
(ATR) Delegations from the bids from Los Angeles and Paris for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics are arriving in Lausanne for crucial meetings with the IOC.
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives midday Monday to complete the 13-member team from Paris that includes eight Olympians and Paralympians as well as Mayor Anne Hidalgo and other sports figures.
Paris and Los Angeles will present their plans for the 2024 Games to the IOC during a 90-minute technical briefing July 11.. Los Angeles will go first when the briefing begins at 0900 CET at the Swiss Tech Center Conference Center on the outskirts of Lausanne.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is the top political figure for the U.S. delegation, indeed the only one. The rest of the 11 members in the U.S. group includes six Olympic and Paralympic athletes and U.S. sport leaders.
The Los Angeles lineup:
Mayor Eric Garcetti
Chairman Casey Wasserman
CEO Gene Sykes
Olympian Allyson Felix
Olympian Michael Johnson
Olympian and vice chair Janet Evans
Paralympian Candace Cable
USOC President Larry Probst
IOC member and Olympian Anita DeFrantz
IOC member and Olympian Angela Ruggiero
USOC CEO Scott Blackmun
The Paris lineup:
President of France, Emmanuel Macron
Co-Chair, IOC Member and Olympian Tony Estanguet
Co-Chair, Bernard Lapasset
Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo
IOC Member and Olympian Guy Drut
French National Olympic Committee President, Denis Masseglia
French Paralympic Committee President Emmanuelle Assman
Île-de-France President Valérie Pécresse
French Minister for Sport Laura Flessel
CEO and Olympian, Etienne Thobois
Olympian Sarah Ourahmoune
Paralympian Michael Jeremiasz
Olympian Emmeline Ndongue
Both delegations will be officially welcomed during separate receptions on Monday afternoon at the Olympic Museum.
Reported by Ed Hula.
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