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LA28 plans ambitious Coliseum makeover, building a track on top of the existing field

The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is framed by a plexiglass sign after the city was officially awarded the rights to host the 2028 Olympic Games on Sept. 13, 2017.

LOS ANGELES — There was no way to bring the Olympics back to Los Angeles for a third time without holding track and field at the Coliseum. Not with all those ghosts knocking around.

Babe Didrikson Zaharias competed at the historic stadium during the 1932 Summer Games, winning the javelin and hurdles. Carl Lewis won four golds there in 1984, a competition that also featured the infamous Zola Budd-Mary Decker collision in the 3,000 meters.

But as local organizers devised plans for the 2028

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