The International Olympic Committee has yet to establish formal communications with the US president
The International Olympic Committee has yet to establish 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 speaking in Davos in Switzerland after a turbulent start to 2026 during which he has suggested he will invade Greenland, threatened a trade war with Europe and ousted the Venezuela president Nicolás Maduro.
Coventry confirmed that she had no plans to meet Trump amid rising global tensions before the 2028 Olympics, which are expected to bring together more than 10,000 athletes from over 200 nations, and said she did not want to get involved with geopolitics.
“We are always aware of all the conversations that are happening and the geopolitics and political conversations happening,” said Coventry 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.
