罗马将申请举办2024年奥运会
Rome has confirmed it will enter a bid to host the 2024 summer Olympic Games.
罗马政府已经确认将申请举办2024年夏季奥运会。
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi made this announcement on Monday.
"I announce that the government will work side by side with the Italian National Olympic Committee, from now until September 2015, on a bid for the 2024 Olympics. This is a candidacy that fills our hearts with emotion, fills our hearts with pride, fills our hearts with difficulties. We will have the best infrastructure in the world, because that's what 'Made in Italy' means."
Rome faces tough competition from Berlin, Paris, Budapest, and Istanbul, all expected to submit rival bids.
Italy came close to winning a bid to host the 2004 Games but lost to Athens, Greece.