Olympics chief admits she has not spoken to US president Trump about LA 2028 Games | LA Olympic Games 2028

The International Olympic Committee has but to determine formal communications with the US president Donald Trump on preparations for the Los Angeles Games in 2028, the IOC president, Kirsty Coventry, has confirmed.

Trump has been talking in Davos in Switzerland after a turbulent begin to 2026 throughout which he has urged he’ll invade Greenland, threatened a commerce battle with Europe and ousted the Venezuela president Nicolás Maduro.

Coventry confirmed that she had no plans to satisfy Trump amid rising world tensions earlier than the 2028 Olympics, that are anticipated to convey collectively greater than 10,000 athletes from over 200 nations, and mentioned she didn’t wish to become involved with geopolitics.

“We are always aware of all the conversations that are happening and the geopolitics and political conversations happening,” Coventry mentioned on Wednesday. “I want to make clear that it is not in our remit to comment on such matters. Our goal is to have all national Olympic committees represented at the Games.”

However, Coventry does anticipate to satisfy the US vice-president, JD Vance, earlier than the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics on 6 February.

“As it pertains to the USA, we have not had formal communication just yet with the White House,” she mentioned. “We have seen the formal announcement of president Trump’s team. We look forward to meeting the vice-president.”

But at a press convention in Lausanne, Coventry did stress Olympic values and spoke of nations coming collectively in concord – which seemed like a quiet rebuke to the US administration.

“We will work extremely hard in order to protect the Olympic Games and the platform for the Olympic Games,” she mentioned. “Because it showcases how we can live and a way of understanding each other. You don’t have to speak the same language in order to understand what each other is trying to achieve, or have an appreciation for each other. And for me, especially in today’s world, these are values that we need to ensure we are protecting.”

The US can be co-hosting the World Cup this 12 months, with Gianni Infantino, the president of Fifa, having repeatedly met Trump on the White House and controversially awarded him a peace prize in December.

Asked whether or not she may be taught from Infantino’s strategy, Coventry mentioned: “If we weren’t seeing good relations six months before the World Cup I would get worried. As we get closer to the Olympics you will see the relations continue … and only get stronger.”

Meanwhile the Olympic Games government director, Christophe Dubi, admitted there was nonetheless some work to be completed on the sliding monitor in Cortina, in addition to on the concourse and the momentary works within the ice hockey area. However, he insisted that every one venues for the Winter Olympics could be prepared in time.

“With sliding, we cannot deny that work needs to be done,” Dubi mentioned. “For the hockey, the works inside the concourse and the temporary works which by nature are last minute, will be ready in a matter of days. But they are still working. There is a lot of confidence and workers on the ground. So we’ll be ready to host the best athletes.”