It’s a win-win for Paris, L.A. Olympic bids

LIMA, Peru — This was one of those rare Olympic moments where everyone walked away a winner.

Paris for 2024. Los Angeles for 2028. And the International Olympic Committee for transforming an unruly bidding process to lock down its future by choosing not one, but two Summer Olympics hosts at the same time.

The IOC put the rubber stamp on a predetermined conclusion Wednesday, giving Paris the 2024 Games and Los Angeles the 2028 Games in a history-making vote.

The decision marks the first time the IOC has granted two Summer Olympics at once. It came after a year’s worth of scrambling by IOC president Thomas Bach, who had only the two bidders left for the original prize, 2024, and couldn’t bear to see either lose.

Both cities will host their third Olympics.

In exchange for the compromise, L.A. will grab an extra $300 million or more that could help offset the uncertainties that lie ahead over an 11year wait instead of seven.

In other Olympics news:

• The World Anti-Doping Agency has dismissed all but one of the first 96 Russian doping cases forwarded its way from sports federations acting on information that exposed cheating in the country. The 95 dismissed cases were described by WADA officials as not containing enough evidence to result in solid cases.