the olympic games will be held in paris, france in 2024.
where will the olympic games be held in 2024?
paris , france
world taekwondo was established on may 28, 1973 at the inaugural meeting held at the kukkiwon with participation of 35 representatives from the world after it separated from the international taekwon-do federation because of political reasons. at that time, un yong kim was elected president for a four-year term. one of the main constituents of world taekwondo, the secretariat was formed on june 3, 1973 and began operating. on october 8, 1974 world taekwondo was affiliated to the general association of international sports federations (gaisf), now sportaccord. until the 1980s, the european (may, 1976), the asian (october, 1976), the pan american (september, 1978) and the african (april, 1979) taekwondo unions inaugural meetings were held, while oceania’s taekwondo union was not recognized as the 5th continental union of world taekwondo until july 16, 2005. the recognition of the ioc towards world taekwondo at its 83rd session in moscow on july 17, 1980 was the cornerstone for their cooperation. thereupon taekwondo participated in the 24th olympic games at changchung gymnasium in seoul, korea as well as the 25th olympic games at the palau blaugrana in barcelona, spain as a demonstration sport. in recognition of his contribution to the olympic movement un yong kim was awarded the order of commander by prince rainier of monaco on september 21, 1993. moreover, taekwondo was adopted as an official sport of the sydney 2000 olympic games at the 103rd ioc session in paris, france on september 4, 1994. half a year later, on february 15, 1995 world taekwondo was affiliated to the association of summer olympic international federations (asoif) as a provisional member. after the first appearance of taekwondo as an olympic sport in the sydney 2000 olympic games, the ioc executive board confirms taekwondo as an olympic sport for the 2004 athens olympic games on december 11–13, 2000. furthermore, the inclusion of taekwondo in the beijing 2008 olympic games was confirmed on november 29, 2002 at the 114th ioc session held in mexico city. on february 15, 2004 the vice president (italy) sun jae park was elected as acting president of world taekwondo due to the resignation of the founding president un yong kim from the presidency of world taekwondo. four month later chung won choue was elected as new president of world taekwondo at the extraordinary general assembly on june 11, 2004. taekwondo was confirmed as program of the 2012 london olympic games on july 8, 2005.
world taekwondo
on 26 april 2014, the southern california committee for the olympic games announced its bid proposal for the 2024 olympics. on 28 july 2015, the usoc contacted los angeles about stepping in as a replacement bidder for the 2024 summer games after boston dropped its bid. on 1 september 2015, the la city council voted 15–0 to support a bid for the 2024 olympic games. the u.s. olympic committee finalised its selection moments after the la city council's vote. on 13 january 2016, los angeles 2024 committee officials said they were "thrilled to welcome" the construction of a $2-billion-plus, state-of-the-art football stadium in inglewood, california and believed the arrival of one—and perhaps two—nfl teams would bolster its chances. on 25 january 2016, the los angeles 2024 committee announced that it planned to place its olympic village on the ucla campus. la 2024 also announced that media members and some olympic officials would be housed in a 15-acre residential complex usc planned to build.
los angeles bid for the 2024 summer olympics