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Gehrke: Denver shouldn’t be sad about missing out on the Olympics. Here’s why.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City officials celebrate after getting the news that U.S. Olympics Committee chose their city over Denver to bid for a future Winter Olympics, possibly 2030, as they gather at City Hall on Friday, Dec. 14, 2018, to announce the decision. Raising their arms in celebration are council chairwoman Erin Mendenhall, former Salt Lake Organizing Committee chief operating officer Fraser Bullock, Utah Sports Commission CEO Jeff Robbins, Mayor Jackie Biskupski, Gov. Gary Herbert, speed skater Catherine Raney Norman and councilman Jim Bradley, from left.