LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Sports officials from a dozen United States cities went to the heart of the Olympic family this week to show their country wants to host more world championships and top events.

Coast to coast member cities in the Sports Events & Tourism Association came to the Olympic home city of Lausanne to meet most governing bodies of Summer Games and Winter Games sports, which are always looking to pick host cities for their own competitions.

“If we’re zooming out it is just broader advocacy for the United States,” Sports ETA president and CEO John David told The Associated Press, setting the goal to help Olympics sports “feel that warm embrace that the U.S. wants them.”

The U.S. has already booked a full slate of the biggest events in the next decade — Olympics in Lo

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