{"id":262913,"date":"2026-05-08T02:32:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T02:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/262913\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T02:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T02:32:14","slug":"orlando-selected-for-2028-olympic-qualifier-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/262913\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando selected for 2028 Olympic Qualifier Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 The city of Orlando has been selected as one of four host cities for the 2028 Olympic Qualifier Series. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">Along with Orlando, Montreal, Shanghai, and Tokyo were also selected. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">The Olympic Q-Series will begin first in May in Asia, starting in Tokyo, Japan, from May 4 to May 7, 2028, then in Shanghai, China, from May 11 to May 14, 2028. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">The Q-Series then heads to North America in June, with its first stop in Montreal from June 1 to June 4, 2028, followed by Orlando from June 8 to June 11.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">The Olympic Q-Series 2028 will feature six sports\/disciplines:<\/p>\n<p>3&#215;3 basketballBeach volleyballBMX freestyleClimbingFlag footballSkateboarding<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">\u201cOrange County is proud to welcome the Olympic Q-Series 2028 as Orlando steps onto the global stage as a host city,\u201d said Orange County Mayor Jerry L. Demings. \u201cHosting a world-class competition of this magnitude highlights our community\u2019s readiness to shine on the global stage. By strategically investing Tourist Development Tax dollars into our sports venues, we are delivering an exceptional experience for athletes and fans while further solidifying our reputation as a premier destination for major international events.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\">Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\">click here<\/a> to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wftvapps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778207534_234_APP DOWNLOAD LOCAL_1541693885678.jpg_13622062_ver1.0.jpg\" width=\"100%\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM WFTV CHANNEL 9<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 The city of Orlando has been selected as one of four host cities for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[2275,139,141,140,113451],"class_list":["post-262913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-downtown-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-u-s-olympic-team-marathon-trials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}