LAUSANNE, Switzerland — IOC leaders are meeting this week to review preparations for the next three Olympics, consider sanctions against unrecognized national Olympic bodies and discuss the upcoming sale of U.S. television rights.
The International Olympic Committee executive board convenes for a two-day meeting Wednesday, kicking off a year that does not include an Olympics but will feature the selection in July of the host city for the 2018 Winter Games.
The three candidate cities — Annecy, France; Munich; and Pyeongchang, South Korea — submitted their official bid documents to the IOC by Tuesday's deadline, setting the stage for the final six months of the campaign. The IOC will select the host city on July 6 in Durban, South Africa.