I had no idea that country’s were able to select which sports to put in play in the Olympics. So, France requested breakdancing, and LA requested football and to omit boxing.
The IOC pushed around host countries for forever until recently when only the nutty countries wanted to host (thats how we got a 2nd Beijing Olympics, when the only other bid was from Kazakhstan)
Host cities are getting more power now. Not sure I agree with omitting boxing which is an absolute staple and easily accommodated, but I completely understand why most countries wouldn't want to spend billions on a bunch of baseball stadiums they'll never use for example.