In this kind of cases, experience reminds us that there’s no smoke without fire!
Behind the scenes, it’s whispered that Paris would be the fortunate choice for 2024 and L.A would inherit the 2028 edition.
For the record: the pACA region is involved as its regional capital, Marseille, would host the sailing competitions.
Gathered since the previous day in the South Korean city of PyeongChang, the IOC’s executive commission decided this Friday to advance its consideration of a double vote for 2024-2028 during the September 2017 session in Lima.
Specifically, the IOC executive commission decided to form a working group to look into a reform of the Olympic Games cities’ bidding process.
Proof of the significance of the subject and its exceptional nature: the group in question will be led by the 4 vice-presidents of the Olympic organization, the Australian John Coates, the Turk Uğur Erdener, the Spaniard Juan Antonio Samaranch JR, and the Chinese Yu Zaiqing.
In any case, the quartet will present the conclusions of their work during the candidate cities’ briefing, scheduled for July 11 and 12 in Lausanne.
Thomas Bach clarified that it had not yet been decided if a double attribution of the Games in 2024 and 2028 during the Lima session would be put to a vote by all members of the organization. But he confessed that, to his knowledge, such a change was not contrary to the Olympic Charter. “My feeling is that it is flexible enough” to authorize such a reform, suggested the IOC president.
