 "Nigerian-born Spanish athlete Juliet Itoya performs a high jump in front of the Eiffel Tower ahead of the vote in Lima, Peru, awarding the 2024 Games to the French capital, on the Champs de Mars garden in Paris")
The International Olympic Committee named Paris and Los Angeles as hosts for the 2024 and 2028 Olympics on Wednesday, crowning two cities at the same time in a historic first for the embattled sports body.
Loud applause rang out at the Lima Convention Centre shortly after the IOC membership voted to approve a deal hashed out in July which arranged for Paris to be given 2024 and Los Angeles 2028.
Paris and Los Angeles bid leaders joined International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach on stage as the award was confirmed, embracing after an outcome hailed as a "win- win-win" by the IOC.
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