The 18-strong Commission, which features nine Olympians and nine Paralympians, met virtually, and talked about how to ensure athletes are at the heart of LA 2028.

The Commission is led by Janet Evans, a four-time Olympic swimming gold medallist, who also serves as LA 2028’s Chief Athlete Officer.

Speaking following the first meeting Evans said: "I couldn’t be more excited to work with these incredible leaders in sport.

"Every Commission member is bringing their whole selves and total life experiences to the table.

"Together we are going to create the best possible experience for athletes and fans."

Launched in July, the Commission features two athletes that have won multiple Olympic gold medals - athlete Allyson Felix, who has won seven across four Summer Olympics, and short track speed skater Apolo Ohno, who won two gold medals during the three Winter Olympics she competed in.

Olympians on the Athletes' Commission are hurdler Queen Harrison, five-time Olympic gymnastics medallist Nastia Liukin, fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, figure skater Adam Rippon, badminton's Howard Shu, ice dancer Alex Shibutani and Brenda Villa, a four-time Olympic medallist in water polo.

The Paralympic representatives on the Athletes' Commission are track and field athlete Scout Bassett, long jumper Lex Gillette, who has won silver medals at five Paralympics, Paralympic cyclist Samantha Bosco, sitting volleyball athlete Allison Compton and ice sled hockey gold medallist Rico Roman.

Alana Nichols, who has won both summer and winter Paralympic golds in wheelchair basketball and Alpine skiing, two-time Paralympic handcycling gold medallist Oz Sanchez, track and field athlete Ahkeel Whitehead and Ileana Rodriguez, a former swimmer who served as Chef de Mission for the Refugee Paralympic team at Tokyo 2020.

The Commission has been created to serve as a strategic advisory group, and Compton, who also founded the US women’s sitting volleyball team, said she was excited at Los Angeles hosting a first Paralympics.

"Hosting Los Angeles’s first Paralympic Games is beyond exciting for me," said Compton.

"It gives us an amazing platform to educate our community about the Paralympics and open up opportunities for our future Paralympians in ways we have never experienced before."

Los Angeles has hosted the Olympics twice before, in 1932 and 1984, but 2028 is set to be its first Paralympics.

The LA 2028 Olympics is scheduled to be held from July 21 to August 6, with the Paralympics set to follow from August 22 to September 3.