Here's a first look at the 2028 Olympics and Paralympics triathlon course

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The loop course in the Venice Beach area will take competitors through beachfront neighborhoods before they reach a finish line with scenic Pacific Ocean views.

VENICE, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 02: A mural in Venice Beach with an LA28 logo designed by Multimedia artist Alex Israel on September 2, 2020. His ‘A’ design for LA28 represents a surfboard fin. The LA28 logo is for the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad hosted by Los Angeles in 2028. The 2028 Summer Olympics are scheduled to take place from July 21, 2028 to August 6, 2028.

A first look was unveiled Wednesday for the triathlon courses for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and Paralympics. The loop course in the Venice Beach area will take competitors through beachfront neighborhoods before they push to the finish and a scenic Pacific Ocean view. The swimming, biking and running event will be the Olympics' first medal competition in 2028.

The transition area, where athletes will make the quick switch between swimming and biking and biking to running, will be in one area that serves as a central transition hub. Athletes will return to the transition zone after the first two segments and the finish. Competitors will enter the water from the beach instead of launching from a pontoon for only the second time in Olympics history.

The first lap will cover 1000m before athletes get out of the water, run 25m and re-enter the ocean for a final lap covering 500m. After exiting the water, athletes will transition to their bikes for a ride along the Venice bike path. The course will enter streets and loop for eight laps of 5 kilometers with two turnaround points. The 40km cycling stage will pass the Venice sign near its completion.

After trading their pedals for running shoes, competitors will complete four laps of 2.5km for a total of 10km on the same route used for the bike leg. The route takes runners over the Venice Canals before the coastline finish. The mixed relay triathlon is July 20, 2028. The men's and women's Paralympic triathlon, in which competitors will start from a barge beyond the breakwater, is Aug. 18 and 19.

Athletes from around the world have an opportunity to compete on the courses in next year's World Triathlon’s T50 Triathlon World Tour event, scheduled for July 16-18. When are the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics? is July 14, 2028 with competition through July 30, 2028. The LA28 Paralympic Games will kick off Aug. 15, 2028 and close Aug. 27, 2028. .

Field hockey, basketball, rugby sevens, water polo, handball and cricket will be the first sports to kick off the , designated Day 1, is July 15. The order of events includes a twist for 2028 with track and field and swimming swapping their typical schedules. Track and field will compete at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in the first week of the Olympics schedule with swimming moving to the second week at SoFi Stadium.

The first medal will be awarded in triathlon on Day 1 in Venice Beach. July 29, or Day 15, will be the busiest day on the podium with 16 gold and bronze events in team sports and 19 individual medal events.in a duel-venue celebration. The Paralympic opening ceremony will be at SoFi Stadium with the closing ceremony at the Coliseum.

Mixed team events added for 2028 include artistic gymnastics, athletics , golf, archery , coastal rowing beach sprint and table tennis. The competition format for the new artistic gymnastic mixed team event will be finalized and announced at a later date.

The medal competition includes expansions to the field of women's soccer and water polo event, a new women's boxing weight class, an expanded 3x3 basketball field, and more medal events in swimming and sport climbing. will make its Olympic debut in 2028 and lacrosse will return to the lineup of medal sports for the first time in more than a century. Baseball and softball will make their Olympic comeback, and cricket also will be part of the lineup.

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