Olympic legend Carl Lewis on Tuesday was with a brigade of athletes supporting the 2024 Los Angeles Olympic bid, an event that would occur 40 years after Lewis repeated Jesse Owens’s feat of winning four gold medals in a single Olympics.

The Los Angeles bid has gotten strong early reviews from officials with the International Olympic Committee, as it requires construction of just one venue. That jibes with IOC President Thomas Bach’s preference for Olympics to become more manageable and less expensive.

Olympic bids, especially from the U.S., often have as much to do with the perception of the country in the world, especially among the roughly 100 IOC members who vote. Officials with the U.S. Olympic Committee and those working on the bid said they were aware of the potential for anti-immigration rhetoric raised during the U.S. presidential campaign to affect how voters might feel about the country’s bid.

“The extraneous things we can’t control,” said USOC chairman Larry Probst. “We’ve got to work as hard as we can to work with the IOC members.”

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who has been surprising IOC members when they arrive at Los Angeles airports, said he was confident whoever wins the presidency will support the bid. “Politicians, if they are good, reflect the people they represent,” Garcetti said.