{"id":3478,"date":"2026-06-24T14:35:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T14:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3478"},"modified":"2026-06-24T14:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T14:35:11","slug":"2036-olympics-host-set-to-be-picked-in-2029-as-ioc-confirms-timetable-for-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3478","title":{"rendered":"2036 Olympics host set to be picked in 2029 as IOC confirms timetable for contest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) \u2014 The IOC set a target of 2029 on Wednesday to pick a 2036 Olympics host in a currently stalled contest that has long been targeted by India and Qatar.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The timetable agreed at a meeting of the full International Olympic Committee membership is a reset under president, Kirsty Coventry, after 2028 Summer Games host Los Angeles and 2032 host Brisbane were chosen 11 years in advance.<\/span><\/p>\n

It brings back a competitive vote wanted by members after L.A. and Brisbane were effectively chosen without facing a rival candidate. The 2024 Olympics host Paris was picked with the traditional seven years to prepare in 2017, when L.A. stood aside as a rival to be given the 2028 edition uncontested.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The strategic shift has been a defining move in Coventry\u2019s presidency that formally started exactly one year ago when she succeeded Thomas Bach.<\/span><\/p>\n

At least 10 potential Summer Games bids for 2036 and beyond had been in ongoing talks with the IOC when Coventry pressed pause on the process in the first big decision of her presidency.<\/span><\/p>\n

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