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Statement from USADA CEO Travis Tygart on the IOC's bombshell amendment to Salt Lake City's 2034 Olympic host city contract, which seeks to defend and protect WADA's authority.
The IOC voted to select the host city of the 2020 Summer Olympics on 7 September 2013 at the 125th IOC Session at the Buenos Aires Hilton in Buenos Aires, Argentina. An exhaustive ballot system was used. No city won over 50% of the votes in the first round, and Madrid and Istanbul were tied for second place.
The Summer Olympics are the world's largest multi-sport event, and are organized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) every four years. Selection of the host city is done at an IOC Session four to seven years prior to the tournament, in which the IOC members vote between candidate cities which have submitted bids.
The host city was originally due to be selected on 11 September 2019, at the 134th IOC Session in Milan; however, IOC rules required that the election be moved to a different location after Italy submitted a bid for the 2026 Games that included the city.
The IOC added a clause to Salt Lake's host contract, effectively demanding that local organizers — including Utah Gov. Spencer Cox — push to shut down the investigation or risk losing the ...
Salt Lake City will be an Olympics host again after the IOC formally awarded the 2034 Winter Games to the United States bid
City NOCs Date IOC Session I: 1896: Athens Greece: Awarded to host the Games of the I Olympiad (sole bid) 23 June 1894 1st in Paris, France [i] II: 1900: Paris France: Awarded to host the Games of the II Olympiad (sole bid) 23 June 1894 1st in Paris, France [i] III: 1904: Chicago United States: Awarded to host the Games of the III Olympiad ...
Give the IOC Session more influence by having non-executive board members form part of the Future Host Commissions. The IOC also modified the Olympic Charter to increase its flexibility by removing the date of election from seven years before the games and changing the host as a city from a single city/region/country to multiple cities, regions ...