Dakar, Nov. 1 -- The sports program for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games will be finalized at the 147th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in April 2027, the IOC announced on Saturday.
The session will be held in Punta Cana, the Dominican Republic. The revised timeline was approved by the IOC Executive Board at a meeting in Dakar ahead of the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games.
Brisbane 2032 will be the first Olympic Games to apply the IOC's new methodology for determining the sports program, introduced under its "Fit for the Future" reforms.
The new approach is designed to give the Olympic program greater flexibility while keeping it relevant and sustainable. Sports disciplines will be assessed against objective criteria, i...