{"id":296157,"date":"2026-06-04T18:49:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T18:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/296157\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T18:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T18:49:09","slug":"olympic-q-series-is-coming-to-orlando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/296157\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Q-Series is coming to Orlando\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Central Florida will play a role in the journey to the 2028 Summer Olympics as Orlando has been selected to host\u00a0the final stop of the Olympic Q-Series.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event, scheduled for June 8-11, will bring elite athletes from around the world to Orlando as they compete for qualification opportunities for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Orlando joins Tokyo,\u00a0Shanghai\u00a0and Montreal as host cities for the international series.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Olympic Q-Series is expected to feature several sports that are part of the modern Olympic program, including 3\u00d73 basketball, beach volleyball, BMX freestyle, sport climbing, flag\u00a0football\u00a0and skateboarding.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Become A Member<\/p>\n<p>The Apopka Chief does not have a paywall, but pavement-pounding journalism is not free. Join your neighbors who make this vital work possible.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"in-article__cta\" class=\"ct-link-button btn--m btn--secondary mdn-support-button\" href=\"https:\/\/theapopkachief.com\/become-a-member?ref=in_article_cta\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">See Member Benefits<\/a><a class=\"ct-link-button btn--m btn--primary\" href=\"https:\/\/theapopkachief.com\/newsletter-signup?ref=in_article_cta\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Join Our Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hosting the Q-Series\u00a0further strengthens Central Florida\u2019s reputation as one of the nation\u2019s premier destinations for major sporting events.\u00a0The region has become a frequent destination for national and international competitions thanks to facilities such as the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex,\u00a0the USTA National Campus, and Camping World Stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event is expected to attract athletes,\u00a0coaches\u00a0and fans from across the globe in the lead-up to the\u00a02028\u00a0Summer\u00a0Olympics\u00a0in Los Angeles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1055-scaled.jpg\"  class=\"multiple_authors_guest_author_avatar avatar\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\"\/>                                                                                                                                                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>Vincent &#8216;Vinnie&#8217; Cammarano was born and raised in New Jersey and is a graduate from Full Sail: Dan Patrick&#8217;s School of Sportscasting. He has a lifelong background of playing and working in sports, and is the sports reporter for the Apopka Chief. He commentates basketball and other sports on the side, and analyzes professional sports in his free time.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                                <a class=\"ppma-author-user_email-profile-data ppma-author-field-meta ppma-author-field-type-email\" aria-label=\"Email\" href=\"https:\/\/theapopkachief.com\/olympic-q-series-is-coming-to-orlando\/mailto:vcammarano@theapopkachief.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Central Florida will play a role in the journey to the 2028 Summer Olympics as Orlando has been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-296157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296157","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=296157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}