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Budapest offers to host compact, manageable Olympics
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Rio de Janeiro, August 16 (MTI) – Budapest offers to host a compact Olympics of manageable size and with a human face, Balázs Fürjes, the Hungarian government official in charge of Budapest’s bid for the 2024 Games, told a press conference in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday.
Once selected, Budapest would welcome the top athletes of the world with a secure environment and reliable organisation, he said.
With its bid, Budapest seeks to encourage new cities and new regions to follow suit, Fürjes said.
London, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo are all megapolises while the International Olympic Committee’s Agenda 2020 programme is meant to give a chance to medium-size cities, he said.
Should its bid succeed, Budapest would be the first city in central Europe to host Olympic Summer Games, Fürjes said.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is scheduled to select the host of the 2024 Olympics in Lima next year.
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