Kenya will bid to become the first African nation to host the Olympic Games in 2024, Raila Odinga, the country's prime minister, has said.
肯尼亚总理拉伊拉•奥廷加(Raila Odinga)表示,肯尼亚将申办2024年奥运会,力争成为非洲第一个举办奥运会的国家。
In an interview with the Financial Times in London, Mr Odinga said Africa's time to host the games had come. The sub-Saharan region's trillion-dollar economy was set to boom during the next decade, he said. For Kenya, east Africa's leading economy, hosting the Olympics would bring a psychological boost as well as "enormous benefits" in terms of investment in infrastructure.
在伦敦接受采访时,奥廷加表示,非洲国家举办奥运会的时候到了。他还说,撒哈拉沙漠以南地区规模达到万亿的经济在未来十年将繁荣发展。对于东非主要经济体肯尼亚来说,举办奥运会不仅会带来精神上的鼓励,也会在基础设施投资上获得"巨大收益"。
"Kenya had the confidence as far back as 1968 to consider bidding for the Olympics," he said. But in 2004, when the idea was raised again, local newspapers scoffed, illustrating the drift Kenya experienced after the heady days of independence in 1963.
他说:"早在1968年的时候,肯尼亚就已经有信心申办奥运会。"但2004年当这个想法再次被提起的时候,当地报纸却冷嘲热讽,并指出1963年独立后肯尼亚确实经历了一段令人振奋的时期,但之后的发展方向就发生了偏离。
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