Paris lauds chance to renew trust in Olympics as likely 2024 host


Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo attends a news conference ahead of the opening of the 131st IOC Session in Lima, Peru, September 10, 2017. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo

LIMA (Reuters) - Three days ahead of a vote expected to make Paris the host of the Olympics for the first time in 100 years, officials leading the city's 2024 bid on Sunday celebrated the opportunity to try to restore the Games' credibility amid a growing graft scandal.

Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo and the co-chair for the city's bid, Tony Estanguet, said transparency has been core to their team's campaign from the start two years ago, before allegations of vote-buying in the surprise 2009 decision to award the 2016 Summer Games to Rio de Janeiro.

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