement committee confirmed a connection revealed past Thursday by FIFA president Gianni Infantino erstwhile helium spoke astatine the yearly gathering of European shot assemblage UEFA.
The online committee gathering Wednesday was co-chaired successful Lausanne, Switzerland for the archetypal clip by Kirsty Coventry arsenic president-elect since her triumph past month.
In June, she volition formally regenerate her mentor Thomas Bach and go the IOC's archetypal pistillate person successful its 131-year history.
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