LONDON — Los Angeles is in the running to host a third Olympic Games while Hamburg, Paris, Rome and Budapest will battle to bring the multi-sport extravaganza back to Europe after the five cities were officially named as candidates to host the 2024 Summer Olympics Wednesday. The International Olympic Committee (IOC), which will select the winning bid at its session in Peru in 2017, announced the final list of bidders after the deadline for submissions ended at midnight (central European time) Tuesday. “The IOC welcomes five outstanding cities to this strong competition,” IOC President Thomas Bach said in a conference call. — Reuters