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The IOC would finalise the decision at its
executive board later on Wednesday, the source added.
Several cities and countries have publicly expressed an interest
in the 2032 Games including Australia's Queensland, Indonesia,
Budapest, China, Doha and Germany's Ruhr valley among others.
The IOC overhauled its bidding rules in 2019 to reduce costs and
make the process easier for cities. There are no official
candidate cities campaigning ahead of a vote as was the case in
the past.
Two 'Future Host Commissions' for Winter and Summer Games have
been set up to explore interest with potential bidders.
The IOC then orders the commissions to start extended talks with
one or more cities that are named 'preferred hosts', taking a
more detailed look at the bids along with their financial
guarantees.
Based on the evaluation of the commissions, the IOC then puts
one or more preferred hosts to a vote at the IOC session.
It is not yet clear when the vote to select the host of the 2032
Games will take place. The previous rule of voting on it seven
years in advance has also been scrapped.
Paris is hosting the 2024 Games, with Los Angeles confirmed for
2028. Cortina d'Ampezzo in Italy will host the 2026 Winter Games
while Beijing will stage the 2022 Winter edition next year.
(Reporting by Karolos Grohmann; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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