IOC President Thomas Bach and President-elect Kirsty Coventry visited Rome, meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to discuss preparations for the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. They also attended the World Skateboarding Tour competition and addressed the International Athletes’ Forum (IAF) in Lausanne. Bach and Coventry also met with the new British Olympic Association (BOA) Chair Katherine Grainger, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Witold Bańka and Director General Olivier Niggli, and Pope Leo XIV. Nenad Lalović and Jean-Christophe Rolland were elected to the ASOIF Council.

The IOC has approved the inclusion of compound archery as a mixed team event at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games, marking the first new bowstyle added to the Olympic archery program since 1972. This decision follows years of advocacy by World Archery and recognizes the sport's increasing global popularity. World Archery President Ugur Erdener expressed gratitude to the IOC and the LA28 Organising Committee. Compound archery, which has been part of the World Archery Championships since 1995, will join recurve events, bringing the total archery medal events to six at LA28. Further details on the event format, athlete numbers, and qualification schedule are expected to be announced later.