IOC Leaders Praise LA Amid Unrest in Host City

OLYMPIC officials meeting Wednesday in Switzerland took a calm, longer view of the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles after days of images of deployed military and burning cars on the host city's streets.

- AGENCIES @ Lausanne (Switzerland)

IOC president Thomas Bach praised the strength of the city's community and the umbrella group of 36 sports that Los Angeles will host in just over three years' time also expressed faith in a shared wish of all levels of government to unite for the Olympic project.

"With regard to LA, we have the full support of the president of the United States and the governor of California and the mayor of Los Angeles for the success of these Olympic Games," Bach told The Associated Press on Wednesday.