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Indonesia's new capital city will be the focus of the country's bid for the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): President Joko 'Jokowi'Widodo appears to have reignited his lofty ambitions of holding an international sporting tournament by building new state-of-the-art sports training facilities in the country’s new capital of Nusantara, in East Kalimantan, as part of the country’s bid to host the 2036 Olympics.

There’s still no final decision on whether Utah will remain in the running for the 2030 Winter Games or have to shift to 2034 after leaders of Utah’s bid committee met with the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee. But now they say a decision must come by November, when the IOC stars narrowing a field that also includes Sapporo, Japan, and Vancouver, Canada.

Utah's Olympic bidders still don't know if they're going to remain in the running for the 2030 Winter Games or shift to 2034 after meeting with the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee.

The President and chief executive of Salt Lake City's bid for the 2030 or 2034 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, Fraser Bullock, has said that Utah's capital would be ready to "host a Games when it is in the best interest of the Olympic Movement".