While there were initially 5 bids for the 2024 olympics, 3 of those were withdrawn before the session to look at them even started. Given the spate of withdraw

While there were initially 5 bids for the 2024 olympics, 3 of those were withdrawn before the session to look at them even started. Given the spate of withdrawals, and that half the bids had also been withdrawn for the 2022 Winter Olympics, the IOC decided to just allocate 2024 and 2028 directly to the two bidders left to not take risks over 2028.