125th IOC Session
The 125th IOC Session will take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina in September 2013. The International Olympic Committee will meet to elect the host city of the 2020 Summer Olympics on September 7. They will also elect a new IOC President and will consider adding new sports for the 2020 Olympics.
Bidders
The IOC received two bids to host the 125th IOC Session. Buenos Aires and Kuala Lumpur made bids. Buenos Aires was elected host city at the 122nd IOC Session in Vancouver which took place prior to the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.
2020 Olympic host city election
The members of the IOC will elect the host city of the 2020 Summer Olympics on September 7. Bidding cities must submit their bids by September 1, 2011.
Bidding Cities
Currently the five bidding cities are;
IOC Presidential election
The IOC will elect a new IOC President at this session. The current president is Jacques Rogge. His term ends in 2013 and is term limited. He has served as President since 2001 and is the eighth IOC President.
New Sports
The IOC will consider adding new sports to the Summer Olympics at this IOC Session. The sports being considered are baseball, karate, roller sports, softball, sports climbing, squash, wakeboarding, wushu and Surfing. There will be a maximum of 28 sports at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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