• Rio De Janeiro gets 2016 Olympics
    65 replies, posted
[quote]By JOHN LEICESTER AP Sports Writer Posted: 10/02/2009 01:31:28 AM PDT Updated: 10/02/2009 09:55:20 AM PDT Click photo to enlarge U.S. President Barack Obama kisses his wife the U.S. first... ((AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool))«123»COPENHAGEN—The 2016 Olympics are going to Rio de Janeiro, putting the games in South America for the first time. Rio beat surprise finalist Madrid in the last round of voting. Chicago was knocked out in the first round—in one of the most shocking defeats ever handed down by the International Olympic Committee—and Tokyo was eliminated in the second round. Rio had played heavily on the fact that South America has never previously hosted the games, while Europe, Asia and North America have done so repeatedly. Now, only Africa and Antarctica remain as continents that have not been awarded an Olympics. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below. Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama bows after speaking during the Tokyo 2016 bid presentation during the 121st International Olympic Committee session at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo are competing for the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The IOC will choose the winning city in a vote on Friday in Copenhagen. ((AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool))COPENHAGEN (AP)—Rio de Janeiro or Madrid—one of them will host the 2016 Olympics. Chicago is out—one of the most shocking defeats ever handed down by the International Olympic Committee—as President Barack Obama's appeals for his adopted hometown failed. Tokyo was knocked out in the second round on Friday, surviving one round longer than Chicago. That left just Rio and Madrid still in the mix. The IOC voted again to separate the two and elected a winner, which will be announced by IOC president Jacques Rogge later Friday. Madrid's surprising success in reaching the final round came after former IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch made an unusual appeal for the Spanish capital, -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Advertisement -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- reminding the IOC members as he asked for their vote that, at age 89, "I am very near the end of my time." Chicago had long been seen as a front-runner and got the highest possible level of support—from Obama himself. But he also only spent a few hours in the Danish capital where the vote was held and left before the result was announced. Former IOC member Kai Holm said that the brevity of his appearance may have counted against him. The short stopover was "too business-like," President of the Tokyo 2016 bid and Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara pauses during a press conference after their presentation at the 121st IOC session in Copenhagen, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Rio de Janeiro, Chicago, Madrid and Tokyo are competing for the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The IOC will choose the winning city in a vote in Copenhagen, Friday. ((AP Photo/Odd Andersen) )Holm said. "It can be that some IOC members see it as a lack of respect." Senior Australian IOC member Kevan Gosper surmised that Asian voters may have banded together for Tokyo in the first round, at Chicago's expense. "I'm shocked," Gosper said. "The whole thing doesn't make sense other than there has been a stupid bloc vote." He worried that Chicago's shocking exit could do "untold damage" to relations between the IOC and the U.S. Olympic Committee. "To have the president of the United States and his wife personally appear, then this should happen in the first round is awful and totally undeserving," he said. The European-dominated IOC's last two experiences in the United States were marred by controversy: the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics were sullied by a bribery scandal and logistical problems and a bombing hit the 1996 Games in Atlanta. Obama had held out the enticing prospect of a Chicago games helping to reconnect the United States with the world after the presidency of George W. Bush. He told the IOC earlier Friday that the "full force of the White House" would be applied so "visitors from all around the world feel welcome and will come away with a sense of the incredible diversity of the American people." Now, Chicago can only rue what might have been. And Obama's gamble of expending his own political capital on the bid backfired. The last U.S. city to bid for the Summer Games, New York, did scarcely better. Juan Antonio Samaranch, the former IOC president, right, holds onto the arm of current IOC President Jacques Rogge during the Madrid 2016 bid presentation during the 121st International Olympic Committee session at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo are competing for the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The IOC will choose the winning city in a vote on Friday in Copenhagen. ((AP Photo/Matt Dunham))It was ousted in the second round in the 2005 vote that gave the 2012 Games to London. The U.S. Olympic Committee has had a testy relationship with the IOC, including recent flare-ups over revenue sharing and a USOC TV network. Tokyo did better than many expected by reaching the second round. It had offered reassurances of financial security, with $4 billion already banked for the games. But the fact that the Olympics were held only last year in Asia, in Beijing, handicapped the Japanese capital's bid. Its plans for a highly compact games, sparing athletes tiring travel by holding all but the shooting within 5 miles of the city center, were technically appealing. But the bid failed to generate real enthusiasm, even in Juan Antonio Samaranch, the former IOC president, speaks during the Madrid 2016 bid presentation during the 121st International Olympic Committee session at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo are competing for the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The IOC will choose the winning city in a vote on Friday in Copenhagen. ((AP Photo/Matt Dunham))Japan. Tokyo had the lowest public backing in IOC polls. Tokyo's final presentation Friday to the IOC, while smooth and heartfelt, lacked the buzz that the Obamas and Rio generated. In short, Tokyo was simply overshadowed, failing to convince IOC members that it really wanted or needed the games. [/quote] [url=http://www.mercurynews.com/nation-world/ci_13469465]El salsa[/url] It's only fair, I guess, what with it being in Europe with the next two anyhow.
