{"id":263525,"date":"2026-05-08T15:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T15:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/263525\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T15:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T15:07:09","slug":"orlando-to-host-final-stop-of-2028-olympic-qualifier-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/263525\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando to host final stop of 2028 Olympic qualifier series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">ORLANDO, Fla.  \u2013 Orlando is officially on the road to LA28.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The International Olympic Committee announced the city will host the final stop of the Olympic Q-Series 2028, a key qualification pathway to the LA28 Olympic Games, June 8-11, 2028.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Athletes will compete in some combination of six sports: 3\u00d73 basketball, beach volleyball, BMX freestyle, climbing, flag football, and skateboarding. The specific sports featured at the Orlando stop have not yet been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled that Orlando has been selected to host the Olympic Q-Series 2028, putting our city at the center of the road to LA28,\u201d said City of Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer. \u201cOur community has a proven track record of delivering world-class events and has earned its place as the nation\u2019s premier sports destination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Another big event is coming to the nation&#8217;s premier sports destination. Hosting the Olympic Q-Series in 2028 will bring even more visitors to Central Florida and help showcase Orlando&#8217;s vibrancy on the world stage.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qJoH0zKjOC\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/qJoH0zKjOC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mayor Buddy Dyer (@orlandomayor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/orlandomayor\/status\/2052499070783050084?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 7, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Orlando is the fourth and final stop of the series, which opens in Tokyo May 4-7, moves to Shanghai May 11-14 and then Montreal June 1-4 before concluding in Orlando. No word yet on where the events will take place. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cThis places Orlando on the road to the LA28 Summer Olympic Games and gives our region the opportunity to help shape an important chapter in the Olympic journey for hundreds of athletes,\u201d said Jason Siegel, President and CEO of the Greater Orlando Sports Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 Orlando is officially on the road to LA28. The International Olympic Committee announced the city&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[53840,1335,139,141,140,110],"class_list":["post-263525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-olympics","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263525","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=263525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}