WATCH: Salt Lake City named host of 2034 Olympic Winter Games, the fifth in the U.S.

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SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — "We're back, baby! The Olympics are coming backmost to Utah!"

Those were the words of Gov. Spencer Cox this greeting arsenic the United States was chosen arsenic the big state for its 5th Winter Olympic Games connected Wednesday morning, June 24. Salt Lake City got the motion from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the 2034 Games.

Salt Lake's delegation appeared earlier the 142nd Session of the IOC this greeting to marque their last transportation earlier the vote. This is the 2nd clip Salt Lake volition big the Games, aft antecedently hosting the 2002 Games. The U.S. has besides hosted the Winter Games astatine Lake Placid, N.Y. (1932 and 1980) and Squaw Valley, Calif. (1960).

The IOC voted 83-6 to grant Salt Lake the Games with six abstentions.

Salt Lake 2034 CEO Frazer Bullock said the taxable for the Games volition beryllium "Elevate."

"Elevate our communities, elevate sports, and elevate the Games' experience," said Bullock.

Cox pointed retired Utah's 2002 Games person fixed the authorities and metropolis acquisition to big the 2034 Games, utilizing the aforesaid venues arsenic the erstwhile event.

"We person held 1,100 sporting events since the 2002 Games," said Cox. "That's an mean of 50 events a twelvemonth each twelvemonth since 2002." Cox besides said the authorities has 100% governmental alignment implicit bringing the games backmost to Utah. Salt Lake Mayor Erin Mendenhall said 80% of the city's colonisation enactment bringing the Games back. Athletes from 30 nations already bid astatine Utah's installation annually.

Bullock said helium remembered lasting connected a stadium extortion during the closing ceremonies of the 2002 Games, watching the fireworks airy the mountains.

"I truly didn't privation that infinitesimal to end," Bullock said, getting choked up, aboriginal telling IOC members, "You volition find america the champion of partners."

The 2034 Games are presently scheduled for February with the Paralympic Games to travel successful March.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommended Salt Lake during their enforcement committee gathering connected June 12. IOC members toured the 2002 Olympic sites successful April. Karl Stoss, seat of the Future Host Commission for the Olympic Winter Games, said astatine the clip helium felt Utah could beryllium acceptable to "host tomorrow" if needed.

This morning, Stoss called Salt Lake's bid "a precise beardown project, with an exceptionally precocious level of nationalist and governmental support. This is simply a wide mission, and we could consciousness it each the clip erstwhile we went to Salt Lake City successful Utah."

Stoss besides told a speedy anecdote astir being successful the Salt Lake City International Airport, and erstwhile helium asked an airdrome unit subordinate wherever his gross was, the unit subordinate recognized Stoss arsenic "the Olympic guy."

"'Yeah, man!'" Stoss quoted the airdrome worker. "'Bring the Games backmost to Salt Lake!'"

Doping ungraded brought up

A fig of IOC members slowed the ballot successful a mode they did not erstwhile awarding the 2030 Winter Games to France earlier this morning. They raised concerns astir however nations mightiness effort to sidestep oregon h2o down the anti-doping regulations that are portion of the Games.

Specifically, the IOC altered the declaration with Salt Lake that required the Games' sponsors to adhere to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) arsenic being the "supreme authority" successful investigating and disqualifying athletes recovered to beryllium successful violation. IOC officials confirmed the Salt Lake delegation had signed the amendment to the declaration successful bid to get the games.

The admonishments from the IOC travel conscionable 2 weeks aft WADA cleared itself of wrongdoing successful not disciplining respective Chinese swimmers who tested affirmative for banned drugs starring up to the Summer Games adjacent week. Chinese officials claimed the swimmers had been "unwittingly contaminated." While WADA's study noted it had trouble successful believing Chinese claims, a peculiar authoritative appointed to analyse the concern called the organization's actions successful clearing the swimmers arsenic "indisputably reasonable."

Seeing arsenic the swimmers successful question defeated U.S. swimmers, however, led immoderate American critics to question WADA's work.

While the treatment implicit the ungraded did not person immoderate engagement with oregon bearing connected Salt Lake City, it delayed the ballot by astir fractional an hr this greeting arsenic fractional a twelve IOC members took the juncture to speak.

Utah officials, including Bullock and Cox, agreed that they would backmost WADA and they wanted the 2034 Games to beryllium "clean."

The aboriginal of the Games

The IOC is really acceptable up 2 Winter Games successful their voting today: The French Alps were chosen to big 2030 Games with Salt Lake to travel successful 2034.

France hosted the precise archetypal Olympic Winter Games successful 1924 successful Chamonix. They person besides hosted Winter Games successful Grenoble successful 1968 and Albertville successful 1992.

Italy has already been chosen to big the 2026 Games. Switzerland has entered a "privileged dialog" with the IOC for the 2038 Games.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.