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IOC unveils 5 candidates for 2024 Games
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The International Olympic Committee yesterday named Budapest, Hamburg in Germany, Los Angeles, Paris and Rome as the final candidates for the 2024 Olympics.
The winning bid will be announced after a vote by the IOC session in the Peruvian capital Lima in September 2017.
IOC President Thomas Bach said there were five 鈥渙utstanding cities鈥 in the race for the Games which will be decided in two years.
鈥淲hat we see are five really highly qualified candidate cities,鈥 Bach told reporters. He added that the contest for 2024 would be 鈥渟trong and fascinating鈥.
The announcement of the five cities 鈥 Hamburg鈥檚 candidacy will depend on a public referendum in the city on November 29 鈥 was made hours after the midnight Tuesday deadline for bids.
Toronto and the Azerbaijan capital of Baku had considered entering but finally decided against.
The contest will be the first completely run under the IOC鈥檚 Agenda 2020 reforms aimed at making bid contests less expensive and bureaucratic.
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