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At the 142nd IOC session here in Paris, where a vote confirmed that Salt Lake would get the 2034 Winter Games, the bigger news was that of a last-minute amendment to the host contract.
The IOC awarded Salt Lake City the 2034 Winter Games on Wednesday but said in an amendment in the host city contract that it could terminate the Olympic host contract "in cases where the supreme ...
The IOC said the key criterion is the gender listed on the athlete's passport. [335] The IOC's decision was the subject of controversy and criticism, including from former boxing world champion Barry McGuigan and Australian boxing team captain Caitlin Parker. [336] [337] Controversy arose after Khelif defeated Italian boxer Angela Carini.
The 2002 Olympic Winter Games bid scandal was a scandal involving allegations of bribery used to win the rights to host the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Prior to its successful bid in 1995, the city had attempted four times to secure the games, failing each time.
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 group still roared when the IOC officially declared Salt Lake and Utah the 2034 host. Salt Lake City benefited from a host of factors to secure the Games. First of all, those 2002 Olympics are ...
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.
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