2016 Rio Olympics - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 04/08/2016. France's President Francois Hollande is pictured during the welcoming ceremony for the country's contingent. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - French and Italian leaders made rival pitches to host the 2024 Olympic Games on Friday, but carried the same message: choosing Europe to host the Games would reaffirm its liberal Western values in the face of deadly attacks by Islamist militants.
A spate of attacks in France and the threat of further ones across Europe have spooked the continent, casting doubt over the Olympic candidacies of Paris and Rome.
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