promote their bids internationally.

Budapest 2024 have postponed the launch of their international campaign, however, due to growing calls for a referendum to be held on their Olympic and Paralympic bid.

It comes at a crucial juncture in the 2024 race as the cities began to prepare for inspection visits by the IOC Evaluation Commission in April and May.

All three are also due to provide “informal presentations” at the General Assembly of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF), taking place during the SportAccord Convention in Aarhus, Denmark on April 4.

Further presentations will be given at the Candidate City Briefing in Lausanne on July 11 and 12 and again at the decisive IOC Session in Lima, where a final decision will be made on September 13.

About the author

Since joininginsidethegames.biz, in 2015 Liam Morgan has covered a variety of international multi-sport events and conferences, including the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics, the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games and the Lillehammer 2016 Winter Youth Olympics. He also reported from the 2017 IOC Session in Lima and three editions of the FIFA Congress. He graduated from Southampton Solent University in 2014 with a BA First Class honours degree in Sports Journalism.

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