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Para-climbing is a fast-paced sport that I am sure will attract new audiences to the Paralympic Games. You only have to see the sport’s impact on the Olympic Games programme to understand this.
Andrew Parsons
President • International Paralympic Committee
Our inclusion in the Olympics has opened new doors. It has encouraged more people to explore climbing.
Marco Maria Scolaris
President • International Federation of Sport Climbing
Forty per cent of Formula 1 fans are now women… [F1 Academy] is setting an example for other sports and showing their female fan base that they do care.
Never before have we had this type of investment…It’s all about making sure we capitalise on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Susie Wolff
Managing Director • F1 Academy
Pickleball is fun, social, easy to pick up, regardless of your athletic ability. There is no income barrier – it is affordable – all ages can play, all genders, all geographies, indoors, outdoors…The reason that we have seen a meteoric rise in the interest in pickleball is because there is a very significant number of recreational players playing. We’re going to get to 40 million pickleball players by 2030.
Anne Worcester
Strategic Advisor • Major League Pickleball
Former CEO • WTA
Quintessential West Coast sports share a youthful energy and creative vibe and will be perfect for the LA28 Olympics. These sports will bring fresh excitement and relevance to the Olympic Games in America and connect the Olympics with younger fans across Los Angeles and around the world. We want to build on tradition, while progressing the Olympic Games forward.
Casey Wasserman
Chair • LA 2028
CEO • Wasserman
For the first time in Germany, 25 of the personalities with the widest reach are coming together to offer every viewer the best possible football entertainment over 12 weeks [for the Baller League].
Felix Starck
CEO • Baller League
We have worked hard to capitalise on the huge increase in awareness and popularity of Wheelchair Rugby League since [England 2022].
Dozens of new teams have been established and hundreds more players of all ages, male and female, disabled and non-disabled, have discovered the unique appeal of the wheelchair game; participation in 2023 increased by an impressive 74% on the 2022 figure.
Tony Sutton
CEO • Rugby Football League
