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    Los Angeles officially awarded 2028 Olympic Games

    by By David Wharton, Los Angeles Times Sep 13, 2017 3 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles' roller coaster campaign to host the Olympics for a third time - an effort marked by early defeat and last-second negotiations - reached a conclusion Wednesday when the city was formally awarded the 2028 Summer Games.

    International Olympic Committee members voted their approval with a show of hands at a session in Lima, Peru, ending an unusual bid competition that resulted in two winners, with Paris simultaneously awarded the 2024 Games.

    "Like anything worth fighting for, this was a long journey," Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti

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