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Haudenosaunee Nationals ‘Optimistic’ About Playing Lacrosse at L.A. Olympics
The Indigenous teams are in constant contact with the International Olympic Committee as they prepare for sixes qualification and a possible precedent-setting berth.
- The Haudenosaunee Nationals are in "pretty constant contact" with the International Olympic Committee about playing lacrosse at the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles, set to return to the Olympic program in less than two years.
- As an Indigenous people living in Ontario, Quebec and New York, the Haudenosaunee invented lacrosse and have competed separately from Canada and the United States for decades.
- Executive director Leo Nolan said the group is "cautiously optimistic" about the new sixes discipline, noting they have provided extensive documentation to the IOC supporting their case.
- The IOC currently recognizes 206 national Olympic committees, 13 more than United Nations member states; allowing the Haudenosaunee to compete could establish a new precedent for inclusion.
- Nolan said he has not been given a timetable for an IOC decision, though teams will earn berths at world championships with the final Olympic slot determined in early 2028.
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Haudenosaunee Nationals ‘optimistic’ about playing lacrosse at L.A. Olympics
The Haudenosaunee Nationals say they're in "pretty constant contact" with the International Olympic Committee about possibly playing lacrosse at the upcoming 2028 Summer Games. The Haudenosaunee are an Indigenous people that live in Ontario, Quebec and...
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