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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.
IOC then offered them to Whistler, but a change of government meant they were no longer interested. Salt Lake City offered to host the games, but IOC finally chose Innsbruck instead. From 1994, Winter Olympics were held between Summer Olympic years. Starting with the 2004 Olympics, only the highest-rated cities are short-listed for the final ...
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.
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 ...
The IOC said an amendment in the host city contract had now been added that would allow the IOC to terminate the Olympic host contract "in cases where the supreme authority of WADA in the fight ...
The host city is then chosen by vote of the IOC session, a general meeting of IOC members. [6] There was a change in host selection process in the late 2010s to address several problems – including the costs of hosting and the disappointment felt by unsuccessful applicants.
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 city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, submitted a bid for the 2004 Games and was eliminated in a run-off against Cape Town, since both cities tied in the first round of voting. Buenos Aires never hosted the Summer Olympics, but bid for the 1936, 1956, 1968 Games to become the first South American Olympic host city. [9]