From left: Los Angeles 2024 Olympic bid Vice Chair and Olympic champion Janet Evans, Los Angeles 2024 CEO Gene Sykes, Head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) athlete's commission Angela Ruggiero, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, LA 2024 chairman Casey Wasserman, US Olympic track and field athlete Allyson Felix, IOC Vice-President Anita De Frantz and chief executive officer of the United States Olympic Committee Scott Blackmun pose for a group Photo after a press conference after the presentation of Los Angeles 2024 Candidate City Briefing for International Olympic Committee (IOC) Members, at the SwissTech Convention Centre, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, July 11, 2017. (Valentin Flauraud/Keystone via AP)
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