Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: Other candidate cities for the 1998 Olympics were Aosta , Italy ; Jaca , Spain ; Ã -- stersund , Sweden ; and Salt Lake City , United States .
Simplified: Other possible host cities were Aosta , Italy ; Jaca , Spain ; Ã -- stersund , Sweden ; and Salt Lake City , USA .