Philadelphia olympics 2024

The year is Five gymnasts who are five now brought home another gold for Team USA. The crowd gets louder as he enters the Olympic Stadium. The track heads in the audience are going bonkers as one of our very own is about to become the first American to win the marathon since Frank Shorter in As he crosses the line …. You wake up.

It was all a dream. Olympic Committee that whittles down the U. Even if Philadelphia had a good chance at winning the Olympic bid — say, if cities could still outright bribe their way to the Olympics, a situation where Philly could have an edge — it would probably be a bad move to bid.

The Olympics are risky. Is it possible Philadelphia could get so many corporate sponsors to make an Atlanta-size profit on the games? Sure, and an American might actually win the Olympic Marathon. Prove me wrong, young runners! The one time every four years some the country actually watches track and field in my hometown! Plus it would inconvenience old, crotchety Philadelphians when hundreds of thousands of visitors pour into our fair city. Hey, in I will probably be an old crotchety Philadelphian myself.

Sign me up! Responding to a February 19 letter sent by the national Olympic organization to 35 cities in the United States, Nutter said he was "honored to confirm our whole-hearted commitment and interest in working with the USOC to bid on the Games. Spokesman Mark McDonald said the city's expression of interest was "just an incremental development" in the long process of choosing the Olympic venue.

The U. Olympic committee will first decide on several U. The invitations went to the 25 biggest U. Philadelphia was among five cities that made presentations to the USOC in regarding the games, but Philadelphia did not make the cut to three finalists. The games eventually were awarded to Rio de Janeiro. The three finalists are Istanbul, Tokyo and Madrid, with the International Olympic Committee expected to make a final decision in September at a meeting in Buenos Aires.

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