Brisbane, Australia Confirmed as Host City for 2032 Summer Olympics

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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia has been confirmed as the host city for the 2032 Summer Olympics.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) held its 138th session at the Okura Hotel in Tokyo, Japan on the 21st and selected Brisbane as the host city for the 2032 Olympics.

As a result, Australia will host the Olympics for the third time, following Melbourne in 1956 and Sydney in 2000.

The IOC designated Brisbane as the preferred host city for the 2032 Olympics in February. Furthermore, last month, the Executive Board unanimously decided to award Brisbane the Games to be held 11 years from now.

With the Executive Board's approval at that time, Brisbane's bid was effectively confirmed, and the joint Seoul-Pyongyang bid was officially canceled.

Brisbane's bid committee received high marks for its cost-saving plan to use 84% of existing venues, as well as strong support from the Australian government, the Queensland state government, and the Australian public.

Other cities that competed in the bidding process but were eliminated included Seoul and Pyongyang (joint bid), Doha in Qatar, Budapest in Hungary, Rhine-Ruhr in Germany, Chengdu and Chongqing in China, Jakarta in Indonesia, New Delhi in India, Istanbul in Turkey, and Saint Petersburg in Russia.

The Olympics will be held in Paris, France in 2024 and Los Angeles, USA in 2028.

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