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Old 02-22-2017, 09:44 PM   #309
craigwd
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Originally Posted by getbak View Post
Interesting to note that also today, Hungary announced that Budapest will be pulling its bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ol...-idUSKBN1610YO

This means that for the second-straight time, there will only be two cities in the final competition for an Olympic bid (Los Angeles and Paris). The same thing happened with the 2022 Winter Games when Oslo pulled out of the bidding after being named one of the three finalists.

The IOC will make the final decision on 2024 in September.
Very disappointed. 😦
IMO Budapest had the strongest bid of the three.
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