“I think the players absolutely deserve this”. “I think our connection with numerous sports is a little higher than it was going into London”.
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The Games did leave Toronto well-stocked with athletic facilities and stadiums, though, infrastructure that would make an Olympic bid much more realistic.
Toronto could put the brakes on and instead bid for the 2028 Olympics, but at the risk of losing momentum, and interest.
The Pan Am Games, which saw ticket sales surpass one million, has stirred talk of another attempt. “And maybe with all the turmoil, the IOC will be looking for stability and certainly Canada can provide stability and a guaranteed wonderful Games”.
Boston, Budapest, Hamburg, Paris and Rome are the cities that have announced 2024 bids so far.
The committee will evaluate those concepts and choose a number of official candidate cities, which will be examined by a commission of experts before the winning city is be chosen in the summer of 2017.
The IOC sometimes rewards cities who keep trying, he added. “And what most people don’t realize is that the IOC considers North and South America the same continent”. The 1976 Games in Montreal remains a standard-bearer of Olympic bloat. Calgary in 1988 and Vancouver are the only other Canadian cities to have won Olympic bids. Tory said. Global Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said Toronto “could be a good candidate”, in a recent CBC interview.
Magner says since the opening ceremony, merchandise sales have surpassed what the retailer thought they would achieve. This means Toronto could reuse many of its Pan Am venues.
Rio de Janeiro could be an example for Toronto to follow.
The U.S. women’s national team previously qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, and following a disappointing finish, climbed seven spots in the world rankings over the course of two years.
Virginia Tech assistant professor Robert Oliver has studied Toronto’s failed bids and said residents may be feeling some “bid fatigue”. “I go back to all the sacrifices that my family and I have made to get to this point”. “We are open to deliver any information when we have more information”.
Others said the city can’t lose sight of practical concerns. “When we get to the backend of the Pan American Games, we’ll start putting a schedule together to prepare us for next summer”. The Parapan Am Games end in mid-August.
The 2016 Games in Brazil is already overrun by nearly $5 billion, according to reports, ballooning to $24.1 billion with a year left to go and a long list of unfinished projects.
Star Canadian decathlete Damian Warner is on board.
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“I go back to all the experiences I’ve had”, said Lopez, a two-time Olympic gold medalist.
