Boston to bid for 2024 Olympics

Boston has been named as the United States' candidate city for the 2024 Olympics.

The Boston city skyline

Boston has been named as the United States' candidate city for the 2024 Olympics. (AAP)

The US Olympic Committee has selected Boston to bid for the 2024 summer Olympics.

During the meeting at the Denver airport on Thursday, USOC board members chose Boston over Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, all of which have been lobbying to become the American choice for more than a year.

Boston joins Rome as the only other city that has officially decided to bid.

Germany will submit either Hamburg or Berlin, with France and Hungary among those also considering bids.

The International Olympic Committee will award the games in 2017.

America's last two attempts to land the games resulted in embarrassments - fourth-place finishes for New York (2012) and Chicago (2016).


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