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International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach shakes hands with figure skater Annabelle Atkinson, 10, of Salt Lake City, as they talk at the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns, Utah, Saturday, Sept. 28. 2024. (Isaac Hale/The Deseret News via AP)

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach shakes hands with figure skater Annabelle Atkinson, 10, of Salt Lake City, as they talk at the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns, Utah, Saturday, Sept. 28. 2024. (Isaac Hale/The Deseret News via AP)

Freestyle aerial skier Cate McEneany, of Park City, talks with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach at the Spence Eccles Olympic Freestyle Pool within the Utah Olympic Park in Park City, Utah, Saturday, Sept. 28. 2024. (Isaac Hale/The Deseret News via AP)

Freestyle aerial skier Cate McEneany, of Park City, talks with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach at the Spence Eccles Olympic Freestyle Pool within the Utah Olympic Park in Park City, Utah, Saturday, Sept. 28. 2024. (Isaac Hale/The Deseret News via AP)

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, center, signs the 2034 torch display at the 2002 Olympic and Paralympic Museum within Utah Olympic Park in Park City, Utah, Saturday, Sept. 28. 2024. (Isaac Hale/The Deseret News via AP)

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, center, signs the 2034 torch display at the 2002 Olympic and Paralympic Museum within Utah Olympic Park in Park City, Utah, Saturday, Sept. 28. 2024. (Isaac Hale/The Deseret News via AP)

Fraser Bullock, left, the president and CEO of the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games, joins International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, foreground right, near the Hoberman Arch at the Salt Lake City International Airport, as he leads a delegation visiting ahead of the 2034 Winter Olympics, Friday Sept. 27, 2024. (Scott G Winterton/The Deseret News via AP)

Fraser Bullock, left, the president and CEO of the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games, joins International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, foreground right, near the Hoberman Arch at the Salt Lake City International Airport, as he leads a delegation visiting ahead of the 2034 Winter Olympics, Friday Sept. 27, 2024. (Scott G Winterton/The Deseret News via AP)

Salt Lake City-Utah 2034 Board Chair Catherine Raney Norman, right, moderates a panel comprised of, from left, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, Paralympic discus medalist David Blair and Olympic speedskating medalist Brittany Bowe during a breakfast celebration held in the gardens of the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024.(Isaac Hale/The Deseret News via AP)

Salt Lake City-Utah 2034 Board Chair Catherine Raney Norman, right, moderates a panel comprised of, from left, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, Paralympic discus medalist David Blair and Olympic speedskating medalist Brittany Bowe during a breakfast celebration held in the gardens of the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024.(Isaac Hale/The Deseret News via AP)

Rachel Aho, senior director of housing operations for the University of Utah, right, gives International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, center, a tour of housing in Kahlert Village as he leads a delegation visiting ahead of the 2034 Winter Olympics, at University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (Brice Tucker/The Deseret News via AP)

Rachel Aho, senior director of housing operations for the University of Utah, right, gives International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, center, a tour of housing in Kahlert Village as he leads a delegation visiting ahead of the 2034 Winter Olympics, at University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (Brice Tucker/The Deseret News via AP)

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach tours University of Utah's Rice-Eccles Stadium as he leads a delegation visiting ahead of the 2034 Winter Olympics, on the campus of the university in Salt Lake City on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (Brice Tucker/The Deseret News via AP)

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach tours University of Utah's Rice-Eccles Stadium as he leads a delegation visiting ahead of the 2034 Winter Olympics, on the campus of the university in Salt Lake City on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (Brice Tucker/The Deseret News via AP)

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, far right, checks out the Utah Hockey Club's facilities with Chris Armstrong, president of hockey operations for the Utah Hockey Club, at the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns, Utah, Saturday, Sept. 28. 2024. (Isaac Hale/The Deseret News via AP)

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, far right, checks out the Utah Hockey Club's facilities with Chris Armstrong, president of hockey operations for the Utah Hockey Club, at the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns, Utah, Saturday, Sept. 28. 2024. (Isaac Hale/The Deseret News via AP)

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, center right, talks with Olympic speed skater Andrew Heo as they tour the U.S. Speedskating Speed Factory training center at the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns, Utah, Saturday, Sept. 28. 2024./The Deseret News via AP)

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, center right, talks with Olympic speed skater Andrew Heo as they tour the U.S. Speedskating Speed Factory training center at the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns, Utah, Saturday, Sept. 28. 2024./The Deseret News via AP)

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach talks with long-track speedskater Shruti Kotwal as they walk toward the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns, Utah, Saturday, Sept. 28. 2024. (Isaac Hale/The Deseret News via AP)

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach talks with long-track speedskater Shruti Kotwal as they walk toward the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns, Utah, Saturday, Sept. 28. 2024. (Isaac Hale/The Deseret News via AP)

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, bottom center, watches an athlete practice as he checks out the facilities at the Spence Eccles Olympic Freestyle Pool within Utah Olympic Park in Park City, Utah, Saturday, Sept. 28. 2024. (Isaac Hale/The Deseret News via AP)

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, bottom center, watches an athlete practice as he checks out the facilities at the Spence Eccles Olympic Freestyle Pool within Utah Olympic Park in Park City, Utah, Saturday, Sept. 28. 2024. (Isaac Hale/The Deseret News via AP)