U.S. Olympic leaders are sounding out international officials in Sochi about a potential American bid for the games — and the feedback is positive.
The U.S. Olympic Committee is currently weighing a possible run for the 2024 Summer Games. If that's ruled out, the 2026 Winter Olympics would be an option.
Sochi is giving USOC chairman Larry Probst and CEO Scott Blackmun the chance to talk informally with the voting members of the International Olympic Committee.
"We can get some really good input: Is it time for a U.S. bid and, if so, where should it come from?" Blackmun said in an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press.
"I think people genuinely would like to see a U.S. bid. There are some that think winter would be better than summer and some who think summer would be better than winter.
"There's a recognition that the U.S. is an important market, and at some point in the future, the games should go back there."
The U.S. hasn't hosted the Summer Olympics since the 1996 Atlanta Games. The last Winter Games in the U.S. were held in 2002 in Salt Lake City.
The IOC may be eager to encourage another bid from the U.S. because it would bring a high-profile player into the race and boost interest in the Olympics. Whether IOC members want the U.S. to win is another matter.
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is your body ready?
Chicago and New York were so disappointed last time 
