Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) attends a news conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, January 9, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - A Sapporo bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics will be better than the Japanese city's failed attempt to win the 2026 Games, due to improved infrastructure, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said on Thursday.
The northern city which hosted the 1972 Winter Games -- the first in Asia -- had attempted to bid for the 2026 Olympics in 2018 before pulling out following a deadly earthquake in Hokkaido.
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