Beco
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CHICAGO-After years of planning, Chicago lost the bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics in the first round of committee votes. The city was in the running with Madrid, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro. Tokyo was eliminated in the second round of votes. According to reports, Chicago residents who gathered this morning in Daley Plaza gasped in shock when the announcement was made.
Both President Barack Obama and Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva flew to Copenhagen earlier this week to be present for the final plea to the committee. Obama is the first US president to personally appeal for the Olympics to be held in the country.
Both President Barack Obama and Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva flew to Copenhagen earlier this week to be present for the final plea to the committee. Obama is the first US president to personally appeal for the Olympics to be held in the country.