It's official now. After a century of waiting and bitter failures, Paris was named host city of the 2024 Olympic Games on Wednesday 13 September at the 131th session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lima, Peru. At the same time, at the end of the same voting process, Los Angeles was given the 2028 Summer Olympics. The Olympic rings on the esplanade of the Trocadero in Paris In Paris, giant Olympic rings were unveiled Wednesday night on the esplanade of Trocader