Olympics-Hamburg's 2024 summer Games bid rejected in referendum

BERLIN, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Citizens of Hamburg on Sunday rejected a bid for the 2024 summer Olympics with more than half voting against it in a referendum, killing the candidacy in its infancy, Hamburg mayor Olaf Scholz said. Close to 52 percent voted against the 7.4 billion euro ($7.84 billion)project that was bidding to host the world's biggest multi-sports event along with Los Angeles, Rome, Paris, and Budapest. The International Olympic Committee will elect a winner in 2017. ($1 = 0.9444 euros) (Reporting by Karolos Grohmann; Editing by Ken Ferris)