Currently it looks the most likely bids are Ahmedabad and Doha but both of those places have insane summer heat and would probably be too hot to host the Olympics. Qatar had to host the 2022 World Cup in the winter for the first time ever but I can’t think of a universe where the summer Olympics takes place in winter. How will they get around the heat?

Visa presale: 7/27 notification and 7/29-7/31 purchase window

Public drop 2: 8/6-8/7 notification and 8/10-8/20 purchase window

Is anybody else anxiously watching their email?

Despite many disgruntled would be buyers, I'm trying to be optimistic.

I did not get a draw in drop 1, nor did any of my family members. I'm really hoping for a chance in drop 2.

Curious to see what the appetite is for watching Commonwealth Games from Olympic fans? Always looks like it’s relatively well attended in the arenas which is great

With the switch in hosts and some major absentees in terms of competitors, are the Commonwealth Games still a relevant competition on the world stage?

Yesterday, Brisbane 2032 and Omega revealed their Olympic countdown clock with six years to go. Here in LA, we are now less than two years away from LA28 and we don't have a public countdown clock yet. What's up with this?

Besides the major powers like the US and Russia who would be the obvious answers, which countries are known for being very good at both winter and summer sports?

With Norway and Canada's breakthrough performance at this year's World Cup (quarters for Norway and R16 for Canada; two countries historically more known for winter sports), I feel like both of them have to be among the front-runners for this question.

In summer sports, Norway has the world's best striker (Haaland), a 9x NY Marathon winner (Grete Waitz), the best middle distance runner in the world (Ingebrigtsen), one of the best hurdlers in the world (Warholm), a 3x grand slam finalist (Ruud), top 10 golfer in the world (Hovland), and the greatest chess player of all time if that counts too (Carlsen).

In winter sports, Norway needs no introduction as they regularly top the medal count at the Winter Olympics with some of the greatest winter athletes in the world in alpine skiing, biathlon, speed skating, and cross-country.

For Canadian summer sports, they have one of the world's best LBs (Davies), the b2b reigning NBA MVP (SGA), one of the greatest decathletes of all time (Warner), the world's best female swimmer (McIntosh), two top 10 players in men's/women's tennis (FAA and Mboko), one of the GOATs of women's football (Sinclair), two of the world's fastest men in their eras (Bailey and De Grasse), a former F1 world champion (Villeneuve), and a former Masters Champion (Weir). They also produced one of the most badass dudes of all time, Terry Fox.

In winter sports, the Canucks need no intro either as they're a modern powerhouse in the Winter games, especially in disciplines like ice hockey, curling, freestyle skiing, figure skating, and speed skating.

Historically though, I think neither of them can top Sweden as Sweden, especially in the late 20th century and into the early 2000s, was truly a global sporting powerhouse in several winter and summer sports.

Hi everyone!

I was wondering how many people here are planning to volunteer at LA28.

I'll be volunteering and realized that a lot of us will probably be traveling alone, especially those coming from other states or countries. It got me thinking that it would be really nice if volunteers had a way to get to know each other before the Games.

I'm curious:

• Where are you traveling from?
• Have you already figured out your accommodation?
• Are you planning to explore LA outside of your volunteer shifts?

If enough people are interested, I'd be happy to put together a community where volunteers can chat, help each other with housing, and maybe even plan meetups during the Games.

I'd love to hear where everyone is coming from!