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The saga of the 1936 Olympic games began on 26 May 1930. This was when the German Olympic Committee met with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Berlin to petition for the hosting rights to XI Olympic games; other applicant cities were Barcelona, Istanbul, Frankfurt am Main, and Nürnberg. Of note is that Berlin was supposed to host the games in 1916, but these were cancelled due to WWI.
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Planning for the modern games began in 1894, with the founding of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The IOC enlisted the aid of sports organizations and individuals of various countries, chiefly European at first. The committee drafted policy and selected Athens, Greece, as the site of the first Olympic Games. In theory, athletes of all nations are eligible to participate.
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Politics has influenced the Olympic games in other ways, from the propaganda of the Nazis in Berlin (1936) to pressures leading to the exclusion of white-ruled Rhodesia from the Munich games (1972). At Munich, nine Israeli athletes were kidnapped and murdered by Palestinian terrorists. The International Olympic Committee (IOC), which sets and enforces Olympic policy, has struggled with the licensing and commercialization of the games, the need to schedule events to accommodate American television networks (whose broadcasting fees help underwrite the games), and the monitoring of athletes who seek illegal competitive advantages, often through the use of performance-enhancing drugs. The IOC itself has ... been the subject of controversy.
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Los Angeles is one of just two U.S. cities remaining in competition to be the United States Olympic Committee's (USOC) candidate to the International Olympic Committee to host the 2016 Games. The SCCOG's bid plans are now being finalized for submission to the USOC on January 22. The USOC has said that it will make a final decision on April 14, 2007.
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Los Angeles is one of just two U.S. cities remaining under consideration to be the (USOC) candidate to the International Olympic Committee to host the 2016 games. The USOC has said that it will make a final decision on April 14, 2007 and fully intends to nominate the winning city to the IOC for the international competition.
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London, United Kingdom will hold the 2012 Summer Olympics, making London the only city to host the Games three times. The International Olympic Committee has removed baseball and softball from the 2012 programme. However, it may be re-added in programmes in later years.
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