Salt Lake City named host of Winter Olympics in 2034

Salt Lake City has been awarded nan 2034 Winter Olympic Games pursuing a ballot by nan International Olympic Committee.

The US city, which hosted nan 2002 Winter Games, earned 83 votes retired of 89 astatine nan IOC session, having been named nan preferred prime successful June.

'To nan group celebrating backmost home: we are backmost baby, nan Olympics are coming backmost to Utah,' said Utah politician Spencer Cox, who was portion of nan position team, on pinch Olympic skiing champion Lindsey Vonn, to nan IOC convention successful Paris.

A ample crowd had gathered backmost successful Salt Lake City to watch nan announcement connected large screens.

'Relieved we went trough this portion of nan process, excitement for what is coming,' said United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee president Gene Sykes.

Salt Lake City had initially wanted to bid for nan 2030 Games, which were awarded to France, but dropped those plans owed to nan day being excessively adjacent to nan 2028 Summer Olympics successful Los Angeles.

'We are thrilled that nan Winter Olympics will beryllium returning to Salt Lake City, Utah successful 2034. Congrats @SLC2030 @SLCmayor @UtahGov, and @TeamUSA! #SLCUT2034,' nan US State Department said successful a station connected X.

The task deed an unexpected hurdle precocious pinch nan lawsuit of 23 Chinese swimmers who had tested affirmative for banned substances earlier nan Tokyo Olympics held successful 2021.

The 23 swimmers tested affirmative for trimetazidine (TMZ) but were later cleared by a Chinese investigation, which said they were inadvertently exposed to nan supplier done contamination.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) did not find immoderate wrongdoing successful its ain investigation of nan cases but it has since triggered a abstracted US investigation and crisp disapproval of WADA's handling from nan US anti-doping agency.

The engagement of US authorities and nan usage of nan Rodchenkov Act successful nan lawsuit angered nan IOC which said WADA's authority could not beryllium unilaterally challenged.

The Rodchenkov Act authorities passed successful 2020 extends US rule enforcement jurisdiction to immoderate world sporting competitions that impact American athletes aliases person financial connections to nan United States.

The IOC said an amendment successful nan big metropolis statement had now been added that would let nan IOC to terminate nan Olympic big statement 'in cases wherever nan ultimate authority of WADA successful nan conflict against doping is not afloat respected aliases if nan exertion of anti-doping codification is hindered aliases undermined.'

It said Salt Lake City and nan US Olympic and Paralympic Committee had already signed nan amended contract.

'The issues nether chat were not caused by Salt Lake City aliases nan authorities of Utah aliases nan organization of Utah,' said IOC President Thomas Bach.

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