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21 LOS Angeles 2024 Olympic bid leaders on Tuesday sought to al- lay concerns within the Olym- pic movement following Donald Trump's U.S. presidential elec- tion victory, saying the candida- cy would continue to "celebrate our diversity". Los Angeles, bidding to host the summer Games for a third time after 1932 and 1984, was seen as the front-runner in the race with Paris and Budapest until Trump's election this month. Los Angeles mayor Eric Garc- etti, a Democrat, had warned that victory for Republican Trump would not help the bid given the makeup of the 98 vot- ing members of the Internation- al Olympic Committee (IOC) membership. Trump courted controversy in the run-up to the election with campaign proposals including a call to ban Muslims from enter- ing the United States and build- ing a wall along the U.S.-Mexi- can border. "We just finished our presi- dential election and some of you may question our commitment to our founding principles," Los Angeles bid official Allyson Fe- lix, a six-times Olympic track and field champion, told a meet- ing of national Olympic com- mittees in Doha. "I have one message for you. Please do not doubt us. Amer- ica's diversity is our greatest strength." The audience included IOC President Thomas Bach as well as international sports federa- tion presidents and IOC mem- bers as the three cities made the first of three official presenta- tions ahead of the vote next year. Felix said Los Angeles need- ed the Games "now more than ever" to help make the United States better. "We are a nation of people whose descendants came from all over the world for a better life," she said. "We are also a nation with in- dividuals like me, descendants of people who came to America, not of their own free will but against it," she added. "But we're not a nation that clings to our past, no matter how glorious - or how painful. Americans rush towards the fu- ture." The IOC will choose the win- ning bid at its session in Lima, Peru in September, 2017. Sport OLYMPICS KICKBOXING maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 16 NOVEMBER 2016 GourmetToday every Saturday 16.05pm on TVM Los Angeles 2024 bid plays down concerns after Trump win Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti and Angela Ruggiero Kickboxing: Malta vs Poland ON 18 November, 2016, the Gladiators Night XV at Aria complex San Gwann with inter- national and local matches will take place. Fans of the sport will be en- tertained with disciplines such as Kickboxing, K1 and Boxing. The main events will see a team of Maltese athletes going against athletes from Poland with K1 rules on semi-professional level. Team Malta is made up of Keith Azzopardi, Clayton Desira, Christopher Rotin, Jesred Pis- copo, Julian Mangion and Theon Camilleri. These bouts are all sanctioned by the World Kick- boxing Network (WKN). Athletes from local clubs will contend in the disciplines of Kickboxing and K1. The matches will be sanctioned by the Malta Kickboxing Association (MKBA) Semi-professional level bouts will compete with gloves. For this edition, Gladiators Promotions will join Lords of the Rings to bring boxers to the ring. These athletes will compete at amateur level with full pro- tective gear. Their bouts will be sanctioned by the Malta Boxing Association. The amateur boxers will open the evening as support matches from 18:30. For more information con- tact Master Noel Mercieca on 79208283