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    IOC lets Paris, LA decide who will host 2024, 2028 Olympics

    Last month, InterMat ran the headline "IOC punts decision for 2024, 2028 Olympic sites" when the Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee deferred a decision as to which cities -- Paris or Los Angeles -- would host the Summer Games in 2024 and 2028.

    Today was the day many expected that decision to be announced.

    Instead, the IOC board basically handed off that decision to the two contenders, saying, "OK, you two decide between yourselves."

    Actually, IOC members voted unanimously to seek a consensus three-way deal between the two bid cities and the IOC executive board after deciding Tuesday it could award the rights for both the 2024 and 2028 Olympics at the same time, going against more than a century of tradition of naming only one Olympic host city at a time since the first Modern Olympics in 1896.

    The general consensus is that Paris will get the nod to host the 2024 Games, and Los Angeles will welcome the 2028 Olympics.

    If the two bid cities and the IOC fail to come to an agreement this summer before the next IOC meeting Sept. 13, only the 2024 Olympics host city will be named.
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