Even with 2 unidentified contenders vying to host a Winter Games, Salt Lake City is the clear front-runner, according to the new chairman of the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee.
vying to host a Winter Games, Salt Lake City is the clear front-runner, according to the new chairman of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee.wait to host until 2034
"The question about which cities or communities are really capable of being hosts for the Winter Games is a big question that the IOC has to deal with very, very thoroughly," Sykes said during a telephone news conference following USOPC meetings in Atlanta.a 2030 host likely until some time next year, has found "almost every other city has some limitation, either by capability or local support or something else," he said.
Sykes, who led L.A.'s Olympic bid, did not offer any details about the shortcomings of the places competing with Salt Lake City to host a Winter Games. Nor did he name the other contenders, which could include a so-calledSapporo has gone so far as to pause its bid because of the fallout from an Olympic bribery and bid-rigging scandal involving the 2020 Summer Games held in Tokyo a year late due to COVID-19.
Fraser Bullock, president and CEO of the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games, has said backers of the bid are "actually cheering for someone else to come forward for 2030. ... Our best hope is that there's a great candidate for 2030 and we come in for 2034."
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