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Los Angeles may compete for the right to become the candidate from the United States to host the 2024 Olympic Games after the withdrawal of Boston, USOC Chairman Larry Probst said.

The 2024 Olympic host city will be selected by the IOC on September 15, 2017 in Lima, Peru. If successful, it would join London (1908, 1948, 2012) as the only cities to host the Olympic Games more than twice. Blackman expects the deal to be done by the end of the month, but USOC...

Meanwhile, Blackmun revealed results of a USOC-commissioned poll of Los Angeles residents from earlier this month.

His statement came hours after Mayor Marty Walsh said he would not sign the bid documents if they left city taxpayers vulnerable to cost overruns.