21. The International Olympic Committee requires each Olympic host city to present a cultural program as part of the Games. 22. The members must also vote by a majority to eliminate their ability to vote as a whole on choosing Olympic host cities. 23. Then the economic bubble burst, and the logic of serving as Olympic host turned upside down. 24. Though outsiders may equate the Olympic host city with Mormon moral codes, longtime residents have seen the city grow and welcome non-Mormons. 25. To the rest of the world, we have been viewed as arrogant and ungrateful Olympic hosts. 26. Visiting Europeans are in for a culture shock, because Atlanta is not a traditional Olympic host. 27. Apart from the doping issue, the IOC leadership also has to deal with a revolt of rank-and-file members who object to proposed reforms to approve Olympic host cities. 28. Australia qualifies automatically as the Olympic host nation. 29. But electing Olympic host cities has never been purely about technical issues. 30. But he will continue to attend IOC meetings, vote in the election of Olympic host cities and attend the Sydney Games as an official IOC delegate. |