LA Olympics schedules top women's event before men's for first time ever

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The 2028 Los Angeles Olympics will be the first in history to schedule the women’s 100-meter track final on the opening day of competitions and push the men's event to the second day.

The full LA28 schedule was released Wednesday, with organizers announcing the unprecedented change to prioritize the women's category.

"The women's 100 meters will be one of the most-watched events, and we wanted to start with a showcase of the fastest females in the world," LA28 chief of sport and Games delivery Shana Ferguson told reporters.

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Lucia Moris of Team South Sudan lies injured during the Women's 100m Preliminary Round on day seven of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on Aug. 2, 2024, in Paris, France.  (Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

Opening day on July 15 will feature all three rounds of the women’s 100 meters. Typically, women's track athletes run a maximum of two events per day in the Olympics. So the three events in one day will also be uncharted territory for the category and its athletes. 

The change to give women sprinters the early-window spotlight comes at a time of popularity growth for women's sports in the U.S. and global focus on protecting the women's category from biologically male trans athletes.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is reportedly moving toward enacting a new policy that will prohibit trans athletes from competing as women, according to multiple reports this week.

President Donald Trump suggested in August that there would be some