On October 16, 2023, the IOC announced that baseball and softball have been approved as additional events at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. This will be the first time baseball has been approved as an official sport since the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Samurai Japan, the Japanese baseball team that won the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, has attracted attention in the United States as well when Shohei Otani expressed his enthusiasm for participating in the Los Angeles Olympics. With Otani’s participation, many players have expressed their desire to participate in the Olympics, and experts have said that the best members will gather in Los Angeles. In this video, we will introduce the topic of Otani’s participation in the Los Angeles Olympics and also introduce the players who will likely be the main players of the Japanese national team in four years.
![[Olympics]Shohei Ohtani to compete in the Los Angeles Olympics at the Dodgers’ home field! A pitcher who has never pitched in the first division, but is expected to be even more successful than Ohtani in four years’ time [Olympics]Shohei Ohtani to compete in the Los Angeles Olympics at the Dodgers' home field! A pitcher who has never pitched in the first division, but is expected to be even more successful than Ohtani in four years' time](https://www.jp2021.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1725283447_hqdefault.jpg)
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