U.S. to bid for 2024 Olympic, Paralympic GamesDecember 17, 2014 - 10:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The United States Olympic Committee will bid for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to BBC Sport. The Committee will choose one host city from either Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco or Washington DC. The International Olympic Committee's deadline for applicants is 15 September 2015, with a decision due in 2017. The last time the U.S. hosted a summer Olympics was in Atlanta in 1996, although Salt Lake City, Utah, hosted the Winter Olympics in 2002. "An entire generation of Americans has not had the opportunity to witness the amazing spectacle of an Olympic and Paralympic Games on home soil," said USOC CEO Scott Blackmun. "We believe it's important to bring the Games back to the United States to ensure the lasting strength of the movements." The U.S. is the third country after Germany and Italy to officially launch a bidding process. At an IOC meeting in Monaco earlier this month, a 40-point action plan was voted on to revamp the sporting showpiece. Potential hosts will find it easier and cheaper to bid under the "Olympic Agenda 2020" reforms and events can be held outside the host country or city. The 28-sport cap for future summer Olympics has been removed - although there will be no changes to the Rio 2016 schedule. Instead of a 28-sport limit, each summer Games will be restricted to 10,500 athletes and 310 events. Related links: Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia. Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements. Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of Armenia Armenia not going to war over Karabakh, says Pashinyan Armenia is not preparing to fight a war for Nagorno Karabakh, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview. |