Lausanne chosen as host city of 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), announces Lausanne as the city to host the 2020 Youth Olympics, during the 128th International Olympic Committee Session, in Malaysia's capital city of Kuala Lumpur July 31, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Lausanne, the Swiss city where the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is based, was chosen on Friday to host the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.

Lausanne easily won a secret ballot of IOC members at a convention centre in downtown Kuala Lumpur, beating the only other candidate, the Romanian city of Brasov, which hosted the 2013 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival.