Female athletes to be in the majority at LA28

GENEVA — Female athletes will be in the majority at an Olympics for the first time at the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Games thanks to a big win for women's soccer.

The International Olympic Committee decided Wednesday that the women's soccer tournament in 2028 will be bigger than the men's edition for the first time, with 16 women's teams and just 12 for men — flipping the gender imbalance at the Paris Olympics, which had 16 men's teams and 12 in the women's tournament.

The decision by the IOC executive board helped push the core quota of athletes for LA to 5,333 women and 5,167 men — a 50.7 to 49.3 percent split — the IOC said.