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Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass (L) waves the Olympic flag next to US skateboarder Tate Carew (R) after their plane landed during an event celebrating the arrival of the Olympic flag at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, on August 12, 2024. Los Angeles will host the 2028 Summer Olympic Games. Etienne Laurent, AFP

Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass (L) waves the Olympic flag next to US skateboarder Tate Carew (R) after their plane landed during an event celebrating the arrival of the Olympic flag at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, on August 12, 2024. - Los Angeles will host the 2028 Summer Olympic Games. (Photo by Etienne LAURENT / AFP)

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<p>City officials and the LA2028 organizers drummed up support for the 2028 Games in Los Angeles on Thursday (September 12) with the first showing of the Olympic and Paralympic flags at City Hall.</p><p>Los Angeles will be hosting the Olympics for a third time in summer 2028. The last time the city hosted the Olympics was in 1984. It will be the first time the city has hosted the Paralympics.</p><p>Mayor Karen Bass pledged that the 2028 edition would be &quot;a Games for all.&quot;</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/8/11/la-planning-no-car-olympics-to-beat-gridlock-1715">READ: LA planning &#x27;No Car&#x27; Olympics to beat gridlock</a></div><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/8/13/olympic-flag-arrival-kicks-off-2028-pressure-for-los-angeles-1144">READ: Olympic flag arrival kicks off 2028 &#x27;pressure&#x27; for Los Angeles</a></div><p>The ceremony kicked off with a drum performance by the J-Town Taiko Club and included a demonstration of wheelchair fencing.</p><p>Los Angeles native and Paralympic shotput silver medalist Arelle Middleton hoped that the Games would have a major impact on Angelenos with disabilities.</p><p>LA2028 Games organizers are confident the Hollywood factor and the American city&#x27;s identity will help them raise the bar when they host the event in four years&#x27; time.</p><div><em>(Production: Alan Devall, Nathan Frandino, Jorge Garcia)</em></div>

<p>City officials and the LA2028 organizers drummed up support for the 2028 Games in Los Angeles on Thursday (September 12) with the first showing of the Olympic and Paralympic flags at City Hall.</p>

City officials and the LA2028 organizers drummed up support for the 2028 Games in Los Angeles on Thursday (September 12) with the first showing of the Olympic and Paralympic flags at City Hall.

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Los Angeles 2028 drums up support for Olympics, Paralympics

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Published September 13, 2024 02:58 PM PHT

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