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Budapest Drops Out Of '24 Games Race, Leaving L.A., Paris As Final Contenders

Budapest withdrew its bid to host the '24 Games yesterday, reducing the competition to a two-city race between L.A. and Paris and "handing an already embattled" IOC another "embarrassing setback," according to Scott Reid of the ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER. The announcement "came as no surprise following weeks of growing opposition to the bid." The withdrawal came "just days after opposition to Hungary's Olympic campaign submitted more than 266,000 petition signatures to force a referendum on the bid." Budapest is the third city to withdraw its bid for the '24 Games, joining Hamburg and Rome. The Budapest decision is another "major setback" for IOC President Thomas Bach, who had "hoped the organization's Agenda 2020 reforms would make Olympic bidding more appealing and less financially daunting for cities" (ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, 2/23). In L.A., David Wharton writes Budapest had "based its campaign on Old World charm and a compact cluster of venues" as it competed against L.A. and Paris. But the apparent "failure of that vision could revive concerns that only large cities can realistically hope to win the Games" (L.A. TIMES, 2/23).

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