CANBERRA — Australia would have a good chance of success if it bid to host the 2028 Olympic Games in Queensland state, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said Wednesday. Bach met with Prime Minister Tony Abbott and encouraged Australia to plan for a Games bid. He later said at a news conference that Australia's “worldwide famous love” of sport and the organizational skills it showed in hosting the 2000 Games in Sydney would ensure “sympathy” for the bid. Bach said the 28 years that would elapse between Sydney and a Games in Queensland ensured it would not be “too soon” for Australia to be awarded the Olympics again. Bach met with Abbott, Sports Minister Sussan Ley, and Australian Olympic Committee President John Coates in Canberra, then flew to Sydney and toured Olympic Park, site of the 2000 Games. — Reuters
