French president, LA mayor woo 2024-28 Olympic host voters

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The president of France spoke of a world needing Olympic values. The mayor of Los Angeles said his home could again be the “ideal Olympic city.”

Emmanuel Macron and Eric Garcetti offered a vision on Monday at the Olympic Museum of why Paris and LA should host the Summer Games. Both want it in 2024, one will accept 2028.

In separate visits two hours apart, Macron and Garcetti each shared a stage — and later a hug — with IOC President Thomas Bach.

On Tuesday, Bach’s hope that both candidates will win one of two Olympic hosting rights on offer should be fulfilled.

The full IOC membership will first see both candidate cities present their hosting plans for 2024. Then, the members will likely endorse Bach’s proposal to award two Summer Games at once when they next meet on Sept. 13 in Lima, Peru.

“This will create a win-win-win situation for L.A., Paris and the entire Olympic movement,” the IOC president said, standing beside Garcetti.

There is little doubt both cities can be celebrating by lateafternoon Tuesday.

Still, a deal to decide which will host first, and which must wait four more years should take longer to resolve.

Paris is widely viewed as favorite for 2024 event, its third Olympic hosting exactly 100 years since the previous edition there.

Macron brought his star quality to the Olympic capital city to open a bid campaign event that typically does not lure heads of state.

L.A.’s previous hosting duties, in 1932 and 1984, were also “games-changers” for the Olympics, Garcetti said.