LA hopes IOC follows the sun for 2024 Games

More than 100 Olympians and Paralympians gathered with civic leaders and officials for the launch of the slogan and logo, which features a "soaring figure" representing the athletes "reaching for their dreams," LA 2024 said in a media release.

Los Angeles, which has twice before hosted the Summer Games in 1932 and 1984, stepped in as a late replacement as the U.S. bid after Boston withdrew due to a lack of support.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will elect a winning bid in September 2017 from a race that also includes Paris, Rome and Budapest.

(Writing by Jahmal Corner in Los Angeles; Editing by Peter Rutherford)