- Title: Macron leads Paris 2024 to bid presentation
- Date: 11th July 2017
- Summary: LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND (JULY 11, 2017) (REUTERS) **** WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **** FRENCH PRESIDENT, EMMANUEL MACRON, ARRIVING AT THE SWISS TECH CONVENTION CENTRE AHEAD OF PARIS 2024 MAKING THEIR BID PRESENTATION
- Embargoed: 25th July 2017 11:20
- Keywords: Olympics Paris 2024 Macron bid presentation
- Location: LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND
- City: LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND
- Country: Switzerland
- Topics: Olympics,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA0016P9WDA7
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- Story Text:The Paris 2024 bid committee, including French President Emmanuel Macron, arrived at the Swiss Tech Convention Centre in Lausanne on Tuesday (July 11) to present their bid to members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Paris, hoping to stage the Games for a third time, is up against a Los Angeles bid led by the city's mayor Eric Garcetti.
Macron's presence is an unusual move. Heads of state generally turn up only for the host city vote, which this year will take place in Lima, Peru, on Sept. 13.
The IOC is expected to ratify an executive board recommendation to award both the 2024 and the 2028 Games at the same time, ensuring both candidates host one Games.
However, the IOC would still have to decide who goes first, and the two candidates are lobbying intensely to try to get the 2024 Games they originally bid for. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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