Who on earth rated late? Watch it live here (UK only): [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympic_games/8283061.stm[/url]
cuz clawks r awsum raet me clawks i liek clawks [Editline]Penis[/editline] dammit i said clawks not bawkses
Enjoy your box.
I'm happy for Brazil. I think it's good that South America gets some of the world limelight for a change.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3ALwKeSEYs[/media]
I think it's a good move. Brings a lot of money to Brazil and Rio. Now I hope it doesn't just drain in some unknown illegal channels. It's a great chance. Like that downhill mountainbike race they organized through the slums of Rio, straight down from the Jesus statue. That was awesome.
Interesting.
I was hoping for Chicago :(
Nice. A change for once.
[QUOTE=Hawt Shawt;17620673]I was hoping for Chicago :([/QUOTE] that would have been terrible
[QUOTE=BluSpy;17620908]that would have been terrible[/QUOTE] I agree with this statement
It's cool for Rio, especially since Rio is also hosting the World Cup. I'm happy for them.
Fuck Chicago
Rio is a great place in my opinion.
"Yo Rio, I'm really happy for you an all, but China had the best olympics ever."
I'll be lobbying for Antarctica 2020.
[img]http://www.chicagoclout.com/weblog/archives/Mayor%20Daley%20crook.jpg[/img] [editline]03:29AM[/editline] I met him once, actually shook his hand.
Cool. Chicago can just get it 8 years from now where it won't matter if Obama supports it or not.
[QUOTE=radioactive;17621730]"Yo Rio, I'm really happy for you an all, but China had the best olympics ever."[/QUOTE] Damned, i wanted to post that.
Son of a bitch I wanted Chicago.
Take that Chicago, you son of a bitch disgrace to Illinois.
Summer Olympics? Rio De Janeiro? Beach Volleyball? :smug: [IMG]http://img1.photographersdirect.com/img/17695/wm/pd1083601.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=Daolpu;17622899]Summer Olympics? Rio De Jeneiro? Beach Volleyball? :smug: [/QUOTE] The same players would be playing anywhere in the world no matter if it was in Brazil or not.
[QUOTE=MODS ARE FAGS;17622934]The same players would be playing anywhere in the world no matter if it was in Brazil or not.[/QUOTE] Except you forget that it's statistical fact all women are automatically 10% more sexually attractive for every degree of latitude closer they are to the equator. Bonus points are given to women in countries such as Brazil or Mexico (applies only in Cancun (resort locations only))
[QUOTE=Daolpu;17623003]Except you forget that it's statistical fact all women are automatically 10% more sexually attractive for every degree of latitude closer they are to the equator.[/QUOTE] 10% of what?
Neat, hope they tackle it better than we do
[QUOTE=Daolpu;17622899]Summer Olympics? Rio De Jeneiro? Beach Volleyball? :smug: [IMG]http://img1.photographersdirect.com/img/17695/wm/pd1083601.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] _____[img]http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/1280/datass.png[/img] I think I'll actually watch something else other than the Gymnastics
[QUOTE=Samuelgames;17625432]Brazil better get a nice name instead of Sonic & Mario in Brazilian Olympics.[/QUOTE] I hate how they left out the fun sports out of those games I mean come on how could they leave out biathlons I want to see Mario ski with a rifle on his back
I was a little shocked when Chicago went out first round. Must have reminded Obama that his country is not entirely liked.
Sorry, you need to Log In to post a reply to this thread.