Australian city was unanimously proposed as the single candidate for 2032 by the International Olympic Committee’s 15-strong executive board in June.
The Australian city of Brisbane will host the 2032 summer Olympics after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved the recommendation of its executive board.
“The International Olympic Committee has the honour to announce that the Games of the 35th Olympiad are awarded to Brisbane, Australia,†IOC president Thomas Bach said after a vote in Japan’s capital, Tokyo.
The announcement was greeted by cheers from the Brisbane delegates at the IOC session and fireworks were set off in the Australian city, where people had gathered to await the vote.
Brisbane’s victory looked a certainty after it was unanimously proposed as the single candidate for 2032 by the IOC’s 15-strong executive board in June.
It means that Brisbane will become the third Australian city to get the Games, after Melbourne in 1956 and Sydney in 2000.
Its bid involved 32 venues and most have already been built.
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