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Yang Yang, Olympic Champion Short Track Speed Skating and Chinese IOC member, smiles at a press conference during the 2022 Winter Olympics Candidate City Briefing at the Olympic Museum, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, June 9, 2015. With the vote less than two months away, leaders of the Almaty and Beijing bids made presentations at a "technical briefing" in Lausanne. The meeting was attended by 85 of the International Olympic Committee's 101 members. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)
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Denis Ten, from Kazakhstan, Sochi 2014 Bronze medalist in the men's singles figure skating, speaks at a news conference during the 2022 Winter Olympics Candidate City Briefing for IOC Members at the Olympic Museum, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, June 9, 2015. With the vote less than two months away, leaders of the Almaty and Beijing bids made presentations at a "technical briefing" at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne. The meeting was attended by 85 of the International Olympic Committee's 101 members. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)
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International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin watch the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach. left, smiles as he sits with Norwegian IOC-member Gerhard Heiberg during a meeting Norway's Minister of Culture, Thorhild Widvey in Oslo Monday May 19, 2014. Bach was in Oslo is discuss the 2022 Oslo Winter Olympic bid.(AP Photo: Hakon Mosvold Larsen / NTB scanpix) NORWAY OUT
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FILE - In this April 3, 2014 file photo, International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates delivers a speech during an IOC-Tokyo 2020 1st Project Review session in Tokyo in Tokyo. International Olympic Committee Vice President Coates has slammed Rio's preparations for the 2016 Olympics, saying they are "the worst I have experienced." (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)
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FILE- In this March 20, 2014 file photo, Rio de Janeiro's Eduardo Paes, right, talks with Nawal El Moutawakel, head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission, center, and International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Director for the Olympic Games, Gilbert Felli during a visit to the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Earlier this month, in an unprecedented display of criticism against an Olympic host, 18 sports federations made public their widespread concerns over Rio's preparations, with some sports asking about "Plan B" contingencies for their venues. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)
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This image released by the Saudi Press Agency shows Prince Nawaf Faisal Fahd bin Abdul-Aziz, an International Olympic Committee member and president of the national Olympic committee, right,, walking with IOC President Thomas Bach, left, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, April 2, 2014. IOC President Thomas Bach has discussed the issue of women’s participation in sports with Saudi Arabia’s Olympic chief. The IOC says Wednesday that Bach promised “full support” for the country’s sports development strategy through 2020. The plan includes “proposals to increase women's participation in the Olympic Games and in sport in general.” Saudi women are largely banned from participating in sports in the kingdom, although there are several football and basketball clubs that play in clandestine leagues. After prolonged negotiations with the IOC, Saudi Arabia sent women to the Olympics for the first time in 2012, with two female athletes competing at the London Games. (AP Photo/Saudi Press Agency)
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This image released by the Saudi Press Agency shows Prince Nawaf Faisal Fahd bin Abdul-Aziz, an International Olympic Committee member and president of the national Olympic committee, left, walking with IOC President Thomas Bach, right, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, April 2, 2014. IOC President Thomas Bach has discussed the issue of women’s participation in sports with Saudi Arabia’s Olympic chief. The IOC says Wednesday that Bach promised “full support” for the country’s sports development strategy through 2020. The plan includes “proposals to increase women's participation in the Olympic Games and in sport in general.” Saudi women are largely banned from participating in sports in the kingdom, although there are several football and basketball clubs that play in clandestine leagues. After prolonged negotiations with the IOC, Saudi Arabia sent women to the Olympics for the first time in 2012, with two female athletes competing at the London Games. (AP Photo/Saudi Press Agency)
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FILE - This is a Nov. 1, 2010 file photo of International Olympic Committee member, Dick Pound as he poses in London, Ontario Canada. Senior Canadian IOC member Dick Pound has been given a key role in Olympic broadcasting. The IOC said Friday April 4, 2014 that Pound has been appointed chairman of the board of Olympic Broadcasting Services. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Dave Chidley, File)
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International Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice President John Coates, center left, delivers speech as Yoshiro Mori, center right, president of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, listens to him during the IOC/ TOKYO 2020 joint press conference in Tokyo, Friday, April 4, 2014. Coates and other IOC officials are in Tokyo for a two-day IOC-Tokyo 2020 First Project Review. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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International Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice President John Coates rubs his eyes during the IOC/ TOKYO 2020 Joint Press Conference in Tokyo, Friday, April 4, 2014. Coates and other IOC officials are in Tokyo for a two-day IOC-Tokyo 2020 First Project Review. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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International Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice President John Coates, center, and Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, right, snake hands at IOC/ TOKYO 2020 joint press conference in Tokyo, Friday, April 4, 2014. Coates and other IOC officials are in Tokyo for a two-day IOC-Tokyo 2020 First Project Review. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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International Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice President John Coates attends the IOC/ TOKYO 2020 joint press conference in Tokyo, Friday, April 4, 2014. Coates and other IOC officials are in Tokyo for a two-day IOC-Tokyo 2020 First Project Review. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
