128th IOC Session

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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Lima, Peru placed bids to host the 128th IOC Session. Kuala Lumpur bid to host the 125th IOC Session which took place in 2013, but they lost out to Buenos Aires.[http://en.olympic.cn/news/olympic_news/2011-08-24/2157422.html OCM to bid for 127th IOC Session] Lima's bid to host the IOC Session was ruled out by the evaluation report which resulted in Kuala Lumpur becoming the host city.{{Cite web |url=http://www.aroundtherings.com/articles/view.aspx?id=39347 |title=News from the NOCs - South Africa Medal Targets; Kuala Lumpur for 2015 IOC Session? |access-date=2014-08-27 |archive-date=2013-12-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213063328/http://www.aroundtherings.com/articles/view.aspx?id=39347 |url-status=dead }}

Lima later hosted the 131st IOC Session two years after Kuala Lumpur hosted the meeting.

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The host city of the 2022 Winter Olympics was elected during the 128th IOC Session. Bids for the games were due to the IOC in 2013. In 2014, the IOC decided that Almaty and Beijing (as Oslo withdrew its bid), would become candidate cities, a year before the host city was elected.{{cite web|author=MENY |url=http://www.idrett.no/nyheter/Documents/CI%20-%202022%20Timelines%20-%20First%20Information%20to%20all%20NOCS%20-%202012-10-03%20-%20eng.pdf |title=Finner du ikke det du leter etter? |publisher=Idrett.no |accessdate=2015-07-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109204937/http://www.idrett.no/nyheter/Documents/CI%20-%202022%20Timelines%20-%20First%20Information%20to%20all%20NOCS%20-%202012-10-03%20-%20eng.pdf |archivedate=2013-11-09 }}

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The host city of the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics was also chosen during the same IOC session. The two candidate cities, Lausanne, Switzerland, and Brașov, Romania, were shortlisted in early December.

Participants of session have considered the sports to be added to the Tokyo 2020 program.{{cite web|url=http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v8/bu/newsbusiness.php?id=1154883 |title=KL Draws Global Attention As Host Of 128th IOC Session |publisher=Bernama |date= |accessdate=2015-07-26}} A new shortlist of eight sports were unveiled on June 22, 2015. These sports include baseball/softball, bowling, karate, roller sports, sport climbing, squash, surfing, and wushu.[https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/13128825/baseball-softball-8-sports-proposed-2020-games Baseball, softball among 8 sports proposed for 2020 Games]

The federations of the eight sports made their presentations in Tokyo on August 7–8, 2015. In September 2015, organisers will recommend one or more of the sports to the International Olympic Committee for inclusion in 2020 Olympic program, with the final decision in August 2016.{{cite news|title=Olympic Games: Snooker misses out on 2020 Tokyo place|work=BBC Sport |date=22 June 2015 |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/olympics/33223492|accessdate=23 June 2015}}

The IOC approved South Sudan's inclusion as a full member of the Committee, allowed the country to participate in Rio 2016 under its national flag. The IOC code for South Sudan Olympic Team is SSD.{{cite web|last=Butler |first=Nick |url=http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1028527/exclusive-south-sudan-set-for-olympic-recognition-at-ioc-session-in-kuala-lumpur |title=Exclusive: South Sudan set for Olympic recognition at IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur |publisher=Insidethegames.biz |date=2015-07-07 |accessdate=2015-07-26}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article55908|title=S. Sudan becomes newest Olympic committee member|date=3 August 2015|accessdate=6 August 2015|archive-date=19 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019013227/https://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article55908|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=South Sudan Becomes 206th Olympic Country|website=Newsweek |url=http://www.newsweek.com/south-sudan-becomes-206th-olympic-country-emotional-ceremony-359235|date=3 August 2015|accessdate=6 August 2015}}{{cite web|title=South Sudan to compete in 2016 Summer Olympics|url=https://radiotamazuj.org/en/article/south-sudan-compete-2016-summer-olympics|date=3 August 2015|accessdate=6 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304234425/https://radiotamazuj.org/en/article/south-sudan-compete-2016-summer-olympics|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=South Sudan to compete in Rio after becoming 206th Olympic nation|newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/02/south-sudan-compete-rio-206th-olympic-nation|date=3 August 2015|accessdate=6 August 2015 |agency=Agence France-Presse }}

• 123rd IOC Session
• 125th IOC Session
• 127th IOC Session
• 130th IOC Session

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