LA promotes Olympic bid among uncertainty

Los Angeles presented its candidacy for the 2024 Olympics to international sports federations on Tuesday amid confusion over the exact election process.

Los Angeles, along with Paris, will campaign up until the International Olympic Committee vote in September, but the IOC looks now likely to decide to award both the 2024 and the 2028 Games simultaneously.

Two-time host Los Angeles, which last staged the Games in 1984, highlighted its risk-free plan with every permanent venue already in place and a bid for privately-funded Games free from any government involvement or financing.

Paris bid leaders stressed the plan’s compactness while also highlighting the fact that it is a European bid. Rome, Budapest and Hamburg pulled out of the process, scared off by cost or local opposition to the Games. Paris, also a two-time host, last staged the Summer Olympics in 1924.

But while the two cities campaign for 2024, they could end up with the 2028 Games.

The IOC has set up a working group to look into the possibility of awarding both the 2024 and the 2028 Olympics at the same time in September, with a report expected back in July.

Four of the six cities that had bid at some point have pulled out in mid-race and the IOC is eager to change bidding to stop "creating so many losers"