LA Olympics organizers confirm road race start and finish
The 2028 Summer Olympics is still more than two years away, but organizers confirmed two details this week of the highly anticipated road race courses. The men's and women's starts will both be on the Venice Beach boardwalk, and the finish will be at the iconic Griffith Park in downtown Los Angeles.
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That tracks with more detailed course information seen in February by Escape Collective. Organizers haven't released other details including the exact location of the finish, but somewhere at or near the Griffith Observatory is likely, which means the race would finish atop a roughly 5 km climb that averages 6-7%.
