WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced Friday that his country will strive to host the Summer Olympics for the first time, with a particular eye on the Games in 2040 and 2044.

Tusk was speaking at a sports field in Karczew, a town south of Warsaw, where boys were doing soccer training behind him.

“Life will show whether this is a realistic goal,” he said. “Taking into account the initial decisions, commitments, declarations of the International Olympic Committee, we can talk about 2040 or 2044.

“I dedicate this decision to today’s 10, 12, 15-year-olds that Poland will formally make efforts to organize the Olympic Games,” added Tusk as he also pledged investments to renovate and expand youth sports training facilities.

“I probably won’t be running around the

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