Toronto to bid for 2024 Olympics

Published July 27, 2015
Toronto lost recent bids to Atlanta for the 1996 games, and against Beijing for 2008. — AFP/File
Toronto lost recent bids to Atlanta for the 1996 games, and against Beijing for 2008. — AFP/File

TORONTO: The head of the Canadian Olympic Committee says Toronto will bid for the 2024 Olympics, joining a crowded field that already includes five cities.

Marcel Aubut, president of the COC, told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation the city will use the Pan Am Games — which ended on Sunday — as a springboard.

Toronto joins Boston; Budapest, Hungary; Hamburg, Germany; Paris; Rome. Toronto lost recent bids to Atlanta for the 1996 games, and against Beijing for 2008.

Published in Dawn, July 27th, 2015

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