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How a failed Olympic bid paved the way for Brisbane to secure the 2032 Olympic Games - 23Oct21 - ABC News Australia“The idea of transforming Brisbane into an Olympic city was born in the 1980s.” “Brisbane's successful bid to host the 2032 Olympics comes after several failed bids from the 1980s” “Hosting the 1992 Olympics would have transformed Brisbane and seen a yacht marina built in the city's north” “The bidding process previously involved international parties likened to an election campaign”

It’s time for Mixed Martial Arts to become an Olympic sport - 25Jul21 - The Inner Sanctum

Cricket launches official bid for Olympics inclusion - 10Aug21 - Cricket Australia

World Netball back the sport to feature at Brisbane 2032 - 9Aug21 - Inside the Games

Rail Expansion affects 300 homes ahead of the Olympics — 22 Oct21 - ABC News Australia

Softball Australia and Baseball Australia join calls for Los Angeles 2028, Brisbane 2032 inclusion - 20Oct21 - Inside the Games

The puppets and puppetmasters behind the 2032 Olympics and how your $5 billion will be spent - 22Oct21 - ABC News Australia Key points: Exclusive documents reveal how the Brisbane 2032 organising committee will be formed Queensland and Commonwealth government are locked in negotiations over legislation Federal Sport Minister Richard Colbeck has indicated costs will rise above the stated $5 billion

Brisbane 2032 thread - click here

Swimming World Magazine - 7Oct21 The composition of the IOC Coordination Commission Brisbane 2032 has now been finalised: Chair: Kirsty Coventry (ZIM) Vice-Chair: Anita L. DeFrantz (USA) Members: Federica Pellegrini (ITA) Princess Reema Bandar Al-Saud (KSA) Dagmawit Girmay Berhane (ETH) William Frederick Blick (UGA) Mikaela Cojuangco Jaworski (PHI) Andrew Parsons (BRA) Camilo Perez Lopez Moreira (PAR) Auvita Rapilla (PNG) Jean-Christophe Rolland (FRA) Baklai Temengil(PLW)

Rain forces Beijing 2022 Flame Lighting Ceremony rehearsal indoors - 15Oct21 - Inside The Games

Swimming World Magazine - 7Oct21 The composition of the IOC Coordination Commission Brisbane 2032 has now been finalised: Chair: Kirsty Coventry (ZIM) Vice-Chair: Anita L. DeFrantz (USA) Members: Federica Pellegrini (ITA) Princess Reema Bandar Al-Saud (KSA) Dagmawit Girmay Berhane (ETH) William Frederick Blick (UGA) Mikaela Cojuangco Jaworski (PHI) Andrew Parsons (BRA) Camilo Perez Lopez Moreira (PAR) Auvita Rapilla (PNG) Jean-Christophe Rolland (FRA) Baklai Temengil(PLW)

World Bowls creates Bowls in the Olympics Advisory Group with aim of Brisbane 2032 inclusion - 14Oct21 - Inside The Games

Coates to step down from AOC presidency, but stay on for life - 13Oct21 - Brisbane Times

Air Taxi Manufacturing Hub Unveiled for Sunshine Coast - 13Oct21 - The Urban Developer

Yes, the IOC heat rules will stay there forever and there will never be a July/August Olympics in Doha’s extreme heat then. Hence the three consecutive failed Doha Olympic bids. The 2006 Asian Games in Doha were great and were held in December. I have an Opening Ceremony audience partipation kit a friend involved in the Ceremonies lighting gave me from those 2006 Games which were spectacular in their delivery. I’ll post a photo of it here. But as far as hosting the Olympics, there is absolutely no sign at all of the IOC, the Internatinal Sporting Federations or the NBC changing their long-held positions on the July/August hosting dates rule. That rule has held fast for 21 years since Sydney 2000.