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FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2016, file photo, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, second from left, is flanked by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, left, LA 2024 chairman Casey Wasserman, second from right, and UCLA chancellor Gene Block, right, during a news conference in Los Angeles. As the IOC moves the goalpost in the 2024 Olympic contest, bid leaders from Los Angeles and Paris head to a campaign event in Denmark on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 unsure of exactly what they are shooting for. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Olympic bidders LA, Paris meet IOC panel on 2024-2028 award

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 29, 2011 file photo, former British athlete and head of the LOCOG, Sebastian Coe, right, speaks to former Namibian athlete and Chairman of the IOC Athletes' Commission Frank Fredericks in the London 2012 Olympic stadium, London. Under investigation by an Olympic ethics panel over a $300,000 payment he received, IAAF Council member Frank Fredericks has been urged by a colleague to step aside from the governing body’s work. European Athletics president Svein-Arne Hansen’s call to Fredericks on Wednesday, March 22, 2017 came three weeks before track and field’s ruling council meets in London under the chairmanship of IAAF President Sebastian Coe. (AP Photo/Tom Hevezi, file)

Fredericks steps aside from IAAF work, to skip council meet

By ANDREW JACKSON ORYADA - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach speaks during a press conference in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Friday, March 17, 2017. The IOC has moved closer toward picking both Los Angeles and Paris to host a Summer Games in an unprecedented double vote this year. Bach has repeatedly hinted at picking both LA and Paris by awarding both the 2024 and 2028 Summer Games hosting rights at the IOC Session on Sept. 13. (Yoo Hyung-jae/Yonhap via AP)

Paris Olympic bid team tells IOC it doesn’t want 2028 Games

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 2, 2016 file photo, International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates speaks during a joint press conference of the IOC coordination commission in Tokyo. Coates will have his leadership of Australia's Olympic movement challenged for the first time in decades after 1996 field hockey gold medalist Danni Roche got backing to run against him in May elections. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

Gold medalist Roche to challenge IOC VP Coates in elections

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International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, left, is escorted by South Korea's Prime Minister and acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn for a meeting in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 14, 2017. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo via AP)

IOC sets up group to look at double 2024-2028 Olympic picks

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International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach speaks during a press conference in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Friday, March 17, 2017. The IOC has moved closer toward picking both Los Angeles and Paris to host a Summer Games in an unprecedented double vote this year. Bach has repeatedly hinted at picking both LA and Paris by awarding both the 2024 and 2028 Summer Games hosting rights at the IOC Session on Sept. 13. (Yoo Hyung-jae/Yonhap via AP)

Column: IOC must consider serious reforms to save Olympics

By PAUL NEWBERRY - Associated Press

USOC anti-doping paper calls for WADA independence

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FILE - This is a Tuesday, May 20, 2008 file photo of Namibian former athlete Frank Fredericks, right, as he takes a look on the Wembley Pitch with Sebastian Coe during a visit by the International Olympic Committee to Wembley Stadium in London. The International Olympic Committee members are on a three day visit to London to inspect venues for the London2012 Olympic Games. Former Olympic sprinter Frankie Fredericks has turned himself over to the IOC ethics commission following a French newspaper report Friday March 3, 2017 linking him to a payment from a man who has been banned for life from track and field for corruption. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Fredericks leaves 2024 Olympic bid role, waives vote

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - This is a Tuesday, May 20, 2008 file photo of Namibian former athlete Frank Fredericks, right, as he takes a look on the Wembley Pitch with Sebastian Coe during a visit by the International Olympic Committee to Wembley Stadium in London. The International Olympic Committee members are on a three day visit to London to inspect venues for the London2012 Olympic Games. Former Olympic sprinter Frankie Fredericks has turned himself over to the IOC ethics commission following a French newspaper report Friday March 3, 2017 linking him to a payment from a man who has been banned for life from track and field for corruption. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Fredericks turns himself over to IOC ethics commission

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FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2017 file photo cars line up in front of a poster with an advertising campaign for the 2024 Olympic bid with Hungarian Olympic fencer Aron Szilagyi in Budapest. On Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Budapest’s assembly has approved a motion to withdraw the city’s bid for the 2024 Olympics. (AP Photo/Pablo Gorondi)

Budapest assembly passes motion to withdraw 2024 Olympic bid

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

Head of the bid of Budapest for hosting the 2024 Summer Olympic Games Balazs Furjes addresses the General Assembly of the City of Budapest with Budapest Mayor Istvan Tarlos, right, and Vice Mayor Alexandra Szalay-Bobrovniczky in the background in the town hall in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. (Zsolt Szigetvary/MTI via AP)

Budapest assembly to vote Wednesday on revoking Olympic bid

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb.3, 2017 file photo, the Eiffel Tower lit up with colors for the Paris 2024 bid during the launch of its campaign as candidate for the 2024 Olympic summer games in Paris. Groups defending the French language are lodging legal protests over the English-only slogan used by Paris authorities bidding for the 2024 Olympics. Lawyer Emmanuel Ludot said Friday Feb; 17, 2017 that he has submitted a request with the government's rights defense authority to suspend use of the slogan &quot;Made for Sharing.&quot; (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

IOC’s Bach welcomes talk on 2024 and 2028 Olympic hosts pick

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Police officers cordon off the area outside the Louvre museum near where a soldier opened fire after he was attacked in Paris, Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. Police say the soldier opened fire outside the Louvre Museum after he was attacked by someone, and the area is being evacuated. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Paris attack raises new security concerns over Olympic bid

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

Japan Golf Council Chairwoman Eiko Ohya, center, listens to a reporter's question with vice chairmen, Yutaka Morohoshi, left, and Masayuki Tamaki, during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. The course that will host the 2020 Olympic golf tournament says it is open to changing its membership policy to include women. The Kasumigaseki Country Club came under scrutiny recently when the International Olympic Committee inquired about the club's membership practice. The issue surfaced in mid-January when Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike urged Kasumigaseki to admit women as full members. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

2020 Olympic golf course open to reviewing membership policy

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

IOC chief Bach feels ‘inner rage’ at Russian doping scandal

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International Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice President and IOC Coordination Commission for Tokyo 2020 Chair John Coates, left, and Tokyo 2020 Olympics President Yoshiro Mori smile during a press conference following the 5th Project Review for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 in Tokyo, Friday, Jan. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

IOC: Tokyo’s huge cost could give wrong message

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Jean-Christophe Rolland, center, president of the Swiss-based International Rowing Federation, accompanied by Koji Murofushi, right, sport director for the 2020 Tokyo Organizing Committee, speaks to the press following his meeting with 2020 Tokyo Organizing Committee Deputy Director Yukihiko Nunomura in Tokyo Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. Rolland says he is seeking clarification from Tokyo officials after a city advisory panel recommended moving the 2020 Olympics rowing competition far from the Japanese capital to save money. He said the reports of a possible venue change had come as a surprise. (AP Photo/Mari Yamaguchi)

Rowing, canoe sprint, swimming to remain at Tokyo venues

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

IOC backs Craig Reedie for new 3-year WADA term

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press

IOC approves $509,285,000 funding for new Solidarity plan

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Councilman Joe Buscaino, left, with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, center, and Councilman Marqueece Harris-Dawson celebrate after a city council vote in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015. The Los Angeles City Council cleared the way Tuesday for Garcetti to strike agreements for a 2024 Olympics bid, putting the city on the verge of becoming the U.S. contender after Boston's awkward collapse. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) **FILE**

Olympic voters weigh Donald Trump effect on Los Angeles 2024 bid

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press