Paris 2024 co-chairman Tony Estanguet has said the bid committee’s sole focus is on returning the summer Olympic Games to the French capital for the first time in a century and that it has no interest in the prospect of securing hosting rights to the 2028 edition of the event.
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USOC leaning towards 2030 for winter Olympics bid
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today (Thursday) cleared the three remaining candidate cities for the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games to progress to the final stage of the bidding process, as president Thomas Bach called for reform of the system to avoid creating too many “losers”.