San Diego-Tijuana Olympic Bid Dealt Crippling Blow Elliot Spagat - Associated Press
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SAN DIEGO — A cross-border bid for San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, to host the 2024 Summer Olympics appeared dead before arrival Tuesday when the U.S. Olympic Committee said international rules don't allow two countries to mount a joint candidacy.

The news was delivered as San Diego Mayor Bob Filner and his Tijuana counterpart, Carlos Bustamante, prepared to name a cross-border planning committee within the next week and unveil a logo.

Scott Blackmun, the USOC's chief executive, said Friday that the committee was talking to 10 cities about a possible bid, including San Diego-Tijuana. He said the committee hadn't looked carefully at the cross-border proposal but that it would "have its challenges."

After more research, Christopher Sullivan, the USOC's chief of protocol and bids, called Filner's liaison to the committee on Tuesday to say the International Olympic Committee charter doesn't allow for bordering countries to host Summer Games, said USOC spokesman Patrick Sandusky.

"There's no opportunity for them to bid together," Sandusky said.

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