International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach attends the 131st IOC session in Lima, Peru September 13, 2017. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo
LIMA (Reuters) - Paris was awarded the 2024 summer Olympics and Los Angeles the 2028 Games on Wednesday, as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) broke with decades of tradition to vote on a unique double allocation.
Paris, which has hosted two previous Olympics, will stage the event 100 years after its last Games in 1924 while Los Angeles will also organise its third Games after 1932 and 1984.
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