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Brisbane is in the box seat in a one horse race to host the 2032 Summer Olympics

“And the winner for the right to host the Games of the 35th Olympiad is … Brisbane!”
Almost. Nearly.
Right now, it is a one-horse race but anything, or something, might happen; unlikely though.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has designated Brisbane’s bid for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games “Preferred Bid Status” meaning it is the only one of numerous bid cities that has progressed to the next phase called “targeted dialogue”.
It will be followed by “final negotiations”, and then the rubber-stamping exercise of declaring Brisbane the winner will happen at an IOC session as early as the Tokyo Olympics in July, although with COVID restrictions it may be later in the year.
IOC President Thomas Bach said discussions, in the…
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