The Olympic flame for the **2028 Los Angeles Games** will travel through all 50 states of the United States, beginning in Atlanta and ending in Los Angeles. This will be the first time the Olympic torch has visited every state in the country. The journey will start in Atlanta, the last city in the U.S. to host the Summer Games in 1996, and will conclude in California, where Los Angeles is located. Organizers announced on Tuesday, September 29, that the flame will pass through all 50 states, beginning with Georgia. "Each Olympic Games begin with a single flame, and carrying this flame to Los Angeles is an honor and a privilege that we will share with every corner of the country, since Americans from all 50 states will carry the flame along its route to our opening ceremony," said Casey Wasserman, president of the LA28 organizing committee. The torch route, which will begin in the spring of 2028, will be fully revealed in 2027. As tradition dictates, the flame will first be lit in the Greek city of Olympia, the birthplace of the ancient Games. It will then travel to Atlanta. In 1996, the torch visited 42 states and even traveled into space aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. In 1984, for the Los Angeles Games, the torch had traveled through 33 states. Germany has chosen Munich to bid for the organization of the Olympic Games in 2036, 2040, or 2044. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) "left Lyon very reassured by the progress made" and validated the Lyon sites to host the ice events of the 2030 Alpine Games. Meanwhile, the rowing and canoe-kayak events of the 2032 Olympic Games will take place on a river with crocodiles. "We are an outdoor sport, we cross wildlife, it's quite common," said the French rowing team, confident about the choice of a crocodile-infested river for the 2032 Brisbane Games. "I am not a candidate" for the presidency of the organizing committee for the 2030 Winter Games, said Martin Fourcade after the resignation of Edgar Grospiron.