The International Olympic Committee has confirmed 5 cities as candidates to host the 2024 Summer Olympics.
President of International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, welcomes bids for 2024 Olympic Games.
"The IOC is welcoming five outstanding cities to a very strong competition about hosting the Olympic Games 2024. This five cities are Budapest (Hungary), Hamburg (Germany), Los Angeles (United States of America), Paris (France) and Rome (Italy)."
The host city will be selected by the IOC in 2017.
Selection and financing procedures by the International Olympic Committee have been eased through this round.
This comes on the heels of numerous cities dropping out to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, leaving only Almaty and Beijing in the running.
Beijing won the bid last month.
