AKRON, OH — Several members of the city council were reportedly “extremely bummed” to have narrowly lost its bid to host the 2036 Olympic Games in the 142nd International Olympic Committee meeting in July.
According to Mayor Shammas Malik, the city had been hoping to host an Olympics for several decades now, and the news that the IOC would no longer be considering Akron as a host city for the games was a “crushing blow.” Smith said that …