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Why are we in a hurry for host announcements, in a normal period we would be perfectly on time for bids to start shaping right now, which it's happening, Lviv is preparing a bid, Canada is convincing stakeholders, Barcelona is pitching a bid with navarra politicians, Sapporo got into the game last year and 2020 president already said she'll want to repeat as president, SLC years ago started building the bid since I believe 2018, those are at least 5 bidding cities, without mentioning the possibility that after 2022 olympics, winter games will gain momentum and maybe there will be another bidders, so even if 3 out of em drop form the race, still there's two left, and just in time to be elected in mumbai in 2023, so definitely there's not a lack of bidder over which IOC should worry

Totally agree about the Torino lady, here is hoping the 2026 organizers reject her resume. I can't let go of these Games, given how so many were determined to see that they wouldn't take place. I'm watching the replays on the Olympic website. I started the day after the Paralympics ended and I am currently on day two. I might get finished by July 2024.

Lviv is not happening, not for 2030 anyway. Talk about ‘playing with fire by doing that’. The IOC is very foolish at times, but not that foolish. Yes, the USOC only gets its wish if someone else VIABLE comes into play (hence their posturing). Otherwise, they’ll have to suck it up, & take what they can get. I sometimes have to think, though, why so much of a fuss with 2030 simply because LA is hosting 2028. I mean SLC nearly won 1998 despite Atlanta having just won 1996 not even a year earlier back then. And before someone mentions, there’s also the 2026 WC to think about - the U.S. also hosted the WC in 1994 as well.

Oh Ill get the awkwardness out of the way then in that regard. If there is a patsy for 2030 that steps for ward be it Vancouver, Sapporo, or even Lviv, I would be about 75 percent certain that SLC 2034 will be announced in tandem. There would be a higher prospect of a double award than a singular one. IOC knows full well it would be playing with fire by not doing that.